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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"