Team BKool CycleChat

[<Tommy>]

Its going OK, I think
My last two Bkool outings felt ok, not blistering quick for me, but not bad. I felt I was able to sustain power whilst climbing better. I am still in the 'Base phase' ,so if anything my power has not improved yet, maybe lowered. Its just sweet spot below threshold intervals whilst holding fast pedal cadence/form. The Build phase is where I am supposed to build power with cadence, that is to come in a month or so. We shall see if I can catch your good form

Yeah my form will be well gone by then probably, but I'm keeping on eye on you Andy, don't worry about that!

I have a feeling I'm a bit quicker at the moment because I'm doing so little. My commute has gone from around 24 to 6 miles a day so I feel a bit fresher I guess. It's nice putting in a good show in the leagues but I have a feeling the work you're putting in is far more likely to reap long term rewards where as mine's a bit short sighted by comparison.

Either way team 'not red' are looking good this year! So long as Add keeps up the good work and Kip survives today's velodrome session we're cruising!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Being a bit of an Inbetweeners fan it wasn't difficult.

My favourite scene is the dancing in the first film.

 

[MasterDabber]

It is TrainerRoad. I suppose it could. I pick and choose the types of races in bkool at the moment where they are smallish hills and use them for intervals. Most of my time is following TR. My plan was to do base and build phases, hoped I had increased ftp, then do it again at the higher ftp figures and see if I increased again.

Thanks... I'd heard there had been some problems between the Bkool turbo and TR that had needed a firmware fix - to do with the resistance loading. Is this working ok now.

 

[CXRAndy]

Thanks... I'd heard there had been some problems between the Bkool turbo and TR that had needed a firmware fix - to do with the resistance loading. Is this working ok now.

I have the luxury at the moment of using 2 trainers, my Kickr for TR and Bkool pro for Bkool racing. The Kickr works great on TR, it just sorts out the resistance for whatever cadence I decide. Not changed gears in a few weeks

 

[berty bassett]

was going to have a steady long ride with a few ghosts on a rainy morning but every ride i look at there are no ghosts at all on any of them ! is it just me or is this another quirky feature they have added

 

[CXRAndy]

was going to have a steady long ride with a few ghosts on a rainy morning but every ride i look at there are no ghosts at all on any of them ! is it just me or is this another quirky feature they have added

Berty how about this, my local club run
http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/2908267?

 

[AAAC 76C]

For sure, and I have no doubt my son in offering upnhi bedroom, was looking forward to returning to his new loft conversion during the holidays!

Point in question. Visiting youngest comes out the bathroom this morning and asked where her toothbrush had gone.
I told her thar it probably went to London six years ago when she moved there to gp to Uni.

 

[berty bassett]

Berty how about this, my local club run
http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/2908267?

looks good and when i look into it i can see you have 3 attempts then when i go to schedule and set up ghosts - no ones done it at all - your gone !
just want a long steady ride with a few people - guess its zwift today
dont want a fast one as still got the super super bug that should kill people my age - but wont complain

 

[CXRAndy]

looks good and when i look into it i can see you have 3 attempts then when i go to schedule and set up ghosts - no ones done it at all - your gone !
just want a long steady ride with a few people - guess its zwift today
dont want a fast one as still got the super super bug that should kill people my age - but wont complain

I copied the ride to schedule, then looked in at Bsim, there is me and two bots- odd

 

[Noah Street]

I did a solo ride yesterday (Chaingang West Lothian) in order to try and isolate an issue I'm having Bkool (my actual time in group rides or with ghosts wasn't being reflected accurately). Do I need to have challenged someone in order for the ride to have counted and be reflected in the league? My activity ride has the "trophy" symbol against it.

 

[berty bassett]

could anyone give me the email of the bloke to complain to in bkool please - cant get on their page now to view any rides either - its beyond shoddy now - thanks

 

[Noah Street]

could anyone give me the email of the bloke to complain to in bkool please - cant get on their page now to view any rides either - its beyond shoddy now - thanks

I am currently corresponding with them on an issue using info@bkool.com

 

[<Tommy>]

could anyone give me the email of the bloke to complain to in bkool please - cant get on their page now to view any rides either - its beyond shoddy now - thanks

I'm waiting on a decent response to 6 emails... to be fair every email says pretty much the same thing so one response would do.

 

[CXRAndy]

My last response from Bkool regarding slow uploads of results was blamed on cyclechat admin not verifying results

 

[berty bassett]

its bloody pathetic ! i can only see 8 out of 1 million rides in the sim so go to homepage to set up my own where it wont let me see anyones results - the slider is stuck on zero saying no ghosts or times for any ride anywhere ever - their programmer ought to have his dinner money stopped and grounded till he grows up
so i go to zwift for a while - come back to try again and it wants me to update but starts each time before i can accept - i wonder if he sits in his chair thinking - yep - that was a job well done ? -- id shove his pencil case up his nose !