Team BKool CycleChat

[GorgeousGeorge]

I think it's easier on Bkool than in real life so not sure why 7% affects you so bad!

Oh great, next you'll be telling me it's my chicken legs or pigeon chest that are the problem...

Must be a slope on my kitchen floor

 

[bobinski]

You'd need to do at least a short ride from the league tab so I can adjust to your time.

Will do Bill. Seems I set up 2 two rides, 1 in the league and 1 outside and chose wrong one. Apologies for the hassle.

 

[Soarerv8]

I thought BKool was real life You mean there is life outside my pain cave?!?

You stay in the shed mate the outside world is full of angry bears and killer clowns.

 

[Breedon]

Read the forum during the day leading up to the ride and someone will say who will start the ride. At 7 o'clock UK time the starter will open up the session and there will be a 10 minutes warm-up. That gives you 10 minutes to find the correct ride and log on Warm up with the others until the timer starts to cont down - probably best to stop pedalling about 30 seconds before the start as pedalling once the clock has gone to zero will leave you standing on the start line! At zero, step on the pedals and pedal like you stole it Don't stop until you get to the end If possible, try to find someone at the same pace as you and draft behind them - make them work all through the race then jump past them with 100 metres to go

Good luck

You make it sound sooooo easy

 

[Whorty]

You stay in the shed mate the outside world is full of angry bears and killer clowns.

Angry bears I can deal with ... it's the clowns that scare me

 

[Breedon]

Oh great, next you'll be telling me it's my chicken legs or pigeon chest that are the problem...

Must be a slope on my kitchen floor

Wait till you try a moutain goat ride oh boy will they ache

 

[GorgeousGeorge]

Wait till you try a moutain goat ride oh boy will they ache

Joining as we speak, think I may regret this.....

 

[theboxers]

Wait till you try a moutain goat ride oh boy will they ache

Sorry I can't like this just vouch for its honesty

 

[BILL S]

Will do Bill. Seems I set up 2 two rides, 1 in the league and 1 outside and chose wrong one. Apologies for the hassle.

No worries Bob. Just let me know here when you've done it. No hurry.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Oh gosh, if that was me sorry chaps

Still getting used to this bag of worms.

Why I am here, why does a 7% climb virtually stop me in my tracks, the gradients just seem SOOOO much harder than on the road.

Thought I had posted this an hour ago but my connection was down.

The dead stop is to make up for all the years we flew up the first part of any incline at speeds we could not achieve on a flat.
This was as a result of BKool trying to make slope transitions more realistic by delaying the onset of the gradient resistance.
They implemeted it so badly it was even more unrealistic so what you have seen is a result of a fix to a fix, we believe, rather than undoing the fix and starting again!
The math behind all of this it beyond my knowledge but it is not rocket science however as BKool sub out their script writing who knows what specifications they have requested.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Oh great, next you'll be telling me it's my chicken legs or pigeon chest that are the problem...

Must be a slope on my kitchen floor

Nope, it's that vintage outfit from the 90's.
It probably transmits in the same waveband as ANT +.

 

[bridgy]

I did stage 2 of the "Be Afraid" league tonight - Col d'Aspin - and I thought it hurt more than the first stage even though it was much shorter. It's not so steep so you constantly feel you should be pushing harder and maybe in the next gear up, rather than accepting you just have to spin a nice low gear and get into a rhythm! Legs ache a bit now

Bob, how on earth did you get the time and watts you did? Very impressive - here, have one of these

 

[bridgy]

I used a similar tactic in the Summer Cup.
Set off at a pace that you can only sustain for the first third or quarter but one that you can follow.
At the chosen point relax but complete the stage.
Then challenge yourself and follow your wheel for the first segment and then do the same for the second segment.
Challenge yourself again an repeat until you complete the whole session at the segment pace.

That is fiendishly sneaky. I like it

 

[bridgy]

Angry bears I can deal with ... it's the clowns that scare me

@Whorty

 

[AAAC 76C]

That is fiendishly sneaky. I like it

I had proper No 2 today!
I'm well pleased after 9 days of 'fast food'.
I had a vision of all my BKool sessions being punctuated with 3 minute 0 Watt's periods whilst I ran to the boys room.
Jest need to get rid of the chesty cough now!