Yep, got my @rse well kicked last night. Hoping I can ride with you chaps in C next week and see if we can work together to get some points. Wouldn't have been much help last night in the end had I been in C either, but hopefully a visit to the asthma clinic Monday should clear me for racing Tuesdaytake it easy mate, you on form could have had that cat c last night
All the best cyclists have asthma Carl, you're in good companyYep, got my @rse well kicked last night. Hoping I can ride with you chaos in C next week and see if we can work together to get some points. Wouldn't have been much help last night in the end had I been in C either, but hopefully a visit to the asthma clinic Monday should clear me for racing Tuesday
Apparently a lot of swimmers and other athletes do too - exercise induced asthma is a big issue for us professional sportsmen/womenAll the best cyclists have asthma Carl, you're in good company
Me too...the pace was crazy and it didn't seem like anyone eased off like they usually do after a few minutes.
I thought the same Lars - I averaged nearly 400 watts for the first kilometre and was going backwards through the field very quickly. Setting off at some of the TDZ rides at the same pace I would often find myself off the front at the start and could soon ease into a high but sensible pace in the front pack (until they dropped me on a hill but that's another story!). Last night though, everyone just kept hammering it for AGES!
I spent around an hour last night online and on the phone with Amazon customer services who I bought the Tickr from, and then directly with a Wahoo technician in the States. After the expected “have you tried taking the batttery in and out?” Question we got into a RESET procedure for the Tickr to take it out of standby mode...this involved removing the battery, putting it back in upside-down for 10 seconds, and then back to normal. That didn’t work either! So Wahoo suggest they are going to replace the unit - I await confirmation though.
Your time was obviously affected by you being dropped early by a smaller A cat group because we're similar weight and your average power was slightly higher than mine. I also took a bit of a kicking on the B's, but did ride mostly in a group of 15-20 which obviosuly helped my time - I unleashed my devastating 450 watt sprint (@peterob I got a DQ from the official result as my HRM was faulty but I got a time of 52:19. If this could be accepted that would be most welcome
) a bit early and held the group off for a bit before getting passed by about 10 of them who actually can sprint, just before the line 
Your time was obviously affected by you being dropped early by a smaller A cat group because we're similar weight and your average power was slightly higher than mine. I also took a bit of a kicking on the B's, but did ride mostly in a group of 15-20 which obviosuly helped my time - I unleashed my devastating 450 watt sprint (
I need to learn how to sprint, I just can't do it at all!
Maybe I'm doing it wrong - I tend to drop to a higher gear and stand up - my power obviously goes up but I don't get really high cadence doing this (or really high power!). Am I better off staying in a lower gear and spinning really fast?
I'd be interested to find out when this is taking place when they announce it - will be good training for the Ventoux trip!
