Team BKool CycleChat

[kipster]

3 minutes off my PB on that!! Thanks for the motivation of chasing you down Monte, Geoff, and blueface

and 2 watts off active 5.

 

[gbrown]

Well done all

Sorry about the start, my fault, glad you all got in in the end.

 

[Add]

That looked like a great race. Some serious Watts being produced from everyone. That was fun to watch, almost made up for not being involved.
Was umming and ahhing about jumping in 20 minutes late, but decided to sulk instead.

 

[bobinski]

That hurt. I kept looking and seeing others gaining on me so would take advantage and Cain it downhill knowing I would struggle on the ups. Off to lie down too Bill and get my breath back. Well done everyone. And thanks for setting it up Geoff.

 

[RickB]

......... give Monte and Bob the same handicap as Blue (as they have not registered a time yet, but are usually close to each other on similar terrain).

Start Monte and Bob with Blue he says... close to each other he says...

Bob and Monte

Blue

 

[Add]

I wondered what happened LB. You shot ahead and ended up way in the lead before exiting. I think it must have defaulted to your last power output, which was quite high, and you stormed past everyone.
I was doffing my cap at your Herculean efforts!

 

[kipster]

I wondered what happened LB. You shot ahead and ended up way in the lead before exiting. I think it must have defaulted to your last power output, which was quite high, and you stormed past everyone.
I was doffing my cap at your Herculean efforts!

I was weeping, wondering why my legs had obviously deserted me as he sped past

 

[Add]

And Bill, you are just a Cyborg, sent back in time to humiliate us mortal cyclists. Either that, or a very fit Leprachaun, in your new green garbs!

 

[gbrown]

Good practice for Saturday ... I'll publish the start times well in advance and stick to them.

Well done Bob, didn't see anything of you at all.

Always knew Bill and Kip were going to get me, pleased to keep Kip in sight at least. I missed my start time by a dozen seconds so it was my own fault!
Monte, your a hard man to pull away from!

I was getting killed on the really steep up bits, and no gravity assistance on the steep down bits didn't help, but that was all in the handicap time, so I had to try and break the tow on the more moderate gradients.

Good fun, and nice to have much more interaction on the course.

I'll take a look at the results and suggest any tweaks to handicaps for those that improved their times or hadn't done it before, but it looked fairly close (apart from Bob kicking our whatsits).

Can everyone make it on Saturday, please let me know if you are a definite yes, no or maybe.

If you can post short incomplete times for the Velodrome session I'll adjust them to match your best time from today or Saturday and then it can take the place of the Velodrome session this month. I'd be grateful if you could, as it will give me a chance to test my theory.

If anyone wants to do Cheddar tomorrow I'd be happy to join them around 5pm-6pm?

Thanks to all for joining in.

Geoff

 

[bobinski]

I wondered what happened LB. You shot ahead and ended up way in the lead before exiting. I think it must have defaulted to your last power output, which was quite high, and you stormed past everyone.
I was doffing my cap at your Herculean efforts!

Looked like a moped racing past

 

[Monte]

Thanks everyone for a good hard race, must admit I struggled tonight combination of running late and having my tea to close to the start. I didn't read the forum so I went off (like a loony) from 7 o'clock until Geoff managed to message me with the correct time. It's a great way to train, if we weren't in a group I would of bailed quite early as I was in a hole heap of panic after 5 minutes...lol.

 

[RickB]

3 minutes off my PB on that!! Thanks for the motivation of chasing you down Monte, Geoff, and blueface

and 2 watts off active 5.

3 minutes! I only knocked 1:40 off mine.

 

[gbrown]

Start Monte and Bob with Blue he says... close to each other he says...

Bob and Monte

Blue

Hmmm, perhaps a slight adjustment if you're joining us on Saturday ...

 

[Monte]

Good practice for Saturday ... I'll publish the start times well in advance and stick to them.

Well done Bob, didn't see anything of you at all.

Always knew Bill and Kip were going to get me, pleased to keep Kip in sight at least. I missed my start time by a dozen seconds so it was my own fault!
Monte, your a hard man to pull away from!

I was getting killed on the really steep up bits, and no gravity assistance on the steep down bits didn't help, but that was all in the handicap time, so I had to try and break the tow on the more moderate gradients.

Good fun, and nice to have much more interaction on the course.

I'll take a look at the results and suggest any tweaks to handicaps for those that improved their times or hadn't done it before, but it looked fairly close (apart from Bob kicking our whatsits).

Can everyone make it on Saturday, please let me know if you are a definite yes, no or maybe.

If you can post short incomplete times for the Velodrome session I'll adjust them to match your best time from today or Saturday and then it can take the place of the Velodrome session this month. I'd be grateful if you could, as it will give me a chance to test my theory.

If anyone wants to do Cheddar tomorrow I'd be happy to join them around 5pm-6pm?

Thanks to all for joining in.

Geoff

I seemed to really struggle on the downhill sections, you were dropping me and I was cycling like mad to try and stay with you. Thanks for a good hard ride... Note to myself eat earlier or after as I came very close to being ill.

 

[BILL S]

I was weeping, wondering why my legs had obviously deserted me as he sped past

You're lucky. I had that happening to me near the start

Storming race from you LB until it all went wrong. I wasn't so sure I'd be able to stay with you.