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At race pace, I'm guessing about an hour and 20 to an hour and a half.
Normal zwift [over] pacing would make it a 1.45 ish solo I reckon.
Very much a guess though. It'll depend how early I get spat out, but I'm hoping the distance will mean the group will hold for quite a while before splitting late. Its not a route I've seen before and it's been a long while since I raced too (I was going to say "raced a full length course" then realised the last 4 words are superfluous) so it has all the hall marks of a roughly 40mi ITT...
Also for anyone who is interested, there's a Sunday morning hills ride in, UCI short innsbruck course so a short route taking in the city loop and the mountain means leg snapper and the main climb.
2018 UCI Worlds Short Lap https://www.zwift.com/events/view/3180662
I may be badly hungover as its the village pub landlord's 60th on Saturday...
Well that was a rude awakening! Seems cat enforcement has made sandbagging worse rather than better!
I can’t ride next Tuesday but here is the link to the ride. Would anyone like to lead?
In theory I’m happy to pace if needed. I should be fine for next Tuesday but won’t know for sure until Monday.
I'm out for anything this week I'm afraid.
Parents evening at school tonight so not gonna make it tonight....I completely forgot 🙄🤣
I applied to join the Zwift club a couple of days ago, have I missed a step? Was I supposed to message someone with my real name?
I think you need to get approval from one of the 'club admin'.
@robbo1234biking or @dangeourbrain should be able to sort it, I think....
I can't see you as a pending request....
DrP
I am worthy!
Any interest in a group ride tomorrow? Just debating whether I should stick lights on and head out on the bike straight from the office or stay inside in the warm and dry!
Do we have a general Zwift events/races thread any more? Weeksy's thread doesn't seem to be used these days.
Anyway, quick PSA...
James Bailey (Zwift HQ) has this morning created an impromptu test race this afternoon, for the experimental Pack Dynamics 4 model that you may have tried in James' Monday rides in the last two weeks, plus the Zwift Insider Tiny Races on Saturday just gone.
PD4 feedback thread https://forums.zwift.com/t/pack-dynamics-testing-from-29th-october-onwards/592240
12 laps of Crit City, must have power meter, uses Category Enforcement for pen allocation. 1530 GMT today (Tues 1st Nov).
https://www.zwift.com/uk/events/view/3215168
when you say power meter, i assume smart turbos are OK ?
I could happily come play at 3.30, i'd be entering C, but if it meant we were all together i could jump in B and get dropped.
edit. entered C
Yes smart turbo would count.
Yeah, proper power source from turbo or meter is fine iirc.
Not sure if I'll join or not, if I do I won't be properly racing, my legs and lungs have been trash since testing positive a month ago. I'd lose the pack in D right now, I was on the B/A border earlier this year.
lol no use to my if i'm alone.... get yourself in.
I may join. See how the legs go on a lunch run first. Keen to give PD4 a go.
Well i'm in for it... but unless anyone else joins i likely won't bother as i raced yesterday so will likely just cruise round instead somewhere.
I lasted in the front group for about 6 laps, then died.
I'm using sauce4zwift for a while to see if I like it. The draft is all over the place on these PD4 rides.
There seems to be a sweet spot about 8th position/2nd row in a pack where the draft will hit about 170.
When you are off the back of the pack it drops pretty quick and doesn't grow very quick either as you get back on.
Strangely, after the hill and into the rollers the draft went up to 250+ which is an absolute blast - not sure if everyone is getting that, and it lasts until the approach to the line if you somehow stay in the group. It will not rise above about 170 anywhere through the rest of the lap.
Surfing the sweet spot seems to be the way to hang on, although how you are supposed to do that without sauce4zwift is anyones guess, as there are no visual clues in zwift.
Even with the randomness I prefer this to the usual crit ride on that circuit which is basically blast up the hill, keep going, recover, blast up the hill.
Zwift is incredibly dull at the moment for me. All races are 450w for minute1, then cruise for xyz minutes, then either get killed on the hill or killed in the sprint.
There's no splits, no mini groups staying away or trying to. Just 1 group of lots and then 400m to go it goes bonkers.
As I say, for someone who doesn't have a sprint, it's pretty dull.