Team BKool CycleChat

[Rockdel]

Yes that is correct, though I unistalled the garmin driver, put the ant dongle back in the laptop and it could find no driver.

 

[harly]

right ..ive just tried it on mine uninstalling the driver and had to restart the laptop before it would look for the new drivers but once laptop started it found the drivers

 

[Rockdel]

right ..ive just tried it on mine uninstalling the driver and had to restart the laptop before it would look for the new drivers but once laptop started it found the drivers

Thanks Harly, will try that when I get home from work. Fingers crossed it works as I am pulling my hairs out on this one.

 

[Rockdel]

Thanks Harly, will try that when I get home from work. Fingers crossed it works as I am pulling my hairs out on this one.

Will also try it with Windows 8.1

 

[jiberjaber]

Well third day on the trainer, today I did Stratton Audley and was in second place doing quite well.. when all of a sudden I had what I guess I would call a virtual crash.

Basically, I felt a wobble, then all of a sudden the bike came off the roller mount and as I scrabbled to get my feet out of the spd's to get them on the ground, it ground to a halt, then the smell of burning plastic.... I think I was doing about 33mph at the time.

Result, I was slightly shaken, lost my second place on the ride but managed to crawl up from 4th to 3rd by the end.... in the real world, luckily I didn't start propelling myself towards the wall, but I now have a melted gouge out of the inside of my 3 day old trainer.

Root cause.... there's a black locking nut, which on first thoughts looks like just a way to turn the threaded rod to make contact with the bike QR.... but it is a locking nut, it was jammed on at the QR end of the threaded rod but a bit of persuasion with a rubber adjustment tool (mallet) it now locks the threaded rod in place...

I'm pretty sure there wasn't mention of the locking nut in the instructions, even if there is, please learn from my mistake

*edit* - here's what the instructions say, not very clear but with hindsight, the locking nut should be used - they could be a bit clearer though!

How should I adjust the axis of the rear wheel on my bicycle to the trainer?

1. Place your bicycle by supporting the real wheel on the trainer roller.
2. Stand behind the bicycle – this is the most comfortable position for performing the adjustment.
3. Raise the hinged arms on the frame of the trainer and visually calculate whether the space between the lateral connections to the wheel axis is sufficient, too large or too small.
4. If it is too large or too small, turn the thread on the left connection (towards the front of the bicycle). To do so, loosen the piece of black plastic that covers the joint between the thread and the hinged arm and turn the thread. Tighten up the black plastic again once you have finished.
5. Insert the ends of the wheel axis into the lateral connections on the hinged arms of the trainer.
6. Turn the black knob located on the right hinged arm (towards the front of the bicycle) until you cannot turn it any more. Make sure this is tight so as to guarantee a firm hold.

 

[burndust]

Oofft bet that was scary

 

[harly]

rockdel .. when you first log into bsim to use the bkool do you see 3 red lights at the bottom of the screen for trainer heartbeat and cadence ..if they are red you will get the no ant dongle message come up.... when you on that screen take out dongle and put back in again see if cadence and trainer go green , if yes ok to use... mine does it every now and again like that

 

[harly]

bloody hell lucky you didnt go flying forward ..ive just looked on mine its not fastened either didnt know it was meant to

 

[Rockdel]

rockdel .. when you first log into bsim to use the bkool do you see 3 red lights at the bottom of the screen for trainer heartbeat and cadence ..if they are red you will get the no ant dongle message come up.... when you on that screen take out dongle and put back in again see if cadence and trainer go green , if yes ok to use... mine does it every now and again like that

tried it and the buttons stay in red. Am installing Windows 8.1 at the moment then will try to get rid of the garmin driver and see what happens when I restart.

 

[bowtomephil]

If it fails with 8.1, you have a duff dongle.

I have tried it on a HTC one phone, Nexus 7, PC running windows 7 and windows running 8.1 all work fine. The samsung tab s has ant+ built in

 

[Rockdel]

Still waiting for Windows 8.1 to download, however have uninstalled the Garmin Antenna Driver inserted the fob and can see it in the USB port on the laptop but with no driver. Have tried troubleshooting but the laptop does not find a driver to install

 

[theedge]

Well third day on the trainer, today I did Stratton Audley and was in second place doing quite well.. when all of a sudden I had what I guess I would call a virtual crash.

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Ouch... it seems that using the trainer is not entirely free of the usual pitfalls of cycling...

Burndust had a puncture...

I had a chain off yesterday..

Hope you liked Stratton Audley..

 

[theedge]

It seems to be that no new videos are being added at the moment.. I uploaded one a week and half ago, but it is not displayed.

 

[Rockdel]

seem to have got it working at last, problem was with the usb driver, needed to take out the garmin driver and install the one in the drive.
Thanks all for your patience.

 

[burndust]

Ah glad you got it fixed