Thursday Night - Hour of Power

hah that's the old one, not the five months off the bike and can't ride without back spasms current edition.

yea yea sure

I'm getting emails from strava saying they miss me and everything.

I like the new Emo Tom.
Do you cut yourself too?

only when my knuckles slip while fixing a puncture.

Stop kidding yourself.
Tricity doesn't need you to fix her punctures.

Is anyone else interested in the radical step of making this Tuesday Night HOP?

Think its an old one..

This visage looks younger then yours.

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Is anyone else interested in the radical step of making this Tuesday Night HOP?

It has been raised before as an alternative day. I'd do it.

Me too. Am really looking forward to this year, make up for the shittness that was 2012

Why not run 2 days?
Which day do Rapha do theirs? Avoid that day.

Last year Rapha were running on Thursdays.

Tuesday is the day before Bexley 10s, and i doubt my little legs will handle both.

What's Bexley 10s?

These

Time trialling

Definitely in this year. Slow group.

there is no slow group... it's the hour of power

Definitely in this year. Slow group.

there is no slow group... it's the hour of power

Better get fast fast then.

These

Thanks. Need to have a go one day.

Did a kind of hour of power with one other rider I got in sync with. It was a little odd, as the other guy was a bit stronger than me. I was comfortable sitting on his wheel, but whenever I took the front he came past me after at most a quarter of a lap. Not sure if he wanted to be left alone, but if so he had ample opportunity to say so or accelerate in a pointed way. Then when we exchanged words he rather tersely told me his opinion that I was closing off my breathing when I got into the drops (which is a potentially useful tip for consideration).

csb
tl;dr

If you are on here, thanks for the work, sorry if I pissed you off, will consider your tip.

≤30s turns, or GTFO.

Right. The most curious thing was after I backed off for the last lap and a half I ended up following at about a 25 metre steady gap and the effort dropped a little. Probably a Greta Garbo type. The awkwardness of interacting with strangers in parks, eh?

No way. I'm more Blackbyrds than Garbo.

How does one remedy the closing off your breathing when in the drops? Is it to do with your fit?