BigRingVR - The new leader of the pack?

[berty bassett]

Isn't he sending his "mate" ? He wont be able to resist. He cannot any longer stand by those dodgy times up he set on his Pro uphill and mountain in Zwift knowing I am silently rebuking him...

oi ! i deleted that silly silly time!!

now i have recovered from the taste of bobs gauntlet being slapped round my face i feel obliged to join in the hostilities - i mean fun
i will join tomorrow
is there anywhere on here to tell me what to do !?

 

[bobinski]

oi ! i deleted that silly silly time!!

now i have recovered from the taste of bobs gauntlet being slapped round my face i feel obliged to join in the hostilities - i mean fun
i will join tomorrow
is there anywhere on here to tell me what to do !?

Oh, there’s another! Will keep it in my pocket for now

I am kind of racing Nations cup tomorrow at 10-30 on Z but won’t be able to give it my all. Tommy is organising things here.

 

[berty bassett]

won't be able to give it your all ??? i think in that case i will join in and try being the little angel on your shoulder

 

[CXRAndy]

I am kind of racing Nations cup tomorrow at 10-30 on Z but won’t be able to give it my all

Hey? Don't do it if you're feeling under par.

 

[bobinski]

won't be able to give it your all ??? i think in that case i will join in and try being the little angel on your shoulder

Hey? Don't do it if you're feeling under par.

Ahh, bless you both I think

 

[berty bassett]

all signed up

 

[Aleman]

So 1:53 for the Col du Portalet North Side ... Thats a tough 37Km even if the last 8 are down hill!!!

 

[ibooij]

Hi people, we just released a new version (5.2.0.0). The app will prompt you for the update, or you can choose to click the button in the top right to update.
The most interesting changes are:

• Better hardware compatibility for displaying video.
• Add elevation gain in ride GUI (default setting). Configurable in Preferences (current elevation / elevation gain)
• Added support for Wattbike Atom.
• Better buffer message warning, smaller and 50% transparent.
• Autosave for ride recovery in case of crash.
• Keep multiple backups of log files for easier troubleshooting analysis.
• Easier configuration setting when choosing between 720 and 1080 stream.

Special thanks for @TurboTommy for helping us fix the Wattbike Atom support. We've had some communication with the very friendly guys at Wattbike. They've confirmed that they weren't implementing the complete specification. They will do that, but meanwhile we've found a good workaround.

Thanks for all your feedback, please keep it coming!

 

[martin22]

Can we have a warm-up option please? E.g. open the ride and just have a 5-10 minute timer start when you start pedalling where it doesn't start the proper video or course timer but still shows data like heart rate, cadence, power. When timer is up or you want to start the ride, stop pedalling and let all data go to zero then when you pedal again it starts the video and course. Like the Bkool one!

Thanks

 

[Whorty]

Can we have a warm-up option please? E.g. open the ride and just have a 5-10 minute timer start when you start pedalling where it doesn't start the proper video or course timer but still shows data like heart rate, cadence, power. When timer is up or you want to start the ride, stop pedalling and let all data go to zero then when you pedal again it starts the video and course. Like the Bkool one!

Thanks

That would be a good feature - some of the rides start with big inclines and doing this without a warmup is not ideal.

 

[theboxers]

There is a 10KM downhill ride in Spain, that I've done as a cool down.

@theboxers Jostedal is a great ride I think I was the first to do it, and managed to briefly hold the KOM on it ... and no Bkool Fairy Dust Must admit @Jim Brown I would like to see some flatter and downhill sections of the great cols, so that we can link a few together. it's all very good having a 14Km ride like Hautacam, but who (ok apart from Contador) wants to ride 13% gradients all day?

I've just found a few sections that would make good warm down descents

Hochtannberg the 2nd half about 15km has a bump of about 50 meters half way
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=1103

Hahntennjoch the last 11km or so all down hill
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=1001

Fern Pass to Neuschwanstein has several sections that can be used for a warm down
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2120

Col du Portalet (North Side) the last 10 km
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2193

Bergen A section at about 15km goes for about 10km
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2156
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2156
Gudvangen from about 28km to finish is downhill
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2182

I'll start using these instead of the ones in Bkool to warm down

 

[theboxers]

A few more

Grimsel pass from Gletsch (South side) about 6km all down hill
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=1088

Oberalp Pass from Tujetsch the last 10 or so km
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2114

Deer Creek HighGrade the last 10 km
https://bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=1102

Evergreen
Fremont Pass from Copper, top of the Rockies Hwy
Golden to Boulder
Guanella Pass from Georgetown (North side)
Lookout Mountain
Loveland Pass West
Platte River
Squaw Pass from Idaho Springs
Wind River Pass

Enjoy

 

[ibooij]

We will be adding warmups soon, probably in the next release (in about 2 weeks). There a few small things we need to iron out before we can add it and we need some time to test it properly.

 

[Goldwolfie]

@ibooij - good to see you that you put your focus on proper testing.

Unlike one of your competitors whose upgrades never fail to 'surprise', and not in a good way.

 

[berty bassett]

@ibooij - good to see you that you put your focus on proper testing.

Unlike one of your competitors whose upgrades never fail to 'surprise', and not in a good way.

who do you mean !!