Team BKool CycleChat

[jiberjaber]

My guess is that the difficulty of the uphill is largely a bkool calibration thing, but the downhills is more a bsim/physics model issue. I also did the @Jibberjabber's Margeretting ride and on the kickr the uphill sections felt reasonably realistic and the power numbers didn't look silly. The downhills were just too easy though, especially with the kickr's flywheel spun up. 26m55s is good for my ego, but it ain't happening in the real world!

It feels like bsim only sets resistance by gradient but doesn't take account, or at least not in any realistic way, of the increase in aerodynamic resistance with speed. I can understand how this might be trickier as it sets up a feedback loop between roller speed and resistance, but without it you're never going to get representative times.

I think I did that section in about 43 mins looking at my Garmin, though that was on a hybrid not the road bike - was a month or so ago, so suspect I could maybe shave a couple of mins off that time but 26mins would be unreachable! LOL

 

[Darryn007]

I think I did that section in about 43 mins looking at my Garmin, though that was on a hybrid not the road bike - was a month or so ago, so suspect I could maybe shave a couple of mins off that time but 26mins would be unreachable! LOL

Well I might have found a cheat for that during all my messing about trying to get things to work properly, read on..... I pulled out my ant dongle while doing a ride and the software just keeps on registering my last transmitted numbers, so if my watts were at say 250, that's what it just keeps logging, even while not pedaling! It kept it up for about 8mins before asking if I wanted to stop the session, I then replugged the dongle in pedaled a bit and repeated the process with again a 7-8min rest while the video just kept on logging the last transmitted watt and speed settings! I guess this is the VR part where you can hang onto a car or whatever LOL!

I dunno if it is just my system, check it out and see if you get the same glitch..

 

[jaybeex2]

Anyone got any tips on removing the cover on the Pro unit as i have the common fan rub issue?
Ive tried gently prizing it but didnt want to try too hard till i knew that was the method.

Cheers
JB

 

[BILL S]

Anyone got any tips on removing the cover on the Pro unit as i have the common fan rub issue?
Ive tried gently prizing it but didnt want to try too hard till i knew that was the method.

Cheers
JB

Mine is off now for the same reason. see my last post.
what you have to do is get a reasonably long Philips screwdriver and remover the two screws on the base of the unit closest to the cover. This should allow you to remove the round cover. Then just put the two screws back in an tighten.

Are you going to ask for a new cover?

 

[Add]

Just spent half an hour reading the last 20 pages of posts, since I was last on! I am really happy with my Pro, but am now worried its going to 'clown car' on me! To keep, or not to keep at the end of my 30 day trial, that is the question!

 

[harly]

Just spent half an hour reading the last 20 pages of posts, since I was last on! I am really happy with my Pro, but am now worried its going to 'clown car' on me! To keep, or not to keep at the end of my 30 day trial, that is the question!

I thought that with my classic but 1 year later not a single problem and i think the bkool site is just getting better

 

[Add]

Touch wood..... Mines been problem free. It's damn hard to pedal, but figure that's more my fault than theirs. Flat stuff, and downhill is nice, anything over 8% is like being knee deep in treacle!

 

[Bollo]

Well I might have found a cheat for that during all my messing about trying to get things to work properly, read on..... I pulled out my ant dongle while doing a ride and the software just keeps on registering my last transmitted numbers, so if my watts were at say 250, that's what it just keeps logging, even while not pedaling! It kept it up for about 8mins before asking if I wanted to stop the session, I then replugged the dongle in pedaled a bit and repeated the process with again a 7-8min rest while the video just kept on logging the last transmitted watt and speed settings! I guess this is the VR part where you can hang onto a car or whatever LOL!

I dunno if it is just my system, check it out and see if you get the same glitch..

I've been sussed!

Yanking out your dongle (paging Fnaar) is pretty extreme and may have just crashed the bit of code responsible for processing and transmitting the ANT+ data. Really the software should check the last ANT message time to see if anything has been updated and, if a few 'expected' messages (the meaning of 'expected' is the tricky bit) have been missed, it should start to zero the speed/cadence/power. If you just stopped pedalling and the same thing happened, then I'd be a bit more concerned.

 

[Rayvon]

Well its arrived and impressed. Do you guy have a regular night when you all get together and do a session in multi-player ? Just uploaded my coast to coast in a day gpx file from earlier this year, its got hardknott on there if anyones interested.

 

[bob01]

I have recorded at 1080p30 and 720p60 as my camera doesn't do 720p30. I have an M500 bullet style camera, its just a cheap job. On handbrake and different videos I have used the size settings to change resolution and the setting for frame rate as well as adjusting the bit rate. But after this I have got it to upload.

I have a 3rd video waiting in the approval queue and its got a great hill on it.

theedge - looking forward to your new vids

Paulf - I've had good luck w/ Handbrake stock settings + the following changes (starting w/ 720p 30fps video - recored w/ garmin Virb)...
- remove audio tracks
- select constant quality, vary RF setting slider until filesize less than 2.5GB limit.
You can use the preview window to try different settings before processing the whole file

Enjoy.

 

[BILL S]

Do you guy have a regular night when you all get together and do a session in multi-player ?.

I'd like to give that a go. (Not having experienced any multi player sessions so far)

 

[Listener666]

I'd like to give that a go. (Not having experienced any multi player sessions so far)

So would I...............but wait until I am feeling better................been poorly for a week

.........And can I have a handicap for being fat....and 50

 

[Glovepup]

Can anyone access bkool.com? The app is not logging on, can reach the route search page as the link is in my browser history. Suppose the trainer is useless without it?

 

[burndust]

Looks down

 

[BILL S]

I can't login.