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It goes up. But at least it immediately comes back down again. It's not a very @weeksy choice but it's a nice route nonetheless. I can't do (waking hours at) weekends, unfortunately.
Ok.. just seen this is a Sunday, which could work but would involve me taking the turbo to my GF's house!
I've said a provisional yes... what do we reckon... 2 and a bit hours?
DrP
Don't forget there is also a Sunday ride planned for all those with bad weather!!! 😉 Dangeourbrain (Brian) is organizing if you want an invite.
Hmm..weeksy... ping me an invite for tomorrow too please...
I've signed up to the DIRT ride at 11am.. the French route you did a few weeks ago... I MAY be able to make 10 as the GF is heading out for a few hours.. but if she's not leaving till later, I'll do the 11am one...
Or .... why don't you ALL join the 11am group ride..?
DrP
Thanks for the Monday invite I'm going to do another ride from the Tour of Africa I am doing on Fulgaz, so shall miss that, see you Sunday, good ride this morning I finished off the final lap to make it 8 in the end not bad for a lap hater:)
I'll be out in the peeing rain tomorrow morning regrettably.
@dangeourbrain please can you send me an invite to Sunday’s ride, it looks like it’ll be a bit damp in Surrey. I’m now following you on Zwift - I’m Southside Johnny.
Thanks
Nice one Forge but you should have done 10 for the badge 🤣
So is there a ride tomorrow?
10 crossed my mind with an in head debate, then I thought it would be nice to have coffee to taper into the work day, so stopped at 8.... 🙂
sorry guys, tech issues i'm afraid.
Apoogies to Kirky for the ride 😀
Sorry folks but I'm going to have to cry off tomorrow - I don't think this should cause any problems beyond there not being a beacon.
My ride this morning totally wiped me out and I had to cut it short in the end, 25k and it felt like I'd done 250.
Pretty sure it's nothing to worry about in as much as all the symptoms are of a normal-for-me thing but this being 2020 I'm now waiting for test results before I can see the GP for my biannual prescription. If its what I expect I'll be rubbish tomorrow and won't be getting out of bed for a day or two anyhow.
Hope you feel better soon mate
@dangeourbrain That sounds crap mate - hope you recover quickly from whatever it is
No worries, hope you feel better soon
Hope you feel better soon mate, the rest will do you good.
Ta,
It'll be nowt I imagine. I get milder versions of the same thing a couple of times most years owing to some old head injuries, occasionally it d doesn't clear as vs instead gets on my chest but this year I tick the "killer death virus" box it seems not the "sinusitis and mild bronchitis, repeat prescription one". Ho hum.
don't worry Weeksy after waiting a while longer after you were showing as only be 10 secs back. then doing just 90w across the bridge without you coming by I guessed something was up.
at least I had a fairly gentle ride so I've got sowmthing in my legs to do tomorrow mornings as well.
GWS Brian 👍
Well God knows what happened there. I accidentally hit "not yet" to join the meet up thinking it'd show up again and it never did 😕
Weather's ok so I'll go for an outdoor run instead.
Enjoy all 🙂
No, it doesn't mate.
I thought about joining but it was too early.
Good ride that, was tough on that Gravel Bike to the jungle, really energy zapping, glad I swapped over to the road bike at the end of the Jungle for the final road bit, will know for next time to use the Gravel on the Jungle and not on the way!
Neil helped pace the last 5 miles I'd have probably backed off without that so thanks for that 🙂
Thanks all that was my first Sunday Hills ride and it was painfully enjoyable. Hopefully I'll be along to a few more this winter when the weather IRL is too nasty for Sunday MTB.
Good ride that...legs felt good today and it was a decent pace especially through the final flats.
@Swavis I've learnt never to say not yet to the blue box...evert time I do I never get it back...I just let it join.
Well that got a bit fruity towards the end:). I thought we'd stay away with Mark H drilling it. Good catch by the other 4 with less than 2km left I think? It was a good leg stretcher and another one ticked off the list.
Not sure comms were working fully. Twice everyone had stopped and I flew by so apologies for that. Spent too much time in no mans land today but a good workout.
Some 1.5-2.5 min PBs today on the short climb in Titans grove so was happy with that.
Thanks Phil for catching me back to oopnorth and peesbee for the flats. Phil went into beast mode and made up most of the 30 seconds gap on his own I think. I was just managing to hang on. Did the Diego flats reverse 30 seconds faster than the ttt on Thursday at lower average watts!
Edit: silly predictive text but going to leave it as I like the Diego flats!
Not sure what it would have taken to stay away from Phil, but I do know I don't have it 😭. The guy is a beast. Think I finished ahead of him in the end but it was a hell of a catch. Will be forced to be sneakier in future I think 😀
No problem it was pleasure and it stopped me throwing in towel.
Now I know how the Thursday TTT works...just put Phil at the front and hold on!!🤣🤣
Was a good catch I was thinking it wouldn't happen at first but we were flying and the last 15 seconds gap went very fast.
@oopnorth lesson learnt 😉
Sounds like I missed a good finish 😁
Did a 10k pb run and then managed a family ride before the rain arrived so not a total disaster.
Sounds like fun was had, sorry I didn't make it but I definitely needed the day off.
I'm not dying* which is a bonus and means the GP will talk to me tomorrow with luck.
*well no more so than expected anyhow.
Good to hear you're not dying Brian! So we will see you on the virtual commute in the morning then?? 🤣🤣🤣
Not even sure I'm going to make the real commute as it stands!
what time do you boys do the virtual commute?
@eskay. It is 6.45 tomorrow. Rubber band is on so stay as a group but can do what you want such as a workout etc
Usually 6-45am. Not every day but if you want invites let us know and we will send them out when we have something on.
Sometimes it's just a ride of anything from 30 mins to 1 hour and sometimes, like tomorrow, we are doing our own separate workouts but held together with the rubber band.
Recovery day tomorrow but maybe Tuesday if something is on (zwift user Simon Kelly stw etc). Thanks
@eskay We don't usually do a Tuesday morning at the moment with the STW race series being on a Tuesday night.
I'm already added to you you on zwift so will let you know if we do any other days this week, I will get an invite out.
Any ideas for Sunday Hills this week?
Of the circa 40km routes I have to tick off, the following look best for me: Surrey Hills (done it before but not on app for some reason), Three Sisters or Big Loop. Slightly longer ones: Bigger Loop or London Pretzel. Not that fussed if anyone else has an urge for another route though. Vertical M's are more relevant for me at the minute as the Tron bike edges closer (92%)!
I'm happy to do a Saturday or a Sunday. Weather looks better for Sunday here.
I was thinking on this and was considering putting Yorkshire Pump room 8 forward as an option, but 2 laps as one wouldn't be long enough for a Sunday Hills. 2 laps would be around 50km with a good mix of flat and some sharp hills, nothing too bad.
I'm easy if someone wants to tick off a badge, I've only got the 3 worst ones to do, we have the Mega pretzel coming up next weekend so we may not want to do something too stupid this week.
I'm ok with Surrey hills as well, as I think a few still need that one, I can always drop out if needed as I may not be able to do the full thing due to time.
Anyone want to create an event and send out invites, just in case I need to bail early?
My plan is to try and do 2 1000m+ rides this weekend, I need to tick off Achterbahn so that was one and other than that I don't have much on my list to tick off.
I've not done Surrey Hills for a while and it should be fairly quick so might not be too bad.
Not sure I've got a big one in me [oooo errrrr] this weekend so going to do muir and the mountain for a quick run out on Saturday morning if anyone fancies joining me for an hour or so about 8 or 8.30 I guess.
Ooh I might well fancy that @dangeourbrain. Include me in the invite and I'll do my best to join you.
Sounds good to me. I can prob do two shorter ones on Sat and Sun. Not like we are doing much! My son does want to try and complete Star Wars Lego on the PS4 this weekend but think we have time for that!
I'll try to join on Saturday - I have a lot on so if I want a longer ride I need to get up earlier, if I want more sleep then an hour at 8 would work
I'll dispense mass invites for Saturday then, I 'd not expected [m]any bites to be honest!
What was the decision for a Sunday Route?
What was the decision for a Sunday Route?
I'm sure I recall seeing mega pretzel, coffee stop, Uber Pretzel mentioned. Something like that anyway.
Mega is next wkend I believe.
Ive set up Surrey hills for Sunday at 8.02am, some had requested it for a badge hunt.
I may not be able to stay for the full distance but will do as long as I can.
If I've missed anyone and you want to join...shout!
Next week? Ah, drat, that means I'm around for the mega and I really didn't want to be.
I'll rsvp yes for Sunday but I'll be honest I'm doubtful I'll be along. Very much planning a hangover and a lie in on Sunday. Means I'll likely be hungover and awake at 6am mind so you might see me.
You could always do like me and bail early if needed, plus I set the start time especially for you Brian, to avoid the crowds 😉
You could always do like me and bail early if needed,
Not sure bailing early solves either the hangover or the lie in 😉
plus I set the start time especially for you Brian, to avoid the crowds 😉
I saw that and actually wondered if I'd sent myself an invite somehow
All a bit early for me...
Thanks @oopnorth. I've responded and look forward to the autumnal beauty of the surrey countryside.
@dangeourbrain Can you ping me an invite for Saturday please? I'm 50/50 at present. My condition on Saturday morning may well depend on who does the weekly shop later and therefore whether I get too excited in the supermarket's booze aisle.
All a bit early for me…
Weeksy, your window of opportunity seems to be getting ever smaller 😉
@slowpuncheur are you following me? Everyone I can invite has a green tick...
Yeah. Ignore me, I'm being daft. Already had the invite! Doh.
Weeksy, your window of opportunity seems to be getting ever smaller
Not really. I'll ride all weekend, but i'm not getting on the bike at 7:30am to ride. Unlike most, i can ride all day at weekend without any problems, i could do 8 hours, whereas most seem to like to get things done so they've got the day free.. With lockdown, the 'free' isn't important, it's not like we're going anywhehre or doing anything. So i don't need to start at dawn 🙂
But it's the best part of the day @Weeksy. Cold, dark and wet outside:) For me, the broadband is better first thing with a teen and pre-teen still in bed. I also quite enjoy a mid-afternoon 40 winks at the weekend these days. Feels very European/like I'm getting old *delete as appropriate*
With lockdown, the ‘free’ isn’t important, it’s not like we’re going anywhehre or doing anything. So i don’t need to start at dawn 🙂
I take issue with this. I need to get t he zwifting done early so I've got all day to go out on my bike, I can't very well zwift and ride at the same time can I?
I also quite enjoy a mid-afternoon 40 winks at the weekend these days. Feels very European/like I’m getting old *delete as appropriate*
Ah the senioresta.
I am not zwifting this weekend I have 3 stages of the Tour of Africa to finish tomorrow as been away thinks it's about 65 miles and 6000ft of climbing over three rides..... and I'd like to do a run Sunday. I'll be up for a Zwift ride next weekend though 🙂
Next Saturday is pencilled in for the Mega @forge197.
Thinking I will do the Uber between Xmas and New Year as there wont be as much visting of family (if any) this year.
Thinking I will do the Uber between Xmas and New Year as there wont be as much visting of family (if any) this year.
Exactly, you'd not want to waste the opportunity to do something hateful out of nothing more than a sense of obligation and the pavlovian need to feel miserable for hours on end between Christmas and New year.
Next Saturday is pencilled in for the Mega @forge197.
Thinking I will do the Uber between Xmas and New Year as there wont be as much visting of family (if any) this year.
Yes I will do a bulk invite over the weekend for the Uber next weekend, I'll not be offended it no one else wants to do it 🙂
I have a sent out an invite for The Uber next week, if you want to do it and haven't had an invite you'll need to follow us and I'll add you to the meetup list "P D [STW]"
Cheers all for this morning. Useful for me to calibrate the handicaps for last race of the season. 1min30 off my epic KOM best but didn’t break the 27min barrier - will leave that for the race!
Not sure on Uber forge - might stick to the Mega!
Yeah I'm also only up for the mega...uber would be too much for me right now.
It was supposed to be the mega next week isn't it? Or am I confused...?
Uber? Woah there! I can do the Mega next week and Uber around Christmas sounds 'fun'.
Sorry I slipped off the front this morning. So apparently u can't use A when descending. Rolled around to the finish but couldn't see u guys or see messages. See u tomorrow
I think forge is doing an alternative to the mega. I still plan on the mega. Is 7.32 ok for start?
Good for me. We'll need the extra 30 mins!
Don't worry about rolling off the front these things happen. You just have to get the beers in since you're first to finish.
Was a good turnout this morning folks. Thanks for coming. I did repack ridge for the first time afterwards. That was different!
Paul the A button only works on flat or up...if you use it when going down it will wait until you stop descending. I found that out in race series 1 when I tried to change to the MTB on the descent into the jungle...it cost me 10 seconds.
Yeah I'll have a go at the mega next week as well...will be taking it easy though.
Great ride this morning, thanks all.
I really like the epic KOM (although I'm not much looking forward to seeing it at race intensity). The tower is never much fun. Slow motion cycling.
I think when I know the tower is coming, I always hold back...to keep something in the tank.
Today I just seemed to be going backwards...
Was a good ride and good fun racing on the downhill off the epic. I think that is when my weight becomes an asset 🤣🤣
Somehow I think I’m getting fitter, then I ride with you guys and reality hits big time.... 😢😀
You had a good race on Tuesday giggsmaster.
I know there isn’t going to be an easy answer to this but can you see your personal bests on Zwift segments? I know zp shows them but assuming that is only for races that are registered in Zwift power.
I have to say I looked at the list of riders the morning and thought it'd be quick. Was a faster than normal start for us @giggsmaster so don't worry about it. There were some impressive times up the KOM.
Weekend rides are all about taking your own pace giggs, there's always someone at the back and we do try make sure no one is left soloing unless they want to be.
Also don't worry about not being "fit" compared with everyone else. You (I hope) do this for your own enjoyment* and benefit if you feel like you're getting fitter and quicker that's a win, regardless of not being able to keep up with DrP and the magic power meters.
*things like the Pretzel aside, obviously no one enjoys that.