rouxtjie Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 I'm still not convinced that the fluid2 and powerbeam pro is gonne give the same result with the same effort on a route like that, guess its more or less the same as our avg.watts was almost the same. Believe me with the powerbeam you also need to pedal downhill to get the speed up! The one place where I do think the powerbeam is 'n bit harder is when the gradient gets to 9% and up, the resistance from the motor gets so hard that you get the feeling the wheel slip on the roller and you get a "stop go effect" through the "dead" position of the crank, on a long climb this is making it really tough. Don't know how the fluid2 works, but I can't see it doing the same. Don't know if the other guys with the powerbeams also experience this? Will be interesting what their thoughts is. Any way, very well done for your first ride! If you ride like that after 2hrs on the bike, I really don't want to race against you when you're fresh!Havent had a slip, but then I make sure tyres are 8 bar and that the roller is set to 2 clicks ito resistance as per intruction manual
Jaco-fiets Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 We will have to start looking at league cats if all the new guys are this strong........... Personally I don't mind being a backmarker. At least I am putting in a huge effort just to try stay in relative contact/view Jorrie and DIPSLICK 2
Jorrie Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Havent had a slip, but then I make sure tyres are 8 bar and that the roller is set to 2 clicks ito resistance as per intruction manual Haven't had a slip either, running at 7bar with the 2 clicks, its just the feeling you get when the slope gets steep. Help if you concentrate to pull just as hard as you push!
rouxtjie Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Haven't had a slip either, running at 7bar with the 2 clicks, its just the feeling you get when the slope gets steep. Help if you concentrate to pull just as hard as you push!Sure...once it goes to about 7% the going gets tough....and I have to gear down. Jorrie 1
BicyclePower Posted August 1, 2014 Author Posted August 1, 2014 I'm still not convinced that the fluid2 and powerbeam pro is gonne give the same result with the same effort on a route like that, guess its more or less the same as our avg.watts was almost the same. Believe me with the powerbeam you also need to pedal downhill to get the speed up! The one place where I do think the powerbeam is 'n bit harder is when the gradient gets to 9% and up, the resistance from the motor gets so hard that you get the feeling the wheel slip on the roller and you get a "stop go effect" through the "dead" position of the crank, on a long climb this is making it really tough. Don't know how the fluid2 works, but I can't see it doing the same. Don't know if the other guys with the powerbeams also experience this? Will be interesting what their thoughts is. Any way, very well done for your first ride! If you ride like that after 2hrs on the bike, I really don't want to race against you when you're fresh! so here are the resistance curves of both the PowerBeam and the Fluid 2, from here you can work out what powers you are able to produce based off speed, sorry speed is in MPH. i think with the Fluid 2, although it does not have controlled resistance one is able to settle into a very nice rhythm and just keep on top of the Power constantly, with the PowerBeam due to the controlled resistance and the up and down nature of a route its sometimes difficult to settle into a rhythm.i know i had this problem on one of the Tuesday night races a few weeks back, because the route was up and down i really did struggle to keep 320-370w. Jorrie 1
BicyclePower Posted August 4, 2014 Author Posted August 4, 2014 Will there be a race Wednesday evening?not from our side, i can create a race but it wont from part of a cup just yet, still working on the ruling for the new event.
BicyclePower Posted August 4, 2014 Author Posted August 4, 2014 looks like FlippieJ won the league over all, well done, i will be getting in contact with him to send off the PowerTap PowerCal prize!!! Jorrie, DIPSLICK, rouxtjie and 1 other 4
TALUS Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 What happened to you last night Jorrie? It looked like it would have been a good tussle with ricochet... Jorrie 1
Garfield2010 Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Jorrie saw the Turfjakkals brought his A-game so he went offline (not knowing that the Jakkals actually bonked 5 minutes later) Jorrie, TALUS and DIPSLICK 3
ricochet_rabbit Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 Is ricochet a new name or a new person?it is I.... Garfield2010 and TALUS 2
TALUS Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 it is I....I hope you and Jorrie and Dave give it horns next week. I will be following at -1.5km...
ricochet_rabbit Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 I hope you and Jorrie and Dave give it horns next week. I will be following at -1.5km...Trust me, Jorrie & Dave will be well in front of me.
Jorrie Posted August 15, 2014 Posted August 15, 2014 What happened to you last night Jorrie? It looked like it would have been a good tussle with ricochet... Eskom saw I was on a mission, so decided to drop the power just incase I start putting all those watts back in the line! TALUS 1
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