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[Bored Man]

Completed SC10 today and I agree with Froomy i.e. don't go out too hard in the first half.
I did and all I could pretty much do on the longer downhill is go with the hill and recover.
I was actually bowing a bit by 11 km and having to take rests where I could.
Finished in 56:38 in the end, only good enough for 11th which is a bit below par for me.
Interested to see where that puts me overall now and how well Jacob does.
I still feel that I have an underlying problem that is sucking some of the life out of me despite 56:38 being totally respectable.
I started off so well attacking all of the crests and hence setting me up for a speedy descent but by 11 km that little bit extra was gone and it was back to mathematical riding, i.e. any big exertion to go over 50 kph is 'exponential' based on the fact that drag is proportional to your velocity squared hence saving your efforts for the climbs and flats will have a larger impact on your speed (or should have).

Exactly, that's my problem too - I couldn't have said it (better) myself.

Maybe you're feeling the effects of the Bkool update and it hurting a little more. It certainly is with me.

As you know I re-set my expectations after the latest update and now look forward to beige mediocrity.

 

[theboxers]

Perhaps Bkool should add random attacks from car drivers to their simulator, to go with the pointless rain and darkness features?

Geoff

Nice to see you're out and about a bit more Geoff.

I do however think you have got Bsim mixed up with Grand Theft Auto

 

[Marino.g]

@Marino.g I uploaded a video of Burrington Combe a few years ago, and Bkool made it 3D, if you fancy trying it sometime...

http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/676408?durationType=DISTANCE&lapCount=1

Original is here


View: https://youtu.be/o3k4Iqy0WqE


Geoff

Thanks Geoff I will definitely use it to practice my hill climbing.
I don't even know what the gradient is but I will have a go soon as my new but budget laptop arrives.

 

[Marino.g]

Out again yesterday, got to usual Cafe half way round and found it closed all week, so just had to finish without cake top up, and weather turned a bit nasty as we climbed into mist, drizzle and strong winds. Coming down a 15% windy decline in the wet with carbon rim brakes was not fun!

Yet another amusing run in with a car driver, on a long straight two lane road, drafting a riding buddy well to the left, an old guy in a little red car decided not to overtake us on the wide road, but wait until the narrow one lane humped back bridge over a canal. I kind of expected him to come past there, but he didn't expect the car coming the other way, so he accelerated into the bridge alongside us, then tried to pull left into us as he met the oncoming car who had already reached the middle of the bridge. My buddy got rather upset at nearly being dumped into the canal, but we were able to continue cycling past the oncoming car, leaving them to sort out who backed up for whom!

A minute later the red car overtook us on the wide road, slowed to swear loudly at each of us and gestured that we liked to play with ourselves! Not sure how we had any affect on the two oncoming cars getting in each others way on a single lane bridge, but he naturally blamed us for his appalling driving!

When my friend responded in kind, the driver looked like he was going to stop, but thought better of it, probably because we outnumbered him. Shame as I was looking forward to his justification for blaming us, but since it would have been an exercise in futility trying to point out the error of his ways, probably best that we saved our breath for the 3 mile climb just up the road!

Perhaps Bkool should add random attacks from car drivers to their simulator, to go with the pointless rain and darkness features?

Geoff

Happens too often but does anyone on the site use a head cam to record such events to post on YouTube or for evidence if needed?

 

[Randyberlin]

unless you are using a superduper long

She uses a 600mm but that was my cell phone. This river has a big salmon run and the bears ignore people. We do get close and I always check to see if she put bacon in my pockets before we go.

. In fact could you post up the link again for your wife's site?

Edit. She uses film so it will be a week or so before she adds any pictures from this trip if she got any good enough.
http://ishootlife.com/index.html

 

[AAAC 76C]

In fact could you post up the link again for your wife's site? I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures.

The mind boggles!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Happens too often but does anyone on the site use a head cam to record such events to post on YouTube or for evidence if needed?

Trouble with head cam shots is that it is mostly a very blinkered view and you would not get the moments leading up to the crux which would then be followed shortly by some two way gesticulation and swearing with the loudest recording coming from the cyclist.
In the end there were no injuries or damage and in many of these cases it best not to escalate matters especially if you are a vunerable cyclist.

 

[<Tommy>]

The mind boggles!

I did try to word that sentence carefully

 

[Whorty]

The weathers gone noticeably downhill the last couple of days. Fingers crossed it sorts itself out for our little adventure...

To say I'm a fair weather cyclist is an understatement Also, just want to fess up now, but I've not been out in the real a single time since the DD Lots of turbo training, but hoping I can still balance on the bike without stabilisers

 

[Whorty]

Trouble with head cam shots is that it is mostly a very blinkered view and you would not get the moments leading up to the crux which would then be followed shortly by some two way gesticulation and swearing with the loudest recording coming from the cyclist.
In the end there were no injuries or damage and in many of these cases it best not to escalate matters especially if you are a vunerable cyclist.

Probably true, but when someone screams at me I find it hard not to ask them politely through their open window if they would like to step out of their car and have a quiet chat with me. I then give them a big beaming smile Does the trick every time .... they think better of it and drive off muttering to themselves

 

[Randyberlin]

I did try to word that sentence carefully

Candid shot this morning.

 

[theboxers]

That was not a good idea. SC 11 ans CG 2 back to back. Legs have gone to jelly Still I've put my times up so I'm happy.

 

[Daddy Pig]

@Marino.g I uploaded a video of Burrington Combe a few years ago, and Bkool made it 3D, if you fancy trying it sometime...

http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/676408?durationType=DISTANCE&lapCount=1

Original is here


View: https://youtu.be/o3k4Iqy0WqE


Geoff

Quite often in the summer there's an ice cream van at the top....

 

[<Tommy>]

Well giving bkool a go at the moment.... not having much luck with my connection.

 

[theboxers]

Well giving bkool a go at the moment.... not having much luck with my connection.

I lost my cool down session tonight due to bsim crashing