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[shimceltic]

I am warming to you sir 😁

We'll just for balance I predict AAAC and Perswe, berty yet to prove stamina on the longer rides without zwift power ups!

 

[keithaitch]

A group (hopefully me too) will make it to the bottom of the first longer downhill section, after which the lightweights will pull away going up. It may be possible to catch them again at the next downhill section (but probably too short) only to see them fly away on the uphill again.
If not already too far behind already, the heavier riders (80kg+) might be able to catch up on the final 7.5 km downhill section (about 400 meters of descent), but it will require quite some spinning from already tired legs!
Then there is that 50% somewhere - hopefully just asglitch or 5m that you can roll over without being stopped, depending on how fast your trainer reacts and the level of force it can apply.

Winner(s): Andy, Keith or Berty.

I think soon I'm going to give up the actual riding and just read these as they are just as much fun without any of the pain! Thx @Brusgaard

 

[keithaitch]

Who will not win, because I've already beaten him over this terrain... https://photos.app.goo.gl/mcbFDgB2PUiMsJTGA

 

[inesfra]

I will spoil you the final which can be useful for those who will come head to head with other opponents in the last meters of the race: the very last 15 or 20 meters (I didn't pay much attention, I was upset ...) are in a very steep climb!
My Elite Direto XR trainer crashed! And my 96 Kg with him ...
I advise you, if you are not already, to get up on the pedals promptly just before the final climb.

 

[Brusgaard]

We'll just for balance I predict AAAC and Perswe, berty yet to prove stamina on the longer rides without zwift power ups!

I don't think AAAC is riding Thursdays. If he is, he would surely be in contention. He is both fast, not too heavy and not too light.

Me however, I'm in the too slow, too heavy and not light enough category.

 

[Randyberlin]

We'll just for balance I predict AAAC and Perswe, berty yet to prove stamina on the longer rides without zwift power ups!

Plus he did a real world 50 miles yesterday.

 

[AndyMacca]

A group (hopefully me too) will make it to the bottom of the first longer downhill section, after which the lightweights will pull away going up. It may be possible to catch them again at the next downhill section (but probably too short) only to see them fly away on the uphill again.
If not already too far behind already, the heavier riders (80kg+) might be able to catch up on the final 7.5 km downhill section (about 400 meters of descent), but it will require quite some spinning from already tired legs!
Then there is that 50% somewhere - hopefully just asglitch or 5m that you can roll over without being stopped, depending on how fast your trainer reacts and the level of force it can apply.

Winner(s): Andy, Keith or Berty.

Hey thanks for the vote but @Brusgaard I think those rises aren't too bad and you might suit this course well too, but after the last descent I'm backing @shimceltic
I'll probably eat my words later but it looks like a course for people finishing in similar times.

 

[shimceltic]

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Hey thanks for the vote but @Brusgaard I think those rises aren't too bad and you might suit this course well too, but after the last descent I'm backing @shimceltic
I'll probably eat my words later but it looks like a course for people finishing in similar times.

Do t forget I start at the same time as everyone else on Thursdays.

 

[shimceltic]

@Randyberlin Alaska lives trump then!

 

[keithaitch]

Btw the area of tonights ride is real pretty, the video is worth watching once your legs go or if you do it twice!

 

[shimceltic]

Btw the area of tonights ride is real pretty, the video is worth watching once your legs go or if you do it twice!

Thursdays 3d, Saturdays for the video!

 

[berty bassett]

Who do I search for

 

[shimceltic]

Who do I search for

Brusgaard

 

[berty bassett]

Boy did I want that down hill to stop !
There was a mass attack behind and nothing I could do
Well done all ! And thanks again - really enjoyed it - different tactics on Saturday

 

[Brusgaard]

Boy did I want that down hill to stop !
There was a mass attack behind and nothing I could do
Well done all ! And thanks again - really enjoyed it - different tactics on Saturday

I found that downhill section a bit too short, and so did Andy, I think.