Team BKool CycleChat

[bridgy]

It is really annoying and stupid that Bkool shows the total time including warm/up down unless you go searching in the details of the ride - who cares about the random amount of warm up/down time?! What's even sillier is they seem to know this as they do show the actual moving time within the leagues! (It's also annoying that the time including warm up/down is synced into Strava too )

 

[Brendan Parker]

where do you find this info?

found it

 

[BILL S]

I managed about 20 seconds of drafting the invisible Bill before he got bored and moved on.

You were the only one I got to draft Kip. Thanks for that. I was taking whatever I could get today and hoped to do more drafting. Unfortunately the looming hill put a stop to it

 

[Brendan Parker]

47:11 here
painfully dying

really tried to draft you but I really cant get the hang of it, I wasn't being a pain I was trying to

 

[Add]

You have broken me with your teasing me to catch up then riding away. I am going to cry in a corner now.

I can assure you that was not teasing. I spent the whole race trying to hold you off. You'd disappear out of my rankings and I'd think you were done for, put a load more effort in to catch the next person, and you'd appear again ....and gaining on me...I couldn't pull away from you, I was already giving it my all.
A great race from my point of view anyways.
Big battles with everyone, except Soarer who seemed to be more interested in ringing his bell and playing with something in his basket.

 

[Baldo Mero]

really tried to draft you but I really cant get the hang of it, I wasn't being a pain I was trying to

I know, I know... same here

 

[gbrown]

@Roleur1 did you sit on the line for a while at the start? It looks on the recording that you came in early.

If you guys sit on the start line for a while before your Start Time, it adds it to your elapsed time.

It is better if you jump straight in at the Start Time and just go for it.

I presume you sat on the line until your Start Time so I'll subtract that from your elapsed time.

Geoff

 

[Add]

42.56 av heart rate 162 well organised again ! thanks for your efforts - really enjoyed it

Hey Berty we started off well together, we were pushing each other nicely, it lasted a good while till we picked up Insomnia, then you seemed to distract each other and I made my break.

 

[bobinski]

Thanks Geoff. 33:01 for me.

Frigging hell Bill

35.55 for me Geoff.
Somehow when I started bill was already 2.35 ahead and managed to get that down to about 15 seconds and then he hit that uphill and bang, 2.30 ahead in no time. I knew i wouldnt see him again. I had a cracking tussle with AAAC but got the impression he was playing with me. We kept taking turns to shoot off and then be hauled in and then he too just went. In the final 500 m I overtook soarerv8 and lined up to sprint to overtake Paul just before the finish and soarerv8 came back at me and I hesitated before sprinting and by then it was too late and Paul pipped by a second or two. Great fun. So, while slower than Saturday's -which is still not showing-it was actually much more enjoyable. Thanks Geoff and well done all.
Oh, and my eldest son was waiting with a hot pancake stuffed with Nutella and peanut butter when I finished! Result!

 

[Add]

38:20 here Geoff, desperately tried to hunt down Adski, not sure how much I failed that by. Plus trying to keep Bridgy behind me.

I was staring intently at my rider positions table, just waiting for you or Bill to pop up in there, and try to hold you off. Bill did some strange Witchcraft thingy and wafted past me like St. Elmos fire, but I was pleased not to see you looming.

 

[Add]

Frigging hell Bill

35.55 for me Geoff.
Somehow when I started bill was already 2.35 ahead and managed to get that down to about 15 seconds and then he hit that uphill and bang, 2.30 ahead in no time. I knew i wouldnt see him again. I had a cracking tussle with AAAC but got the impression he was playing with me. We kept taking turns to shoot off and then be hauled in and then he too just went. In the final 500 m I overtook soarerv8 and lined up to sprint to overtake Paul just before the finish and soarerv8 came back at me and I hesitated before sprinting and by then it was too late and Paul pipped by a second or two. Great fun. So, while slower than Saturday's -which is still not showing-it was actually much more enjoyable. Thanks Geoff and well done all.
Oh, and my eldest son was waiting with a hot pancake stuffed with Nutella and peanut butter when I finished! Result!

The perfect evening....

 

[gbrown]

Well done Bob, you kept up with AAAC for ages. Got some great battles on the Videos ...

57:12 I think, but does that include my 2 minutes waiting on the start line?

Yes, and it also includes your Warm UP and Cool Down.

You need to go into the details where it is broken down.

We all think it is crazy, as no one is interested in anything but the Main session time.

Your main time was 54:48 but you sat on the line for 2 minutes (and possibly another 2 seconds) ...

 

[kipster]

I was staring intently at my rider positions table, just waiting for you or Bill to pop up in there, and try to hold you off. Bill did some strange Witchcraft thingy and wafted past me like St. Elmos mist, but I was pleased or to see you looming.

I think you appeared in mine a few seconds before you finished, I was in third at that point, some 24 seconds a drift.

 

[gbrown]

@AAAC 76C

You (and Gail) are showing as non-finishers on the classification, but Bkool has recorded your ride as 31:18...

...which is one second slower than Saturday!

Great consistency.

And well done, it must be hard having to ride so fast to stand any chance of getting near the front.

Geoff

 

[Bert42]

Hey guys

After a bit of advice. I've noticed my Bkool pro has started making a clicking noise and looking at the (what I assume is) flywheel (which you can just see inside the unit), most of a turn it all looks smooth but where the clicking sound comes in, there seems a slight gap between different parts.

Hopefully this makes sense and has anyone else encountered this?

It doesn't seem to be affecting the performance yet but suspect it's on its way out.