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Another one I can't do Weeksy, starting to take this personally 😁.
Have to squeeze in a 3pm TT, last time it thought it was 3km longer and sort of drifted slowly over the finish line.
Going to bail out of this one - going to ride in the sunshine instead.
Enjoy the ride.
Have had to break the lock down to go a look after elderly mother, didn't bring Zwift with me, so won't be able to make the ride, have a good one!
Is there a group ride tonight?
'Ogg GG STW' on Zwift if someone wants to invite me 👍
Not going to be joining you tonight sorry folks. I've finally got my head into my least favourite job of the year so going to stick with it and get finished.
Ogg weeksy organised it. Just checked and you should have an invite in your inbox on companion app
He's had invite yes
I'll still be there... Nice hour blast then a few chores at home!
will try streaming again...!
DrP
Not going to be joining you tonight sorry folks. I’ve finally got my head into my least favourite job of the year so going to stick with it and get finished.
Bath day?
Apologies Weeksy, I'm going to skip this one as well - it's a glorious evening and just been invited out for a ride and I can't resist! Have fun.
omg... got the stream working!
I can hear the music... everything connected to the laptop..we are a go!
click here for topless STWers in YOUR area....
DrP
Damn it, I have a flat tyre. Sorry guys not going to make it.
Bath day?
No that's next year.
Redoing our price list, it's a dull job at the best of times but this year, and because I'm quiet, it needs a complete reformat, we've also had about 2000 lines of changed (just enough to break everything, not enough to read differently) product codes and then when that's all done I've the resulting 37 pages of fully working, functional excel sheet to break and despite them all being different enough that no one sheet has a format that works for everything,make it all look the same and nice when printed because customers like paper rather than sodding excel sheets that do the job for them.
I'd rather have the bath.
Another one who missed it - was out for a bimble with the kids and got back with five minutes to spare, not enough time for my ailing laptop to get everything fired up.
Is there any way of going direct to your meet-up or race from when you first start zwift? Not for the first time I've missed something by having to go to New York (or wherever) which can take ages to load in, then selecting the event. Wondering if I'm missing some obvious shortcut?
dunno about that?
but was a good ride tonight... sorry Neil, seemed to lose you early on.. hope all OK... was a good swarm right to the hammer at the end!
twitch stream up for 14 days...
DrP
Good ride that, sprint legs dead after lap 2 tho 😂 still some spaces for TTT if anyone fancies it on thurs?
Yeh I don’t think I ever improve on my sprint time after the first lap.
Gary - I dont think there is a shortcut. There are some quirks on Zwift that don’t make sense. Another one is not being able to swap worlds during a normal ride!
Don’t worry Dr P you are all a bit quicker and fitter than me , and I did also have a slight equipment problem that I didn’t notice till I stopped all good fun still.
at least I can say I lapped Weeksy.
Neil
@Dangeourbrain I can't make the commute tomorrow Brian, I have a kitchen delivery between 7am and 8am so not available at that time.
I'll try get on one soon, this week has been bad for zwifting, a combination of too many things on and a loss of enthusiasm...I'm just not feeling it right now and have had no energy in recent sessions. I need to get back on the horse!
Yeh I can’t do tomoz either. Made 48 days in a row during lockdown but think I need a rest day now!
Well I didn't make it either. Alarm went off, saw I was solo and decided to sod it. I'm racing this evening anyway and need to ride to the post office at lunch so that'll do me!
I’d meant to dive in at the last minute.
But fate in the form of a rear wheel mechanical had other ideas and left with with a walk to attend to.
I see you're in for the 17.45 crit city tomorrow pie? I'm debating that or giving the 18.00 bologna TT a go as I've not done that course before.
I am going to do Bologna tomoz. got an 18:03 start time.
Is there a TTT this evening?
There is Ivan, 18.30, cat a this week.
Hi Ivan. Yes, TTT is on. 6.30 tonight. All the info is in the other thread https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/zwift-my-journey-my-weight-and-my-fitness/page/355/
Well as I didn't manage to get out of my pit to do my own ride this morning tomorrow's commute is a duplicate of the one none of us were interested in this morning!
I should be there. Doing the tt in the afternoon.
Will try to be there!
I've had a week off zwift so I'll break myself back in gently with a ZHR H&H rather than the TTT tonight I think?!
I'm going to break myself back in gently with a ZHR H&H rather than the TTT I reckon.
Anyone else up for the crit city race tomorrow at 5.45pm? A short 8 lapper on the Bell circuit. I've not raced it that way round for some reason, only done Dolphin circuit.
I'm in cat C, I think dangeourbrain is in cat B by the looks of it.
I'm tossing up between that and the bologna TT at 18.00, for the moment I'm in for both but no chance I'm finishing the one in time to do the other!
I'm up for the Crit City thing, I quite enjoy the shorter races.
Nice to see a full house for commute this morning folks. I think I'll stick with a repeat of Monday/Tuesday if there are no complaints is it fit nicely for me. So it may be 3 laps of fan flats Monday and volcano Tuesday for ever* with some random stuff thrown in later in the week.
Sunday hills is up for those interested.
Seems the update made road to the sky available for groups which is nice so, as we've not done t't alp yet it seemed a good idea. Should also leave us all time for sausages.
Nice short one after last week's long lumpy un.
I’ve paused my Sub because of the nice weather (sorry about that!), runs out on Monday so will try and make Sunday as a last ride. Did 2 hours on a ZZRC ride last night. Longest I’ve spent on a turbo. Longest I’ll EVER spend on a turbo based on that experience.
Ta for the invite.
Nice short one after last week’s long lumpy un
Short one for you maybe! Will take me at least 90 mins! 🙂 I am good for that though.
Hoping to make it on Sunday, I'm doubtful it's going to be blue skies and dry outside anyway 😆
Thanks for arranging the commute this morning Brian, I needed it after a few lazy days, it got me back in the groove, ended up doing 3 laps.
Be in for Sunday, but I hate that Alp, I only do it to gain points towards the Tron bike 🙂
because of the nice weather (sorry about that!), runs out on Monday
The word you're looking for is "ran", as in:
The nice weather ran out on Monday; the first day of summer.
Short one for you maybe!
Compared with the 70k last weekend? now who was it recommended that one...
Weeksy we might have passed each other this morning at Swinley.
As I was at Swinley today, that's entirely possible mate.
Wet here, we up for some pedalling tomorrow lads?
I rode today and plan to join tomorrow Sunday Hills. Though for some reason today's not very long or hilly ride really took it out of us so it could be a slow climb for me unless I wake up feeling very much up for it 🙂
I've just signed up to the Sunday Hills ride at 8:28. Why is it 28 past, rather than half past?
Weeksy, your 10:30 invite was a bit too late for me. I wouldn't be very popular at home...
Too early and too hilly for me that one. I've set a ride for 10:30am in Yorkshire.
I think it’s 8:28 to avoid all the 8:30 crowds 👍
All good for 10.30 and will see how long I can last
Aye that's pretty much it Forge.
The first two weeks (especially as we're a small group usually on a Sunday) we got mobbed at the start with lots of people setting off at half past so ended up as a racing start to get clear. Frankly no one [maybe just me] needs a couple of minutes at 600W+ at early o'clock on a Sunday, certainly not for a social ride. If nothing else near sprinting makes it hard for me to drink my coffee and difficult for DrP to hold his sausages.
I'll be there to earn yet another pair of sodding gloves.
1hr 22 is my best so far up the alpe (only time I have ridden up there properly) so would like to beat 1hr 15 I reckon.
I'm going to have to bail on the Alpe ride, need to play catch up with the kitchen build so need to start early and I can't kill myself up the Alpe or I'll be useless all day.
I'll be on for all commute club rides this week. Might do the Alpe one morning to make up for tomorrow's miss.
I’ll be on for all commute club rides this week. Might do the Alpe one morning to make up for tomorrow’s miss.
Be happy to give you a hand on a few turns but the full climb (or getting out of bed early enough) is a bit of an undertaking for a pre work effort
Just accepted your invitation for 10.30 tomorrow weeksy - ta
Any new "rules" I need to know ?
bumblebee
road bike
you still using text chat or all on some talky thing
Have never heard of the route - not up some f'ing great mountain is it ?
Will only be us on course mate
Rolling terrain
Thks for the invite @weeksy but had the Alpe in mind for tomorrow - was going to do the race in the avo, but will join @dangerourbrain meetup if he wouldn't mind sending me an invite? 8.28 is (very) aspirational for me but would be good to get it done early doors.
No worries fellas, due to only 4 riders taking it up, I've pulled the ride and will head outside instead for a bimble
Sorry for the delay Gary - invite sent
Couple of PBS there. Enjoyed that even if it was an ITT.
And I’ve nearly finished that stupid Everest challenge.
Pretty much just peeled the cycle jersey off
Pleased with that. 68 mins so 14 mins of my pb (to be fair the only other time I have slumber the alpe!). Like you say an ITT really but having some others on the mountain helps the motivation!
Thks for invite dangeourbrain, enjoyed that - pbs left and right, wd all.
54.54 for me, happy to get under 55, should start more rides when I'm still asleep.
Tried to ride every turn hard to put me above my power target straight away, and then slowly hit it. Definitely a psychological help if nothing else.
Yeah was a good run out. Not a great route for a group ride but can't not do it as part of Sunday hills at some point and at least today is raining so easier to justify the horror
58:16. 2m 16s quicker than my last PB, but I had to work a lot harder, averaged 160bpm compared to 141bpm for the next fastest time. Seems quite a way out of comfort zone for just 9 watts!
I think I can knock a bit off that time if I’m feeling good which today I wasn’t.
That was tough today. Way off my PB, still I did get the wheels!! Thanks for the invite.
That was tough today. Way off my PB, still I did get the wheels!! Thanks for the invite.
So your the one who got them! Just another pair of crappy gloves for me. They aren’t even Planet X specials gloves!
Maybe it was because I was last to the top.
@dangeourbrain - really impressive time - you should be well chuffed.
That’s was good took 2mins 16 out my personal best, how I felt yesterday this is good.
Great ride enjoyed that.
Good ride all - even though I didn't even stay with you on the flat bit 🙂
Not sure what my pb is - but 68:18 today was pretty good!
About halfway up, I thought balls to this and almost stopped but it was raining and not like I'd have been doing anything else....
Sorry tyke think I may have missed you coming over, I should have stayed right side of the banner to stay in the meetup but, as always, forgot I kicks me from group until it did. I thought I'd hung on for everyone coming in before I set off down the other side sorry.
Great effort though all of you.
Will go for something a bit more conducive to staying as a group next week, so might be hills in name more than practice.
@dangeourbrain – really impressive time – you should be well chuffed.
Yeah very pleased with it, took almost bang on 10 minutes out of my Pb today. Think I've Phil to thank for that though. Without him to follow in the last 4 segments when I wasn't able to keep swapping out I'd have dropped my watts a fair bit, I'm not sure how much difference draft makes up the hill but having a body to chase really helps. Still would have shaved a few minutes off but certainly would have been slower than I was without him.
So...I have always moved my fan about by grabbing the mesh guard and manhandling it about. I have to move it to change the speed or if I start with it off and then need to turn I on.
Over time the mesh gets squashed into the blades and I have to push it back out.
So, I designed and printed a handle to help move it about. Today's ride was the first trial....I worked pretty well. I could have made the fixings better, but have been procrastinating for ages over it, so just wanted to get it sorted.
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I also did some feet as they kept popping off when I dragged it across the floor...
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Not sure it helped my performance, but definitely less distracting!
Things on the epic KoM as re a bit more social and I've got mountain 8 and Muir and the mountains to tick off, but whatever I'll be broken and flagging off the back easy or not. I'm not built for hills.
You do realise most fans have buttons on to make them oscillate don’t you? 😉
If anyone fancies it by the way I'm going to enter tomorrow's 17.30 ZHR zwift handicap (hare and hounds), it's single lap of volcano climb so a good pitch in the middle but a nice chunk of flat in and out too.
It was a last minute decision to join this morning after looking out of the window and deciding to sack off an outdoor ride!
As always, really enjoyed the ride - thanks for organising @Dangeourbrain
I keep wanting to do those but it’s quite late in the day for me
I keep wanting to do those but it’s quite late in the day for me
There's an 03.30 one on Tuesday...
Well done all...some impressive times and some huge minutes taken off your PB's.
Wish I could have joined as I'm sure times are improved when you have each other to chase on the mountain.
See some of you for the flat commute tomorrow am.