Team BKool CycleChat

[bridgy]

In Bsim, doesn't matter hos many times I update.

How many league rides can you see on Bsim? I can see 8. Four initially and then it scrolls right to show another four. This isn't ALL my league rides either so I think it's something they need to fix.

I've already emailed them about it (plus the small typeface for on-screen messages) - I bet they love getting my helpful emails

 

[CXRAndy]

It never showed you and Rick swap places - you were 0 seconds ahead of him on my screen for ages. I did think that was odd and that in reality you'd be taking turns on front!

I agree, the time gaps have always been a bit dodgy because of them using the power, so for example if one of you is cruising downhill and the other powering hard up a hill on a different part of the course (and when drafting like you say), the time gap gets very inaccurate, but I've never seen it jump around quite as much as it was last night!

Did anyone think the drafting seemed to give more benefit than before? It felt like it to me when we were in a group at the start.

I felt the draft working, would of liked it to continue for a little longer, but fitness not on same level as you Bridgy. I could tell you were strong last night, with all of us having to put in hard effort to plug the small leads you were trying to develop and eventually succeeded in.

 

[juniorshysheep]

Apologies if it's previously been asked, looked back a few pages already but is there a way round viewing more than 8 favourites in the new update?

 

[CXRAndy]

Apologies if it's previously been asked, looked back a few pages already but is there a way round viewing more than 8 favourites in the new update?

It looks like we get 8 rides in each whether there are in live, league, favourites

 

[Breedon]

Same for me on a 27" monitor, with varifocals on, the text is just too small and the message too short lived!

Won't be a problem for me when I get the new 55" tv for the pain cave at the weekend and with permission from the wife

 

[bridgy]

Apologies if it's previously been asked, looked back a few pages already but is there a way round viewing more than 8 favourites in the new update?

Yes, what Andy says above - or 9 if you shrink the screen and get 3 lots of 3 instead of 2 lots of 4! (also 3 lots of 3 on my tablet app version of Bsim).

It's something Bkool need to fix and I've already emailed them about it - feel free to do the same to emphasise the point to them though!

 

[juniorshysheep]

Yes, what Andy says above - or 9 if you shrink the screen and get 3 lots of 3 instead of 2 lots of 4! (also 3 lots of 3 on my tablet app version of Bsim).

It's something Bkool need to fix and I've already emailed them about it - feel free to do the same to emphasise the point to them though!

Thanks, I will...

 

[theboxers]

Won't be a problem for me when I get the new 55" tv for the pain cave at the weekend and with permission from the wife

Almost total imersion VR

 

[<Tommy>]

aaahhhhh com on - be honest - did you take a short cut through the alley ?

No comment

 

[<Tommy>]

Yes, what Andy says above - or 9 if you shrink the screen and get 3 lots of 3 instead of 2 lots of 4! (also 3 lots of 3 on my tablet app version of Bsim).

It's something Bkool need to fix and I've already emailed them about it - feel free to do the same to emphasise the point to them though!

3x3 on MacBook too.

 

[RickB]

That would be me... was dueling it out with Rick up the hill (seemed like a mountain to me!) when my front gear changer decided to malfunction and couldn't get it to go back onto the big ring, tried grinding it in different sprockets but wouldn't budge, wife came out to see what all the noise/swearing was all about, by which time i'd lost interest with it and bailed out.

That reminds me - I dropped the chain off the wee ring last night and fell behind by about 10 seconds at a point. managed to get it back on without dismounting thankfully but the damage was done. Must remember to have a look at that before the next ride.

It never showed you and Rick swap places - you were 0 seconds ahead of him on my screen for ages. I did think that was odd and that in reality you'd be taking turns on front!

I agree, the time gaps have always been a bit dodgy because of them using the power, so for example if one of you is cruising downhill and the other powering hard up a hill on a different part of the course (and when drafting like you say), the time gap gets very inaccurate, but I've never seen it jump around quite as much as it was last night!

Did anyone think the drafting seemed to give more benefit than before? It felt like it to me when we were in a group at the start.

Drafting did seem quite strong when we were all in a bunch - maybe they've tweaked more than just the front end interface after all.

 

[theboxers]

Drafting did seem quite strong when we were all in a bunch - maybe they've tweaked more than just the front end interface after all.

The point at which you could feel the draft kick in seems to be closer that before. It was variable before, several bike lengths, now it appears to be only 2 or maybe 3

 

[bobinski]

Could be you at the end of the league

Well Bill, certainly not today. Knee suddenly playing up again so rather than risking it on Bonnette i did an easy Zwift. Then had a poke around bsim. It looks, like others have suggested, to be a work in progress. Cleaner but strangely, harder to see the info we need. I hope in time, amongst the other issues raised, they can add watts pk to the scrolling list of riders so we can see what we are all putting out during the ride and what we need to do to stay ahead/catch. I did look at and briefly try a training ride and given its erg based was surprised not to be presented with a course to ride on, just the graph. So, no different to trainer road and without the depth and variety.

 

[RickB]

The point at which you could feel the draft kick in seems to be closer that before. It was variable before, several bike lengths, now it appears to be only 2 or maybe 3

You think? I thought it maybe kicked in when further away (at times)?? Could be me imagining things though.

 

[bridgy]

Could be you at the end of the league

Don't forget the small matter of Mont Ventoux as well....