Team BKool CycleChat

[Monte]

What is the criteria to go from amatuer to active ?

 

[Add]

More power! If you go to your profile, and click on the fitness tab, it will tell you what you need for the next level up.

 

[kipster]

What is the criteria to go from amatuer to active ?

More watts, specifically, just over 3 watts per kg to make active 1

 

[Monte]

More watts, specifically, just over 3 watts per kg to make active 1

Ouch - I'm 97kgs that equals = 291 watts...

 

[Randyberlin]

What is the criteria to go from amatuer to active ?

3 watts per kilogram over 20 minutes on fitness test or a half hour ride. Or in my case 5 months and still not there. I'm getting desperate enough to even think about losing weight.

Edit.. Kip and Add both beat me to the answer with better answers.

 

[Add]

I did toy with fictitiously shedding 10kg to spend a day in a green jersey. But tbh, I've never altered my weight on BKool since I first entered it. I must check again.

 

[Monte]

Might regret it, but going for ftp test tomorrow morning and hoping I will have some legs left tomorrow night.

 

[BILL S]

Anyone here belong to the following bkool names requesting to join the mountain goats?
ER-CELU
Michele Mottinelli
Mirko
angel ferriz azorin

 

[BILL S]

Thanks all for taking part in the Mountain Goat league 3. It has now closed and the new one should be live tomorrow. It's a good mix of tough climbs, some 3D and some Video. All the rides are overlapped so there's extra time for each. That's the good news. The bad new is there's an extra stage wedged in there somewhere so 6 in total. Some great rides and some of our old favourites. Enjoy.

 

[gbrown]

The bad news is there's an extra stage wedged in there somewhere so 6 in total. Some great rides and some of our old favourites. Enjoy.

And here I was wondering what I was going to do for the next four weeks!

 

[BILL S]

Hopefully its a little better set up this time without the annoying bots and ghosts, thanks to some setup coaching from Geoff.

Col d'lzoard 01/04/2015 - 15/04/2015
Col du Telegraphe 03/04/2015 - 17/04/2015
Col d'Aspin 07/04/2015 - 21/04/2015
Col de la Bonette 10/04/2015 - 23/04/2015
Tourmalet 14/04/2015 - 25/04/2015
Mont Ventoux 18/04/2015 - 28/04/2015

 

[gbrown]

Hopefully its a little better set up this time without the annoying bots and ghosts, thanks to some setup coaching from Geoff.

Col d'lzoard 01/04/2015 - 15/04/2015
Col du Telegraphe 03/04/2015 - 17/04/2015
Col d'Aspin 07/04/2015 - 21/04/2015
Col de la Bonette 10/04/2015 - 23/04/2015
Tourmalet 14/04/2015 - 25/04/2015
Mont Ventoux 18/04/2015 - 28/04/2015

Wot no Huez ...

 

[gbrown]

Ouch - I'm 97kgs that equals = 291 watts...

Sorry but it's worse than that, as the Fitness level is based on FTP which is calculated as 95% of average power in FTP test (or 30+ minute session).

So for Active 1 you need >= 3 Watts/Kg for 95% of average power, so average power needs to be 3.158 Watts/Kg. For 97 Kg that is 306.32 Watts average.

To go up 1 level to Amateur 9 should need 2.947 times your weight (if 97 Kg then 285.86 Watts) - you can see what is needed for the next level on your Profile under the Fitness tab

I've done a spreadsheet to convert the fitness levels into Power Averages expressed as Watts/Kg ...

Geoff

 

[Add]

So just 536 Watts for the first half hour of Huez to get Elite 10.... Gives me something to aim for this weekend.
I'm lucky if I get that as my max power reading on a ride, and that us only ever for a split second.
But I believe in the power of positive thinking and Snickers.

 

[BILL S]

Wot no Huez ...

It's getting people to finish it without their connection dropping after a half hour that's the problem.