Wahoo X August Challenge - The Challenge of Champions

Completely agree with you there. If anything, the MTB felt was waaaaaay worse than The Omnium, although in the latter, I almost felt sick.

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The BMX video makes me dizzy with all the ups and downs!

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It’s FABULOUS on the KICKR Bike!
When I did this for the 1st time, back in January, I felt like I almost got tossed forward off the bike on some sudden changes from up to down, but it didn’t feel quite so radical when I did it last week. Maybe I was more prepared for those changes in tilt this time.
That’s a ride that makes the KICKR Bike really shine in realism!

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Oh I didn’t have much time to watch the video. You know, taking attention off while on a set of rollers is never a good thing :sweat_smile:

Edit 1: But the BMX ride was more bearable. Wouldn’t say it was thaaaat tough, and definitely wouldn’t say it was easy either.

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This morning I did the MTB race (85%) and then 14VG (80%).

If you need me just scoop me up off the floor from the puddle of lactic acid, suf holy water, and tears.

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Funnny thing here is that there are no gradient changes on the BMX vid🤷🏼‍♂️

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I think they ment the MTB workout, a.k.a. the Kickr Climb Promotion Video

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Perhaps. The other funny thing is I would have sworn, in FACT I did, that the BMX had gradient encoded changes when I did it back in Dec 2022. When I rode it last week, it had none so I questioned my own sanity (not an unusual thing for me btw :stuck_out_tongue:)

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Why, Sir @emacdoug? Just…why?

:man_facepalming:t2:

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At this point, questioning my sanity is like closing the gate once the horse has already bolted. :stuck_out_tongue:

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If you remember exactly what part of the workout these screenshots are from… then you definitely weren’t riding hard enough.


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In fact, I nearly missed it because I was doing precisely that. Just happened to see it out of the corner of my eye as I started lowering my head. How ironic! Lol. :smile:

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What?!? Where is this from?

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I want to to tell you, but if I told you that would ruin most of the fun! :smiley:

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Most of your fun :roll_eyes:

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This is from 14 Vise Grips no?

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I remember. I saw it. I was working hard but am due for a test so could definitely have been working harder.

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Thanks, @TrapMeSuf you are correct. I guess with the earlier talk of the MTB race, that was all I was thinking about, but interestingly enough, when I DID do the BMX workout, I THOUGHT I remembered it also having gradient changes because one thing that bugged me a bit as I did it was that the changes in slope as they rode over those rollers did NOT coincide with the changes in POWER DEMAND. So the result was that I sometimes found myself subconsciously letting off the power as the riders rolled into another DOWNhill, and I flirted with the ERG spiral a few times till I realized what I was doing.
Somehow, I intuited that recollection to mean there were also gradient changes during the BMX video, but I’m sure that you are correct that there are not, Sir Glen!

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Yes, it is 14 Vice Grips. Second section (after the middle recovery). Second interval (1 minute).

:shushing_face:

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I didn’t even notice there was even this scene despite doing 14 Vise Grips six times now (including the most recent one). :dizzy_face:

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Just finished the challenge and the UCI Week. I enjoyed this challenge. There were some sections of the video that made my head spin with dizziness. :crazy_face:

Looking forward to next month’s challenge!

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