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BKOOL trainers discontinued?
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On their website it's all about the cycling app. Did they stop selling trainers and smart bikes?
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [jollyroger88] [ In reply to ]
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https://store.bkool.com/en/18-trainers

Looks like maybe they accidentally deleted the link to the store?

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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [AlyraD] [ In reply to ]
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you could be right, but if you hit "view product" on any item, it says they're all out of stock; not a good sign
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [jollyroger88] [ In reply to ]
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That's not kool bro
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [jollyroger88] [ In reply to ]
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Looking at the usual UK/EU sites the trainers are being ridiculously discounted so the company has clearly dumped them on the market. In my mind they never made a compelling trainer always favouring style over function. So this was probably a smart move. Zwift and Peloton have thus far proved very successful in elbowing competitors out of the way so Bkool will need to fully commit to that segment if it wants a slice of the action.
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [scott8888] [ In reply to ]
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Yeah, a few weeks ago I was getting endless targeted ads for them ($299 for their lower end smart trainer). I guess they are going software-only. At best I see them as an acquisition target. Right now Peloton is the Apple watch of this space, and Zwift is the Garmin. Not sure there is room for a viable third player, but (just like FitBit) someone may buy them to try to enter the market.

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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [jollyroger88] [ In reply to ]
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This would explain why the AIR was such a potato and never got much love with updates to fix a few basic problems. I wanted to love that thing. It looks brilliant.

BikeRadar have just pushed out a review of the new BKool Air Lite. If they have stopped selling hardware this is awkward... or a play to move stock.

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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [jollyroger88] [ In reply to ]
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Nice catch... https://www.dcrainmaker.com/...aining-platform.html


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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [dcrainmaker] [ In reply to ]
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nice to hear that hardware employes haven't lost their job
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [gplama] [ In reply to ]
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gplama wrote:
This would explain why the AIR was such a potato and never got much love with updates to fix a few basic problems. I wanted to love that thing. It looks brilliant.

BikeRadar have just pushed out a review of the new BKool Air Lite. If they have stopped selling hardware this is awkward... or a play to move stock.

I wanted to love it too. I like things that aren't mainstream yet are functional. This was gonna be my next trainer. Then I saw your review.

Got Kickr core/climb combo instead
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Re: BKOOL trainers discontinued? [Chan] [ In reply to ]
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I had a Bkool smart trainer and did not like it at all. It was not accurate, plastic piece on the turn knob broke and I quickly got rid of it.
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