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[Chrisw481]

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=540872&completed=true
first ride out since caught bronchitis feels like ive still bloody got it

Hope you're feeling better

 

[Snaily]

Is there an easier way to search for video routes on the BKool site? I want to do rides others have done but cant see a way of doing them without challenging them, for example El Bosquet-Porrera that Chris and Asa have done?

 

[harly]

Hope you're feeling better

aye cheers chris starting to but seems to be bloody dragging out
snaily ...ive tried all different ways of doing that but nothing seems to work other than trawling through all the videos , the search button appears to be useless

 

[Peteaud]

Is there an easier way to search for video routes on the BKool site? I want to do rides others have done but cant see a way of doing them without challenging them, for example El Bosquet-Porrera that Chris and Asa have done?

Apart from the search, i dont think so.

Always seemed a pita to me as well.

 

[Jake the snake]

Hi Guys,does anyone use a dedicated trainer tyre on there bkool turbo trainer and if so does it tend to slip on the steeper gradients or is it just me?

 

[Chrisw481]

Hi Guys,does anyone use a dedicated trainer tyre on there bkool turbo trainer and if so does it tend to slip on the steeper gradients or is it just me?

I've got an elite coperton trainer tyre, so far it hasn't slipped apart from when I'm out the saddle.

 

[harly]

Looks like we getting some uk videos to choose from .. Up in the lakes ...newlands pass ... Honister pass and whinlatter pass

 

[Chrisw481]

Looks like we getting some uk videos to choose from .. Up in the lakes ...newlands pass ... Honister pass and whinlatter pass

Blimey, more hills I can't manage lol

 

[Jake the snake]

Cheers for the feedback on the trainer tyre Chris,I,ve done most of those hills in the lake district in real time
there all hard,plenty of encouragement off me then.

 

[Chrisw481]

Cheers for the feedback on the trainer tyre Chris,I,ve done most of those hills in the lake district in real time
there all hard,plenty of encouragement off me then.

I'll just need one of you lot to do them first so I can use my competitiveness to propel me up them lol although I killed my knee on the ride home from work this evening so im off the bike for a few days

 

[Snaily]

For those that are merging their hrm & gpx files, is anyone having difficulty with the hrm files? Seems to me that the hrm files have changed slightly as my software (tcxcreator) is not accepting them anymore so it means I am unable to upload to Strava

I have just tried to contact Bkool Support but unless I can explain the issue in less than a sentence its a no go, every message I typed was too long. Add the issue with slow servers that the BKool site is hosted on and the complete pain in the behind trying to find a video route I am quickly falling out of love with the BKool as much to say I am considering selling it even if its at a loss

 

[Snaily]

Cheers for the feedback on the trainer tyre Chris,I,ve done most of those hills in the lake district in real time
there all hard,plenty of encouragement off me then.

Would be interesting to see how the trainer compares to a live ride, something tells me that its harder on the trainer than real life but I could be wrong.

I'll just need one of you lot to do them first so I can use my competitiveness to propel me up them lol although I killed my knee on the ride home from work this evening so im off the bike for a few days

I had a blast at Honister Pass-Newlands Pass-Whinlatter Pass this afternoon, felt good for the first couple of 100 yards or so lol. I could have easily quit half way up the first climb, I was blowing out my ar$e so to speak. There were a couple of times when I ground to a halt, legs burning and sweat pouring. To think people do this cycling malarkey for fun, they must be sadomasochists. Utmost respect to the pro's

 

[harly]

Would be interesting to see how the trainer compares to a live ride, something tells me that its harder on the trainer than real life but I could be wrong.



I had a blast at Honister Pass-Newlands Pass-Whinlatter Pass this afternoon, felt good for the first couple of 100 yards or so lol. I could have easily quit half way up the first climb, I was blowing out my ar$e so to speak. There were a couple of times when I ground to a halt, legs burning and sweat pouring. To think people do this cycling malarkey for fun, they must be sadomasochists. Utmost respect to the pro's

Right bollox to that then was thinking of giving that a blast tomorrow morning .. Think ill look for something flatter

 

[Asa Post]

I had a blast at Honister Pass-Newlands Pass-Whinlatter Pass this afternoon, felt good for the first couple of 100 yards or so lol. I could have easily quit half way up the first climb, I was blowing out my ar$e so to speak. There were a couple of times when I ground to a halt, legs burning and sweat pouring. To think people do this cycling malarkey for fun, they must be sadomasochists. Utmost respect to the pro's

It's a cruel place to start the ride, there isn't enough time to warm up before hitting what is probably the worst bit of the Honister. I'd have thought that starting from Rosthwaite or Grange was a more reasonable plan.
Having said that, I'll probably have a go at it next week, and I don't expect to beat you.

 

[Peteaud]

The trainer is harder than real rides i find.