berty bassett
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- Location
- I'boro
quick - tell him to turn off and on again or legs will be like beeswings
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At least for now I'm staying with Bkool - I like the racing side of Bkool as it makes me push harder.I am going to download Zwift this afternoon, give it a go. It seems to have good reviews for training schedules. But I must have my bi weekly fix of Bkool racing
You will find steep hills a little bit more, how shall I say it? ..... Challenging
Hoping to have a go tomorrow night with a few ghosts 
No one turned up for the club ride, probably due to rain and floods, so rushed home in the hope I might get to join the ride. No chance really especially when Windows 10 did some updates, bkool needed to update and the firmware needed an update. I dropped by to see how far back I would've started and then decided to do my own thing.
Hills are tougher, I don't think it's fitness as I've been doing ok in the outdoors world of late, it must be firmware. The chain off moment didn't help, the turbo bike does need a service, perhaps I'll do that next week. The flats and down hills were easy, the little bumps scrub the speed of quickly,. Overall it felt a lot more realistic so not a bad set of updates really.
The new fan is great.
Hills are tougher, I don't think it's fitness as I've been doing ok in the outdoors world of late, it must be firmware. The chain off moment didn't help, the turbo bike does need a service, perhaps I'll do that next week. The flats and down hills were easy, the little bumps scrub the speed of quickly,. Overall it felt a lot more realistic so not a bad set of updates really.
The new fan is great.
That was tough, more mentally than physically but that was hard enough-90%. I couldn't figure out when I came off a descent at high speed I would literally grind to a halt in speed generally 4mph and once or twice or saw 2mph briefly. I would then have to build speed back up. Also when a climb percentage dropped from 4% to 2%, you would think it would get easier but no, the resistance remained constant.
flat speed seems spot on
I was feeling pretty dejected by half way, AAAC thanks for the encouragement in latter part, I needed a lift and put in an effort to finish strong
Suffice to say the KIckr with bkool is a problem and not on a par with the Pro
Karma for breaking a Pro trainer
flat speed seems spot on
I was feeling pretty dejected by half way, AAAC thanks for the encouragement in latter part, I needed a lift and put in an effort to finish strong
Suffice to say the KIckr with bkool is a problem and not on a par with the Pro
Karma for breaking a Pro trainer
Yes, almost 1 hour at 101%, and I get rewarded with the "Too bad! Your physical condition has decreased"- message
.Definitely a different ride with the new firmware/software.
No slingshots, no on/off and no drafting.
And no exaggerated watts this time.
That was indeed rather annoying. It was like a negative slingshot so going to have to try and figure out how to avoid those. Not surprisingly you beat me my 33 seconds but I gave it everything and my HR even went to 177 a couple of times. Actually I was feeling unusually strong today so doubt I can do better on Saturday. Although with a bit of drafting from the right person perhaps.....
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
All this moaning and groaning about the updates! Just do what I did and go to the pub before you ride and down 2 pints, rush back join the warm up, start and then watch Bill and LB disappear off into the distance
great riding you two. I doubt my beers made a difference given I was necking jelly babies like anything. I was just anxious to beat 1h 5m and I just made it. Ta for the lift Whorty
i have to say riding into a short incline now fills me with trepidation. I cannot slingshot in. If I miss judge the power needed to get to the top then a frantic down change in gears whilst power and speed collapse and dignity falls away is the only answer. And sometimes brings me to almost a dead stop
Still, great fun and the best way to burn 1000 calories
great riding you two. I doubt my beers made a difference given I was necking jelly babies like anything. I was just anxious to beat 1h 5m and I just made it. Ta for the lift Whorty i have to say riding into a short incline now fills me with trepidation. I cannot slingshot in. If I miss judge the power needed to get to the top then a frantic down change in gears whilst power and speed collapse and dignity falls away is the only answer. And sometimes brings me to almost a dead stop
Still, great fun and the best way to burn 1000 calories
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
All this moaning and groaning about the updates! Just do what I did and go to the pub before you ride and down 2 pints, rush back join the warm up, start and then watch Bill and LB disappear off into the distance great riding you two. I doubt my beers made a difference given I was necking jelly babies like anything. I was just anxious to beat 1h 5m and I just made it. Ta for the lift Whorty
i have to say riding into a short incline now fills me with trepidation. I cannot slingshot in. If I miss judge the power needed to get to the top then a frantic down change in gears whilst power and speed collapse and dignity falls away is the only answer. And sometimes brings me to almost a dead stop
Still, great fun and the best way to burn 1000 calories
great riding you two. I doubt my beers made a difference given I was necking jelly babies like anything. I was just anxious to beat 1h 5m and I just made it. Ta for the lift Whorty i have to say riding into a short incline now fills me with trepidation. I cannot slingshot in. If I miss judge the power needed to get to the top then a frantic down change in gears whilst power and speed collapse and dignity falls away is the only answer. And sometimes brings me to almost a dead stop
Still, great fun and the best way to burn 1000 calories
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
What happened there?
