Team BKool CycleChat

[AAAC 76C]

I prefer braces for my shorts, and suspenders for my socks. And a bowler hat instead of these new fangled helmets!

My mum once sewed my cycling socks to my shorts with elastic, like my gloves and top.
As I was such a puny get when my first pedal was at the top of the upstroke that was it, a bit like a geometric lock.
Wouldn't have been to bad but I was riding a fixie.

 

[peterob]

He pulls a train like a Dane!

All aboard the Cyclechat Express - Whooh Whooh!

 

[JLaw]

I have to change the realism else the belt slips on anything about 10%, and with some of the steeper sections in Zwift and the very steep climbs in BRVR I don't have a choice. Just can't get the Kickr to stop slipping (something strangely I never experienced on the Pro!). Hopefully power is power on the Kickr so I'm still pushing real watts therefore shouldn't be too bad when I get outside (he says with fingers crossed!)

Never had any slippage with my kickr. I hope you get it sorted out.

 

[Del C]

All aboard the Cyclechat Express - Whooh Whooh!

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Have those saddles been approved by @AAAC 76C ?

 

[Whorty]

Never had any slippage with my kickr. I hope you get it sorted out.

Hmmm, Andy said the same. I may have to have a fettle and see if I can fix it.

 

[theboxers]

I have to change the realism else the belt slips on anything about 10%, and with some of the steeper sections in Zwift and the very steep climbs in BRVR I don't have a choice. Just can't get the Kickr to stop slipping (something strangely I never experienced on the Pro!). Hopefully power is power on the Kickr so I'm still pushing real watts therefore shouldn't be too bad when I get outside (he says with fingers crossed!)

My kickr has a toothed belt that should not slip. How is yours oriented?

 

[CXRAndy]

Carl there are two options for this, you've not fitted the belt correctly, I mean tension. you have mentioned about damaging the tension bolt.

Or the belt has the wrong profile and doesn't sit properly in the tooth pulleys.

Because the belt has slipped a few times it could be now rounded off on a few teeth, so is knackered.

Buy a new cheap belt, check the seating on pulleys. If the teeth don't bed into the pulley. then it's wrong and a genuine from Wahoo is needed and correctly tensioned.

They don't slip unless something is wrong

 

[AAAC 76C]

Carl there are two options for this, you've not fitted the belt correctly, I mean tension. you have mentioned about damaging the tension bolt.

Or the belt has the wrong profile and doesn't sit properly in the tooth pulleys.

Because the belt has slipped a few times it could be now rounded off on a few teeth, so is knackered.

Buy a new cheap belt, check the seating on pulleys. If the teeth don't bed into the pulley. then it's wrong and a genuine from Wahoo is needed and correctly tensioned.

They don't slip unless something is wrong

Or if you are an animal like @Whorty the Mean Merecat

 

[AAAC 76C]

Have those saddles been approved by @AAAC 76C ?

Its my job to 'clean' them all every night!

 

[Whorty]

My kickr has a toothed belt that should not slip. How is yours oriented?

Toothed as well. When i first got it the best snapped within a couple of days (probably due to not being ridden for a few years and rotted). I changed the belt but just can't get it right. Supposed to be an easy switch but, believe me, it's really not, it's a real faff. The belts should last in the region of 12km so for most of us at least 2 years of good use.

 

[Whorty]

Carl there are two options for this, you've not fitted the belt correctly, I mean tension. you have mentioned about damaging the tension bolt.

Or the belt has the wrong profile and doesn't sit properly in the tooth pulleys.

Because the belt has slipped a few times it could be now rounded off on a few teeth, so is knackered.

Buy a new cheap belt, check the seating on pulleys. If the teeth don't bed into the pulley. then it's wrong and a genuine from Wahoo is needed and correctly tensioned.

They don't slip unless something is wrong

Belt looks ok - seems to sit ok in the pulleys and doesn't seem to be rounded on the teeth. The tension is the real bugger to get right - i did bugger up the original bolt and now I have spares. Buggered another one tonight as I tried to make the belt tighter. It really is a faff to get right so easiest thing for me is to just not go on 10%+ climbs with realism set.

 

[Whorty]

Or if you are an animal like @Whorty the Mean Merecat

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what a nice picture of our village centre

 

[Whorty]

Its my job to 'clean' them all every night!

Should you not check if they're dirty enough to need cleaning - no point wasting precious time. A good sniff test should do the trick

 

[Daddy Pig]

Should you not check if they're dirty enough to need cleaning - no point wasting precious time. A good sniff test should do the trick

...and then cleaning them is only a lick away...

 

[AAAC 76C]

Toothed as well. When i first got it the best snapped within a couple of days (probably due to not being ridden for a few years and rotted). I changed the belt but just can't get it right. Supposed to be an easy switch but, believe me, it's really not, it's a real faff. The belts should last in the region of 12km so for most of us at least 2 years of good use.

The 'best' snapped
Last 12km

Your key bird must be the some as mine