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If there are any last minute drop outs let me know as my evening has freed up tonight. Ta
Yep 7 of us in team 1 so will be good to have you make it up to 8!
Is 4 minutes going to be enough of a headstart for Team A?
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Isn't savoyad riding in team 1 on top of the 7 listed? If not I'm happy to make up the 8th.
Is the link to the race I need to enter in the thread?
No, savoyad cant ride on Thursdays at the moment so space for you.
Sign up to A here.
You will be on a STW tag so shouldn't be anything for you to change in ZP.
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1106597
At this rate we will need 3 teams!
Is 4 minutes going to be enough of a headstart for Team A?
Proper Lol!!! 🙂
Think if team B rides like we did around Paris on Tuesday, then we should be okay. There are a fair few of us from that group and we held and pushed when needed really well.
It's our first outing so it will be more of a learning curve, it's going to be fun!
I'm not riding at the moment. I was very, very tempted to try and get involved today, but Thursdays (unless there's a clamour for a team in the morning slot!) are just not possible for me for the time being. I'll be back in a few weeks.
Just slot into team one @tpbiker.
Sign up to category A here:
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1106597
Leave your zwiftpower name as it is, you are already tagged correctly for that team.
Start delay will be 4.5 minutes
Discord will be the TTT (STW) channel.
Is 4 minutes going to be enough of a headstart for Team A?
It looks like it now...
It’s our first outing so it will be more of a learning curve, it’s going to be fun!
You'll be fine, it'll be fun.
That's what I said! 🙂
That’s what I said! 🙂
"Learning curve" means "utterly hateful, way beyond your comfort zone, liable to end in bodily injury and distinctly lacking in viable alternatives" where I come from.
Haha, well I meant "we will be learning as we go round, some bits will work, some won't, but we will do what we do and have fun anyway!"
Wasn't meaning to come across negative! 🙂
Learning curve for me then!
Wasn’t meaning to come across negative!
S'all tha living aside God's own country, ys'mad yer sen soft lad. Tell ye, when I wur a lad, we had to ride up park rash every morning afore we even g'out o bed, then we ad breakfast of the left oers from last night's drip on toast and be yd thankful for it.
I know mate, I've lost some of my Yorkshireness living darn sarf over the years! At least I'm back Oop north again though...although wrong side of the Pennines!
My space is free now as I've got family stuff this evening fellas
although wrong side of the Pennines!
Explains why you come across negative, your like some modern version of Tantalus
I have updated my zwift power tag.
Yep, everyone's tags are now correct, so we've successfully split into two teams in the eyes of the results computer.
https://www.bestbikesplit.com/ suggests that based on a normalised power of 278w I should do the flats at 270w the hills at 310-320W and the downhills at 200w
It isn't an ITT though so don't worry so much about planning out your pacing.
The general STW SOP is don't worry about keeping to a tidy order/paceline but keep together as one team and do not drop anybody.
In terms of pacing, you're probably going to be working above threshold when at the front and recovering when in the pack. It is best to start out conservative - stay in the pack or short turns on the front, hold back a bit to make sure you have the legs to keep up in the Hills, if you are feeling strong towards the end you can spend more time on the front towards the end.
Are you going to join in tonight @twisty? There is a space on the moreSTW team?
Hi @twisty, good to see you back. And with good advice too. But I'm panicking that you've appeared on the start list for the (STW) team tonight though!
We have two teams now, and unless I've missed a withdrawal that's one at capacity of 8 riders already.
You are obviously welcome to ride, but we need a quick reshuffle. Don't just swap teams.
I'll figure it out and post again.
I figured I'd just make sure I'd join the discord channel in good time and work out what team I'm riding with. If both teams are at 8 pax then I can drop back to doing a Zwift academy training thingie. Let me know if I need to change my zwiftpower tag or suchlike.
Is it 2 laps in same direction?
Is it 2 laps in same direction
You could turn around on the saddle if you like?
It's sorted.
@robbo1234biking is going to ride with (MoreSTW). Start delay 8.5 minutes etc Robbo.
@twisty stay as you are, already tagged correctly in (STW) and use the discord channel TTT - STW. Start delay is 4.5 minutes.
@tpbiker - yes, twice round clockwise.
Ouch. Worked hard on that one, but are currently ranked at the top of B with a 1:11. Got a PB of 3.65wkg over the hour for me which for a 6-12 hour not-a-power-rider I'm pleased with.
****! Lost everyone going down from the last hill, all riders suddenly disappeared. I must have had a dropout or something. Checked wifi and it was on.
Oh well...shame! Was going ok too, bit annoying with 5km to go.
Hope it finished well...
Great effort folks. Lovely neat bunch most of the way round and you managed your splits well. Except Andrew who was shamed into faking connection issues obviously😂
Lost everyone going down from the last hill, all riders suddenly disappeared.
Are you and Andrew lockdown bubbling?
Awww, man - I thought it was 3 laps. Held LOADS back for the finale
😉
Thanks everybody.
I hope me rolling forward just before the start didn't cause a problem, all i did was clip in and it started registering power.
We had a tight group. I was a long way off form today unfortunately, the numbers don't lie and mine were a good bit down on usual. Thought I could help pace the group up the final climb but struggled to make any meaningful contribution.
I really felt Tuesday's race round Paris, and had 20 odd miles in legs from spin earlier this morning so thought I'd be fine.. but didn't have much at all tonight.
I hope me rolling forward just before the start didn’t cause a problem,
I wouldn't worry. Phil spent a good minute one evening merrily pedaling away thinking he was in pairing or something. Worst that will happen is you'll get your zwiftpower profile black listed for a few years.
Enjoyed that, especially the bit where we got slow passed in the the rollers and I got tractor beamed along at 0w for about a minute.
@tpbiker exactly the same here mate. Last few days have taken their toll. Don’t feel I performed badly, just didn’t feel I could do any decent turns on the front to help out. Kudos again to Phil for huge turns on the front & for seemingly to sound like he’s not putting in any effort whatsoever.
That aside, it’s the tightest I’ve ever seen our group in the small time I’ve been riding. Well impressed!
That worked really well. Well done all. Stayed together as a group well. When Brian pulled on the second lap of the dessert it worked well - power went down loads which allowed a bit of a rest before the woods section.
I think Craig got ate by a dinosaur or something! Burnt off 900 calories on that ride.
Tough first course for anyone who was new tonight.
I enjoyed the race also. I found the first lap harder as I was warming up and didn't know the route. The 2nd lap felt better for me but I couldn't give any more as I was pretty close to my limit. My heart rate monitor played up so my avg heart rate is misleading. It was good working as a team.
Same as TPBiker and Paino, I had zero to give. In fact I was struggling at the start of lap 2 when we were going at about 225 to 235 watts for a while. I just had zero to give. The last 10kms felt like an eternity.
Looking forward to my bed tonight 😴
I think the bear ate me...he fell out the tree and then everyone disappeared Haha!
Gutted to go out with only 5km to go.
How was the finish?
We seemed to hold pretty well overall...I reckon we could have pushed on a bit but an excellent blob for our first outing as a team.
By the way...was my discord not working or was everyone just quiet??
I might put music on next time...felt weird peddling in silence...apart from my squeaky chain 🤣
That was fun.
We finished 4m30s down on the A, erm Other team, 62nd out of 135 in Frappe so far.
Thanks to Brian for shepherding us through, we could probably have knocked a few seconds off if we had let you pull us more on the first lap, but I think it worked well overall.
Shame to have a few technical glitches, Andrew who dropped out the back and then shot right through in his alternate universe, and Robbo near the end.
Hard to tell how hard we are working individually, I felt we could have gone a little harder from about 7k out, rather than save for the last 500m, based on what I know of Ivan and Robbo from the Paris ride, which seemed much harder to me, but I would rather be within my limits in a team than blowing hard and out the back.
If we could hold a consistent w/kg going up a hill we could be something to contend with !
We got a bit out of shape in the rollers at one point, if was like the bermuda triangle.
Thanks all, Ant
Could you hear me this week?
There wasn’t a lot said really. Luckily we didn’t really split.
Drew - did you say you lost your glasses? Was that why you couldn’t see or were you experiencing dropouts?