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You do realise most fans have buttons on to make them oscillate don’t you?
Ah, so that's what that knob does!
There’s an 03.30 one on Tuesday…
😆
@Dangeourbrain couldn't join the meetup as there was no join button on the screen...weird...guess a glitch.
I'll try again tomorrow and do a free ride now
I had a problem with that yesterday. The button appeared just in time to join the Sunday Hills ride and messages didn't work for the first 20 mins or so. I thought everyone was really grumpy and didn't want to talk.
Any plans for a Tuesday evening ride?
Sprint works pretty well - maybe Richmond?
I think you may have been hiding Craig, for some reason you weren't visible in t he list of people riding new York either for about 5 minutes.
Very odd but hey, all good in the end, even if I didn't get my flat start to the day...
Yeah sorry about the steep start, that New York hill is mental, 17% at times. I ended up going up it twice to complete the bagel route. I only picked that route as I couldn't do the meeting and it needed ticking off.
Hopefully the meetup will work tomorrow am....another hilly one!
If nothing else or answered my question as to what the NY KOM was. I'd never figured out what in Central Park would qualify.
Is there a meetup for Tues PM this week? Otherwise I might have another crack at the Bologna TT!
I'm potentially riding outside, so I don't see me arranging sorry as I won't be able to set you off.
I could do an earlier one tomorrow zilog? 17.30 for an hour but need to be done at 18.30 tomorrow
Earlier meet up works for me as well as wife has a college zoom meeting at 7.30.
One set then for fan flats since I missed my flat ride today.
17.30 for an hour if folks want to stay that long.
Weeksy's winning formula 175-200w group, fast folk up the road no doubt, sprints on alternating laps.
Nice one 👍
Assuming I don't get caught on anything work wise I will give this ago, I have a ride tomorrow morning already but it's a short but hilly one, I'll just eat well in the day should recover enough.... 🙂
What short hilly one are you planning on? We're on for whole lot of lava at 7am for commute club if you fancy.
Can't make the one tomorrow afternoon, going for a proper outdoors ride instead. Have a good one everyone.
@dangeourbrain it’s a Fulgaz ride filmed in Ethiopia as apposed to Zwift.
Adigrat to Kisadaleka
Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia 7.8mile 1800ft
Enjoy, is fulgaz another program in its own right then? Is assumed it was just a riding group when it's been posted previously.
Joined tomorrow's commute Brian but I'll need to bail at 7-45 as I've got an early start at work.
Enjoyed that one this morning. Will have to see about the morning. Not sure yet.
Looking forward to sprints tonight.
All good Craig, we should be done there abouts anyhow.
Well done both on PBs this morning.
Under the 9 minute mark...I think I've reached my peak 🙂
Yes Fulgaz is an app in it's own right, it's more solo rides thought they do events everynow and then with a leaderboard. The rides are video's of real rides from around the world, new rides every Tuesday and plenty of hills and mountains 🙂
I've used it for 18 months now, I joined Zwift in May for a bit lockdown variety, I'll run both apps for now as I like bits from both for now, if I have to cut costs I'd drop Zwift, do like the group aspect, adds a different dimension to virtual riding.
My legs are battered but I am still planning to be on tonight's ride 🙂
Thanks again @dangeourbrain for waiting at the end and organising, that was much tougher than it looks and impressive times put down too, not what I'd normally do, great for variety though I would do again.... I think... 🙂
Yeah that was good, 3 goes at that sprint full chat though & I was toast!!
Yeah it's amazing what the sprints take out of you,especially trying to beat Gary's time.
Good to have you along folks thank you.
Gary has the green jersey as well which I think you only get if you are fastest out everyone on the Zwift map at that time (so about 1500 people I think) not just those visible in the meet-up so a good effort.
Sand and sequoias in the morning.
Sand and sequoias in the morning.
Indeed, I think titan's Grove might be a bit slower than normal.
By heck my legs are tired
Going to have to ditch robbo, I've had a call and got to go into the office this morning.
Hopefully it'll work without my being there as typically its a full house today.
3 out of 4 on the commute this morning Brian, a good pace too, both on the flat and the hills.
Are we going again tomorrow? Yorkshire or is it too hilly? I'm easy wherever.
Well there had to be someone didn't make it, I don't think we're actually allowed 4 of us,it's like crossing the beams or something.
Happy to put one in for Yorkshire tomorrow if people fancy but I'm not sure if I'm going to be on the office yet or not, depends how a few bits go today. Looking 50/50 I'll be in the rest of the week.
yeh was a good pace this morning. Surprised I had much left in the legs after yesterday evening and morning!
3 out of 4 on the commute this morning Brian, a good pace too, both on the flat and the hills.
Yeh it worked well.
Not sure what it is that normally fractures the group on every bloody climb and sprint normally..... 🤔
Not sure what it is that normally fractures the group on every bloody climb and sprint normally….. 🤔
I'm pretty sure it's Robbo, but he was tired this morning after yesterday morning and evening.
I mean, to me that was the obvious difference between this morning and other mornings. Heck it's so obvious I can tell even though I wasn't there.
🧐
Anyway, I’d be up for tomorrow. I have Pilates and XC running pencilled in but would be up for shifting the run to lunchtime.
I can set up the meetup if needed Brian, just let me know if you can't and I'll arrange it.
Reckon Yorkshire UCI then for something different.
Just seen you have done it so ignore that post:)
See you tomorrow, looks like a full house again.
I've sent the invites Craig, I'm guessing it worked fine without me being there today so assuming you didn't miss the big yellow arrow too much...
No Brian you weren't missed!! haha only kidding 😉
It all worked fine even without the main man, that gives you an excuse to work / sleep in again tomorrow!
A bit of a constant hill tomorrow for starters but that route has some good up and downs, plus sprints, if the legs feel okay I might go round twice! Not done Yorkshire for a while.
So Sunday hills invites are up a bit earlier than usual this week, 8am on "bigger loop" so big chunk of flat desert, epic KOM, jungle loop then flat to the finish, should be much more conducive to staying as a group than the alpe was last week.
Great, one I need to tick off. Am I allowed to change to a MTB on the jungle cos it's noticeably faster?? 🙂
Like you need the help to split the group 😉
Of course, though you may find the dead stop you need to change negates any advantage it might confer.
Virtual birthday cake at the end for all if I can make it.
I am new to zwift but fancy tagging along. What do I need to do to get an invite?
Virtual birthday cake at the end for all if I can make it.
So long as it's not got any of drp's customary Sunday sausage in it.
I am new to zwift but fancy tagging along. What do I need to do to get an invite?
Follow me on Zwift (Dangeourbrain stw) and I'll send you an invite (or if you are, tell me your zwift name).
Follow me on Zwift (Dangeourbrain stw) and I’ll send you an invite
Done
Of course, though you may find the dead stop you need to change negates any advantage it might confer.
Depends on how fast you are with the keyboard shortcuts 😉
Done
You Ave bin, arf arf.
Invite sent, see you Sunday. Don't worry about keeping up with the pigeon.
Ugh that was horrible this morning! Who suggested Yorkshire?? 🤔
So many tech issues, no join button but luckily it auto selected with a few minutes to go so I let it join. Then on the ride my app kept freezing and I couldn't communicate with you all.
I felt like I was chasing you to catch up all the way round, doing 400w at times, everytime I caught up I dropped again. I should have concentrated on riding rather than faffing with my app.
Hopefully better tomorrow. At least Robbo joined us...sort of 😁
Not just me with issues then! I ignored the first join meetup button as it was too early to join (about 7 mins out) but then it disappeared completely. If I was using the iPad it would have been OK but on the laptop it takes ages to restart. I found you on course and managed to get a ride out of it.
I'm not doing the morning one as I have a big lunchtime workout planned.
yeah good to see robbo joining in anyway, even if he did just shoot off up the road on the first bit of hill 😉
That route always feels harder than it should, like someone realised we have extra draggy tarmac and programmed that in when they built the course.
London loop tomorrow - not sure if I've done it before as the height gain to distance suggests a bit of a hill and I don't really recall any.
I ignored the first join meetup button as it was too early to join
Ah yeah, one thing I learned fairly quickly on Zwift is never cancel anything. It does puzzle me the interface is so pants.
yeah good to see robbo joining in anyway, even if he did just shoot off up the road on the first bit of hill 😉
I spawned about 5-10 seconds behind on a hill and thought I had no chance of catching up but gave it a go anyway so went for it with a sprint. Caught you quicker than I thought and by the time the turbo slowed down I had shot past! Oh well - still got a decent workout.
I use an Elite Direto but it seems to take ages to spin down. I hardly ever get into super tuck as it is always spinning and takes an age to stop and put out no power.
Strange that cos I have a direto too and have no problem with getting into aero tucks, not straight away but nothing excessive either.
one thing I learned fairly quickly on Zwift is never cancel anything. It does puzzle me the interface is so pants.
Yeah after previous issues I've learnt to just let it auto select even if its 5 minutes out to the meetup...otherwise I can't join
Robbo have you reconfigured your Direto recently?
London loop tomorrow – not sure if I’ve done it before as the height gain to distance suggests a bit of a hill and I don’t really recall any.
Box hill on that route. Nothing too bad, 5% most of the way up for about 9 or 10 minutes.
Robbo have you reconfigured your Direto recently?
Yeh calibration is fine on it. Would guess it is about 10-15 seconds to spin down.
I'll try mine on the next significant hill and see how long it takes to tuck.
Would guess it is about 10-15 seconds to spin down.
I'd guess my drivo takes about 10 seconds to spin down which isn't far off what I'd expect from an actual wheel. the problem is that zwift seems to take the power reading, not 0 cadence, to mean you're not pedaling.
Box hill on that route. Nothing too bad, 5% most of the way up for about 9 or 10 minutes
Ah that sounds doable for a morning pootle.
On an unrelated note, has anyone got any idea where I might get some sort of stand for my fork instead of using the front wheel without spending a few hundred quid on a kickr climb which seems to solve a problem I don't think exists?
It would be a handy space saving.
Hope would switching the usual Sunday hills ride to Saturday this week suit folks?
Weather here is due to be atrocious on Saturday and I've a few garden bits I need to try getting done that is rather not be doing in a thunder storm.
I hardly ever get into super tuck as it is always spinning and takes an age to stop and put out no power.
My Zumo did that, I think the flywheel was warped, unstable which made it think that I was still pedalling. The kickr core puts me into supertuck way earlier.
On an unrelated note, has anyone got any idea where I might get some sort of stand for my fork instead of using the front wheel without spending a few hundred quid on a kickr climb which seems to solve a problem I don’t think exists?
You can quick a quick release of ebay and make your own stand from some 4 x2 or similar.
Like this:
Assuming that I'm not overwhelmed by an avalanche of complaint by tomorrow morning then I'll switch it over.
Power tools in the rain never strike me as a sensible idea
Saturday hills might work better for me as well
I'm easy, Saturday or Sunday. Whatever works best for the majority.
Could I get an invite for Sat pls? Never ridden epicKOM. Are ye giving it six-nowt or going up steady as a group?
Saturday hills works for me, Mrs is out riding with the girls in the rain.
Sat is KTM day so i'm a nope... Sunday i wouldn't be there anyway as i'll have a day off as i'm at Donington on the KTM on Monday so don't want to be knackered for that.
Never ridden epicKOM. Are ye giving it six-nowt or going up steady as a group?
On the hills everyone usually takes their own pace either alone or in a bunch, then we all usually group at the top again, no one gets left behind 😉
On this route there is no radio tower at the top of the KOM...which is probably a good thing!
Saturday works for me. Even with the radio tower last time we didn’t have to wait to long to regroup. It works pretty well.
Saturday or is then - I've deleted the previous and created new - seemed a bit mean to just change the existing one in case it took some folks off guard!
On the hills everyone usually takes their own pace either alone or in a bunch, then we all usually group at the top again, no one gets left behind 😉
Just to add to that though, if anyone wants or needs a tow there is always one available, we try not to leave anyone struggling up solo generally.
Tentative for Saturday I am attempting a couple big virtual climbs tomorrow and might not have the legs for another hill session Saturday, I'll see how I feel tomorrow night, probably won't be on Zwift much rest of month as I am doing a virtual event on my other App which is 12 rides over 12 days, may do some rides consecutively if I do it will free some time for other rides.
A bit post apocalyptic on the virtual commute this morning...london was empty! Dangeourbrain and me had the whole city to ourselves, I didn't see another rider.
12 rides over 12 days
I'm guessing not 12mi rides either...
Enjoy, if that's the word.
A bit post apocalyptic on the virtual commute this morning…london was empty!
No zombies though, except maybe my legs. I'm just glad there was a reasonable run in to the hill or I genuinely would have had to get off and push.
@dangeourbrain think it's a mix but ave length is 16 odd miles varying degrees of climbing but it's meant to be a race.
I am going to try and double some of them up to make time for other stuff.
I will enjoy it on reflection I think 🙂
Any chance of an invite for tomorrow Dangeourbrain? Just added you as friend on zwift. Ta. PeesBee STW
Done.
Anyone else wanting an invite feel free to shout up.
If there's any spare slots, can you put me in for Saturday ?
I might attempt an actual outside real life ride instead so don't kick anybody to do it 🙂
I might attempt an actual outside real life ride instead
You know those clouds with jaggy lines on the weather forecast? They mean "zwift is your friend"