Team BKool CycleChat

[Chrisw481]

Hi lads,back to the trainer tyre I know chris has got one but was after some feedback on how much tyre comes off them as mine seems to
come off quite a bit and was a little concerned that it seems to go into the bkool machine any thoughts welcome.

I had a load of black stuff come off when I was using a cheapo tyre, since I changed to my trainer tyre I get very little but I wipe the turbo down with a baby wipe after each session just in case.

 

[Chrisw481]

If you can talk her round to spending 3 grand on ya bike im sure you can manage that .

You have a point although it was her that suggested I buy the bike

 

[Jake the snake]

I missed my chance for upgrade to gold for one euro,Had a bit to drink on boxing day thought it was a mistake. oh bugger.

 

[harly]

I missed my chance for upgrade to gold for one euro,Had a bit to drink on boxing day thought it was a mistake. oh bugger.

Same here , seen the offer but didnt get round to sorting it out , think they got a 25% off offer on at moment

 

[Jake the snake]

Was looking at that myself,Mine expires at the end of feb but was hoping might be more outdoor than indoor by then.
I suspect there will be deals throughout the year on offer though.

 

[kipster]

Couple of sessions yesterday evening, the 9.9km TT of the Dubai Tour 2014 E1, wanted under 16 minutes but failed by 24 seconds. It was a good warm up for the 14.7km 1st stage of the Tour of Britain which I really enjoyed, got a ok time as well (27:58), even though I wasn't 'going for it'.

Dubai Tour 2014 E1 :http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=557685&completed=true
Tour of Britain stage 1 :http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=557858&completed=true

 

[kipster]

There were heavy hailstones down south this morning, so canned the club ride and got on the turbo instead (seems to be rubbish weather every Saturday at the moment).

Did Dubai Tour 2014 E2 http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=559785&completed=true
it was a tad boring, the last 12km is completely flat, E3 looks a lot better.

 

[simonsch]

If only they had the Tour of Oman up as video rides, that would be more interesting cycling from that part of the world.

Btw does anyone else find the cornering on the video rides a bit disconcerting, having obviously been filmed on a motorbike?

 

[Asa Post]

Btw does anyone else find the cornering on the video rides a bit disconcerting, having obviously been filmed on a motorbike?

Yup. Nearly fell off going down Honister, and then again on Newlands. The instinct to lean the bike is too strong.
In future, when I see a sharp downhill corner approaching I'll look away from the screen.

 

[harly]

anyone know of a way to stitch gpx files together , rather than doing a load of 1k sessions ,( local bumps in area (.on the bkool id like to put them together and make one session ..is that possible

 

[Peteaud]

Was looking at that myself,Mine expires at the end of feb but was hoping might be more outdoor than indoor by then.
I suspect there will be deals throughout the year on offer though.

Mine has expired and i wont bother until the end of year. As i only use the trainer as a last resort.

That said if this weather keeps up....

 

[Jake the snake]

I use mine in the garage and the internet connection is hit and miss.So I tend to download some bkool rolling sessions etc
and just do them,however did a downloaded session this morning and this seems to have got lost somewhere in cyberspace,however would anyone know how to retrieve them cheers jakey the snakey

 

[Asa Post]

anyone know of a way to stitch gpx files together , rather than doing a load of 1k sessions ,( local bumps in area (.on the bkool id like to put them together and make one session ..is that possible

I haven't tried it myself, but...
http://joewein.net/bike/gpxmerge/

 

[kipster]

I use mine in the garage and the internet connection is hit and miss.So I tend to download some bkool rolling sessions etc
and just do them,however did a downloaded session this morning and this seems to have got lost somewhere in cyberspace,however would anyone know how to retrieve them cheers jakey the snakey

I've had a few 'go missing' for a whIle, longest about 3 hours. I did read somewhere that logging in and out of BSIM a few times can speed it up. I can't say it has made much of a difference for me.

 

[Jake the snake]

Will give it a go,Cheers