Team BKool CycleChat

[theboxers]

We need names

I ground myself to pulp to complete that session and usually quicker rides than I bailed on it . I was like and ended up and almost . Now I feel like after seeing the decimation it caused .

 

[theboxers]

RickB. I know I should not admit to this, but stage 3 is very familiar to me . I have ridden it twice in the real world, once each way and thoroughly enjoyed it .

It took about 30 minutes for me to complete . I doubt very much I will be anywhere near as quick as before though . I was on a motorcycle at the time

 

[bobinski]

I am - it's the only one I've ever owned. I did let a friend have a go on the Bkool once and he rocked the bike from side to side an alarming amount - It's generally pretty solid and stable when I ride it. So I guess different riding styles will have an affect on how stable it feels

Are you accusing me of poor style ?

 

[Add]

I have bought and use two after market skewers, alongside the official BKool one. I have never had a problem with any of them coming loose though. I do use a rubber mat under the turbo, which does stop anything moving around, and I don't tend to sway from side to side, just 'pop' the odd wheelie when I'm in the mood.
I do it up pretty tight mind you....so tight Camlo can't undo it, which can be great cause for annoyance if I've either left my bike on and she wants to use the turbo, or if I have 'clamped' her bike on and she wants to go outside, in the scary real world...with bears and monsters, and you can fall off!

 

[Add]

Check out AAAC's average heart rate of 32bpm for last night's chaingang ride! He's not even TRYING guys!!

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Trying??!? He's flippin' hibernating by the look of it! I would believe it too, if he hadn't explained it by admitting he was wearing it round his knees, before launching it!

 

[bridgy]

Are you accusing me of poor style ?

I'm in no position to lecture anyone on "style"!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Same here.
Most seem to be making big leaps forward which makes it worse.
I was rubbish on Tuesday. When I went to bike last night I found loads of rubber on the floor (I had not noticed on Tuesday as I just left the cave after my ride in disgust at my time) and it seems that some friend kids who where at my house at the weekend must have messed with the bike and the BKOOL unit was at a very slight angle to the wheel. I guessed I was losing power due to the angle and the wheel not sitting true.

Unfortuanly I was still rubbish last night.

Just need to keep at it. Everybody has off days/weeks. Power on through and I'm sure we will make the gains soon.

Paul, it helps to lift the front wheel before you start training to make sure it settle's back into the wheel support and to take any 'strain' out due to movement.
What also helps is to cut the hands off of any pesky little blighter's that mess with your 'stuff' unless it was the wife of course who just needs to be politely reminded whilst making sure she knows that you count that as one for you.

 

[AAAC 76C]

I don't know about you but I find however much I tighten up the rear wheel in the trainer arms, it comes loose by the end of a ride - particularly an "energetic" one! So I always tighten it back up before a new ride. I suspect if this isn't done the movement that it would allow would cause problems over time

My bike stays in the turbo and I haven't had to adjust the adjustable side for over a year.
If I take the bike out to change a tyre or do some maint' I just release the cam side.
My feeling is that if you over-tighten the threaded side you will just start spreading the arms of the trainer and overstress the welds.
The other thing is technique, on the road you can 'bring the bike to your feet' i.e. if you lean the bike to the left whilst your right leg is going down you can generate power using you arms. We all do this quite naturally when sprinting and climbing out of the saddle.
You can't do this on a turbo, you need to engage your core and let the legs do the work even if you end up standing otherwise you will be stressing your bike via the fixed points with the turbo at the rear axle all through the rear triangle up through the main tubes, through the crown and up to the handle bars. If you did this on and early Vitus bonded lugged frame you would probably end up pulling the frame apart.

 

[bobinski]

I have just done the mountain route in zwift. I preserved Cyclechat bkools reputation by putting in a decent time whilst not busting a gut. Room for improvement. Nice to be in the top 1/3rd but that will change given how competitive it is. Only overtaken by one guy right at the end of the climb putting out 600w for a good 15 seconds. AAAC, Bill, LBHIFI and some of you other goats really would enjoy the ride.

 

[Add]

I have just done the mountain route in zwift. I preserved Cyclechat bkools reputation by putting in a decent time whilst not busting a gut. Room for improvement. Nice to be in the top 1/3rd but that will change given how competitive it is. Only overtaken by one guy right at the end of the climb putting out 600w for a good 15 seconds. AAAC, Bill, LBHIFI and some of you other goats really would enjoy the ride.

I can't see how I can make room in my life for another cycling simulator tbh. Plus it would feel like adultery!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Trying??!? He's flippin' hibernating by the look of it! I would believe it too, if he hadn't explained it by admitting he was wearing it round his knees, before launching it!

I though I could use it like that Gucci tape the Pro's use which apparently helps your effort like an elastcic band

 

[<Tommy>]

The closest I've been to coming off the turbo is over stretching for a bottle of water.

On a side note farting while peddling always feels like a bit of a gamble

 

[Insomina]

Paul, it helps to lift the front wheel before you start training to make sure it settle's back into the wheel support and to take any 'strain' out due to movement.
What also helps is to cut the hands off of any pesky little blighter's that mess with your 'stuff' unless it was the wife of course who just needs to be politely reminded whilst making sure she knows that you count that as one for you.

Thanks for the tip. Makes sense to sort the kids out - and the wife for that matter.

Think lifiting the front wheel is a great idea as well. It was only out a few degrees but the tyre has shavings all over it and the floor was covered.
Not the normal 'dust' you get.
Nothing to do with skewers but where the 2 units connect with the 2 pins.

 

[Insomina]

The closest I've been to coming off the turbo is over stretching for a bottle of water.

On a side note farting while peddling always feels like a bit of a gamble

I want to 'report' this. Feel a bit dizzy.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Thanks for the tip. Makes sense to sort the kids out - and the wife for that matter.

Think lifting the front wheel is a great idea as well. It was only out a few degrees but the tyre has shavings all over it and the floor was covered.
Not the normal 'dust' you get.
Nothing to do with skewers but where the 2 units connect with the 2 pins.

Keep forgetting that the Pro mounts on those two sprung pins, I like my old Classic frame which is a long nut and bolt going through some beefy welded metal brackets and of course the nose of the turbo unit.
There is some play there though that needs to be 'centralised' every now and then but in my opinion its a sturdier set up than the Pro.