Mt Coot-tha training

[bwdftp]

Good luck with the surgery - how long off the bike?

Cheers. Allegedly less than a week. See how I go

Not too bad. Would have expected longer - I guess hence "Allegedly"!

[warthog1]

Good luck Jason. Hope it's all good

[jasonc]

Cheers

[Comedian]

another year, another 100 coot-tha backs for me
definitely 9 years in a row, could be 10. will have to look it up

edit: looks like 9 it is

good effort. won't be too many can say that.

Thanks bwdftp - it keeps me honest. Coming close to 1500 backs for all time. Should hit that in the next couple of weeks

It sure helps it's on the way to work.

[Comedian]

I've missed a bit in here. Lucky save. Thankfully it wasn't on any of the bendy bits.

[Mr Purple]

A bit off colour this week for some reason so only managed an 8:15/337W today.

Should have pushed a bit harder - knocked into the third fastest time of the day by Ben O'Connor.

Mind you bwdftp still got him by seven seconds!

[vbplease]

A bit off colour this week for some reason so only managed an 8:15/337W today.

Should have pushed a bit harder - knocked into the third fastest time of the day by Ben O'Connor.

Mind you bwdftp still got him by seven seconds!

No shame in being pipped by Ben O’Connor.. I just passed him on the Kedron brook bike path.. he waved to me, but I was too slow in waving back.. gutted!!!

[Mr Purple]

Anyone planning on a Cootha Back this weekend be aware that there's currently one lane closed for roadworks intermittently.

They have those mobile traffic lights set up. Which is really great when you're on a solid effort as I was today and get a red light.

Though to be honest I also used that as an excuse to back off from there. 8:22 with a brief pause for a red light isn't too bad!

[jasonc]

police car doing laps of coot-tha this morning. noticed on the botanical gardens descent there's a "Police Enforcement Zone" sign. asked workmates and one said it was there three weeks ago. First time I've noticed it....

[bwdftp]

police car doing laps of coot-tha this morning. noticed on the botanical gardens descent there's a "Police Enforcement Zone" sign. asked workmates and one said it was there three weeks ago. First time I've noticed it....

haven't seen the sign. but have been both fined and received a warning on the descent in the past.

[jasonc]

sign

[bwdftp]

sign

definitely there! i blame the rain on the glasses this morning, but clearly no excuse for the last 3 weeks! maybe sweat on the glasses...

[jasonc]

definitely there! i blame the rain on the glasses this morning, but clearly no excuse for the last 3 weeks! maybe sweat on the glasses...

we may be going past at too much of an express rate of knots

[Mr Purple]

definitely there! i blame the rain on the glasses this morning, but clearly no excuse for the last 3 weeks! maybe sweat on the glasses...

we may be going past at too much of an express rate of knots

Does this work as an excuse? 'I was going too fast to see the speed limit sign, officer'.

I'm pretty sure that sign's been there for ages, as long as I can remember anyway. No issue with them enforcing speed limits, but I would at least like to see an equivalent approach to speeding drivers. I pretty regularly get passed by some idiot in a car or on a motorbike doing 80km/hr+ uphill or over the top.

[jasonc]

i would like the equivalent enforcement of all the close passes I have on coot-tha for starters

[Mr Purple]

Cootha Back KOM went down on Sunday.

5:59/495W with a VAM just under 2000. Holey moley.

Same guy also took the Cootha Front KOM last year - must have missed that one. 4:49/464W.

[jasonc]

Cootha Back KOM went down on Sunday.

5:59/495W with a VAM just under 2000. Holey moley.

Same guy also took the Cootha Front KOM last year - must have missed that one. 4:49/464W.

Wow

[Mr Purple]

Cootha Back KOM went down on Sunday.

5:59/495W with a VAM just under 2000. Holey moley.

Same guy also took the Cootha Front KOM last year - must have missed that one. 4:49/464W.

Wow

Incredible stuff. Guy looks to be a 20yo rider for CCache x Par Kup. 64kg, 180cm. That's some impressive W/kg. 7.73W/kg for 6 minutes. Jeebus.

[jasonc]

no PM. so they are strava watts

[Mr Purple]

no PM. so they are strava watts

Some of the pros conceal their watts, presumably so the competition doesn't know what to aim for. This is the case here as there's no estimated Strava watts for the whole ride. He states the power in the comments on the ride.

The watts for the front are shown and genuine. Bike calculator for a 64kg rider on a 7kg bike says about 480W required for a six flat, so 490-495W is probably about right.

Given by the comments and the fact he has a pro record, I'm pretty sure this is not a situation like a few years back when that moron on an e-bike beat the KOM five laps in a row!

[jasonc]

no PM. so they are strava watts

Some of the pros conceal their watts, presumably so the competition doesn't know what to aim for. This is the case here as there's no estimated Strava watts for the whole ride. He states the power in the comments on the ride.

The watts for the front are shown and genuine. Bike calculator for a 64kg rider on a 7kg bike says about 480W required for a six flat, so 490-495W is probably about right.

Given by the comments and the fact he has a pro record, I'm pretty sure this is not a situation like a few years back when that moron on an e-bike beat the KOM five laps in a row!

i didn't think strava estimated the watts when the watts were hidden

[Mr Purple]

They don’t. He has no estimated watts for that ride but stated his actual watts in the comments.

[jasonc]

just read the comments and I feel old. I understand every 3rd word in those comments

[Mr Purple]

just read the comments and I feel old. I understand every 3rd word in those comments

I've notice that as well. It's funny seeing these names so regularly you assume they're the standard MAMIL like us, and then realise they're all 20.

Good to see so many top young riders though. When I was that age I was running competitively and used to win everything in my age group, simply because I was the only one in my age group.

[Mr Purple]

I took my own Cootha KOM yesterday. The trick is to make it a really, really obscure one.

In this case it was simply mainly dirt - so gravel climb up the Mahogany Trail (parallels 'Cootha Front') then on the road as far as channel 9. I wasn't particularly aiming for it, but some dude took offence to getting passed by the mud spattered guy on the gravel bike passing him uphill on the road and it became the world's slowest uphill drag race for a few kilometres. I did get him in the end but I felt like I should offer to race him again on a bike that doesn't weigh 10kg and run 42mm tyres.

Now I'm also fourth on 'Dirty Front' and in the top 10 on 10 other segments so might have to give that a tilt when the track dries out a bit. Going by the other names on that list any glory there will surely last less than a week.