Friday, January 23, 2015

How to BKool and ride during Winter?


Being from a warm area with almost no winter is not the best when the cold Midwest period comes. After some bad previous experiences during winter rides, the motivation was not really here when the first freezing days were knocking to the door.....but that was without counting on home trainer!!! What?!? Home Trainer!!!! It's usually tough to stay more than 1h on those bloody machines and here come the saver: the Bkool....Marc has shown David and I this trainer (developed in Barcelona...) which is computer linked and simulates your GPS files previously uploaded online or the sessions created by the growing  Bkool community.

Since November, we are both using it in our own preferred set-up....a computer or two to pilot the trainer and watch movies or TV shows during the session as contemplating the wall in front of you is still not fun. The software also allows different riders to train together on the same file reinforcing the fun of sessions.

If, the boring side of the trainer is really less with the Bkool, the sweating is still the same and it’s better to not forget to hydrate.The big advantage is that we can now train on the bike whenever we have time for longer session without thinking of changing the resistance.





 The program for tonight, a 50km session :
David : 52.3km
Marc : 48.5km
Matt : 48.9Km

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