Team BKool CycleChat

[Whorty]

How long does it normally take for a session uploaded to Bkool to appear in Strava? My accounts are linked, and my first two rides are there, but not the one I finished an hour ago?

Usually for me very quickly once it shows in Bkool 'My Activity'. Never had one not show up.

 

[Nomadski]

Usually for me very quickly once it shows in Bkool 'My Activity'. Never had one not show up.

Hmm. There was an update to the app which I installed prior to the ride. Wonder if it has broken something?

 

[Whorty]

Hmm. There was an update to the app which I installed prior to the ride. Wonder if it has broken something?

ah, the infamous Bkool 'upgrades' where we lose functionality

 

[<Tommy>]

Apparently the humungous size of it means it's never gonna fall over ..... and the 'wobble' feature was non-existent. The bike by all accounts was very poor quality too. Be interesting when the Tacx bike gets released to see if it can compete in quality with the Neo etc.

From what I gather the tacx bike is essentially the neo in bike form so should perform the same or better.

 

[Breedon]

From what I gather the tacx bike is essentially the neo in bike form so should perform the same or better.

With a price tag of 2.5k at launch

 

[Rod McG]

Hmm. There was an update to the app which I installed prior to the ride. Wonder if it has broken something?

Same has happened to my ride of earlier this evening, after the update. Hope it turns up!

 

[Whorty]

With a price tag of 2.5k at launch

as they say on dragons den .... I'm out That's crazy money at a grand more expensive than the Atom

 

[Nomadski]

Same has happened to my ride of earlier this evening, after the update. Hope it turns up!

Did you run the update to v3.52 prior to the ride as well?

 

[Rod McG]

Did you run the update to v3.52 prior to the ride as well?

Yes, I couldn't see any improvements though!

 

[theboxers]

I did the update. The 3 sessions I did are in bkool. 1 planned session, one lejog league stage and a cool down descent session. I'm not linked to strava or garmin connect.

 

[Nomadski]

I did the update. The 3 sessions I did are in bkool. 1 planned session, one lejog league stage and a cool down descent session. I'm not linked to strava or garmin connect.

Yeah mine updated to Bkool fine. We are saying it isn't passing on the ride to a linked strava account since the update.

 

[Rod McG]

@Jim Brown I hear of the fire at your hotel. It sounds very serious. Hope you weren't closely involved and they can re-open before too long. Best wishes.

 

[bridgy]

Hi all, long time no type!

Just wondering how things are in the land of Bkool. Does it still do the 'stop dead' trick when hitting hills? I could be tempted to do a few sessions under Gail's account if things have improved!

Hi @RickB - good to hear from you! I too have been mostly on zwift lately. There's a lot about zwift I like but you can't beat a good race on bkool against closely matched opponents you know well - I was reminded of this on Saturday when me, Bill and AAAC had a really good race together. I don't know if they've eliminated dead stops completely but it has definitely improved a lot in that regard.

Bkool still massively over-states watts compared to real life -or even zwift when using the bkool pro - so bear that in mind if you're used to using a power meter! Will be good to see you in a virtual race again some time!

 

[Rod McG]

Hmm. There was an update to the app which I installed prior to the ride. Wonder if it has broken something?

Strava now shows my ride, which is good.

 

[Breedon]

So a update, been to the doctors and it seems he must know @Whorty doctor with a wink and a smile passed a prescription of TUE'S both brown and blue inhalers.
Now I can enjoy racing