Team BKool CycleChat

[Brusgaard]

Racing on Thursday/Saturday if you can redo the race in erg that's obviously no good and people should be called out. Last Thursday sometime started late and managed a steady 9.8w/kg all the way!

I try to race the official CADEX races/rides, and so do a lot of others, considering my place in the rankings for the stages.

We all know that BKOOL only to a very small degree check a rider's performance before putting them on the official rankings.
I mean, It took them more than a year to separate the BKOOL Bikes from the normal rankings into their own...

 

[shimceltic]

I try to race the official CADEX races/rides, and so do a lot of others, considering my place in the rankings for the stages.

We all know that BKOOL only to a very small degree check a rider's performance before putting them on the official rankings.
I mean, It took them more than a year to separate the BKOOL Bikes from the normal rankings into their own...

I will get a new bike especially for you when I can afford 1. My smart pro 2 is probably generous, especially downhill on rgt but up hill on rgt and certain gradients I feel its letting me down.

 

[Brusgaard]

I will get a new bike especially for you when I can afford 1. My smart pro 2 is probably generous, especially downhill on rgt but up hill on rgt and certain gradients I feel its letting me down.

Try racing against one on a BKOOL Bike and you'll find your Smart Pro (1,2 and 3) way behind him in most cases.

 

[shimceltic]

So the Bkool bike is realistic and smart pro 2 dodgy? I was looking at kickr bike, then looked at dc rain maker review and changed my mind

 

[Brusgaard]

So the Bkool bike is realistic and smart pro 2 dodgy? I was looking at kickr bike, then looked at dc rain maker review and changed my mind

No the BKOOL Bike is the worst product they ever released (regarding accuracy) and is known to easily give you 15-30% extra watts.

No. 16 in the unofficial ranking in the Danish league is a woman on a BKOOL Smart Bike. She has done 49 league races this season, and at least 40 of them has been at 5+ wkg average. I haven't seen her in any of the real world World Tour races however, which should be possible if those watts were true.

 

[Bored Man]

No the BKOOL Bike is the worst product they ever released (regarding accuracy) and is known to easily give you 15-30% extra watts.

No. 16 in the unofficial ranking in the Danish league is a woman on a BKOOL Smart Bike. She has done 49 league races this season, and at least 40 of them has been at 5+ wkg average. I haven't seen her in any of the real world World Tour races however, which should be possible if those watts were true.

Is Pep still going on one of them?

 

[Brusgaard]

Is Pep still going on one of them?

Don't think he ever used one of those. A Pro and the Air was his weapons of mass destruction. Haven't seen him on Bkool for a long time, but occasionally see him on Zwift where he is still an A(+)-rider. Don't think he rides a BKOOL trainer anymore though...

 

[Bored Man]

Don't think he ever used one of those. A Pro and the Air was his weapons of mass destruction. Haven't seen him on Bkool for a long time, but occasionally see him on Zwift where he is still an A(+)-rider. Don't think he rides a BKOOL trainer anymore though...

Ah yes.. ‘twas the Air..

 

[Brusgaard]

Ah yes.. ‘twas the Air..

...and occasionally he used his old Classic too. I think he left the platform once his BKOOL sponsorship ended.

 

[Randyberlin]

Not on Zwift no, but on BKOOL yes - as seen in the video.

On my BKOOL it says ERG not available in a race. I clicked on it just last week when I couldn’t leave the starting line. I thought it may have been turned on while at 0 watts- It turned out I had disconnected the. USB extension and had to go out and pair to Bluetooth. But it definitely would not let you use it in a competition.

 

[Brusgaard]

On my BKOOL it says ERG not available in a race. I clicked on it just last week when I couldn’t leave the starting line. I thought it may have been turned on while at 0 watts- It turned out I had disconnected the. USB extension and had to go out and pair to Bluetooth. But it definitely would not let you use it in a competition.

I don't know, I just see it employed in the video. I have never used it on BKOOL, as I have never done one of their workouts. The old Pro, I'm told, was pretty useless in some respects as it was too slow to react on quick changes, like doing short 10 sec. sprint intervals etc.

I suspect that BKOOL can setup their automated races (those started by "BKOOL Master") however they like regarding which options are available, just like the race organizer can on Zwift?

 

[Randyberlin]

I don't know, I just see it employed in the video. I have never used it on BKOOL, as I have never done one of their workouts. The old Pro, I'm told, was pretty useless in some respects as it was too slow to react on quick changes, like doing short 10 sec. sprint intervals etc.

I suspect that BKOOL can setup their automated races (those started by "BKOOL Master") however they like regarding which options are available, just like the race organizer can on Zwift?

This was just our Saturday rerun. Maybe the admin has to select the option not to allow it.

 

[Brusgaard]

News from the beta world. Be fun to see how/if it affects us riding the mentioned Tacx trainers / Wattbike.

 

[AAAC 76C]

just done CG2, on lates tonite.
not stellar and struggled to get in the groove, heart and body not in it
31:32, i think, so if you group up you will kill me and then i could be chasing non draftable ghost in the re run
time to take some minutes @perswe

 

[shimceltic]

just done CG2, on lates tonite.
not stellar and struggled to get in the groove, heart and body not in it
31:32, i think, so if you group up you will kill me and then i could be chasing non draftable ghost in the re run
time to take some minutes @perswe

Looks flat. Is it one with constant gradient changes? I hate them!