Zwift, my journey, my weight and my fitness.

I use a Tacx tablet holder (my setup is a few pages back) it's very neat: [url= ]PIC[/url]

I just tried to compare my Zwift power to real power... well according to strava - there's a rather large discrepancy! 😆

In the new year I'm definitely going to rent a power meter for a month or so to compare - purely to satisfy my curiosity!

nathb, you on the Zwift iOS trial?

No, I use an app called Teamviewer which displays/allows me to use my pc on the iPad. Zwift is running on my desktop upstairs, everything is connected via bluetooth on my mobile.

Cunning.

Well thought I'd see how well it worked with VNC to the iPad. Not nearly quick enough 🙁

That's odd, my teamviewer is very smooth. Maybe freezes for a second every 10 mins or so? Teamviewer adjusts the quality for the connection, so if someone starts downloading something it reduces to the quality slightly (barely notice).

This is how it looks: [url= ]Clicky[/url] (bike boxes have gone now 🙂 )

LOL the bike boxes were the least of my troubles !

Well thought I'd see how well it worked with VNC to the iPad. Not nearly quick enough

Anyone doing the SZR race @ 6 tonight? (Mountain 8 )

Ah right, team viewer seems to work well but switches the resolution on the mac to something much lower, and hence not needing as much bandwidth. Might give that a try.

zilog6128
Anyone doing the SZR race @ 6 tonight? (Mountain 8 )

I think there is a couple of us doing the KISS TT at 8pm.

mrblobby
Ah right, team viewer seems to work well but switches the resolution on the mac to something much lower, and hence not needing as much bandwidth. Might give that a try.

You can amend it to native in the settings if you require.

I will be giving the KISS TT race a go tonight. I think it will be the first time I have used the TT bike since they removed the draft affect. Interesting to see how it goes...

I've never used it... i'm not sure i can get used to the aero bars !

Im thinking about giving this a first go tonight. Thinking about the Dutch National Criterium race at 1900.

One quick question though...I now have the Elite Misuro sensor that plugs into my Elite Volano trainer. It's picking up the power from the sensor and relaying it to my Garmin and TrainerRoad but it's not displaying virtual speed...does anyone know if it's supposed to first of all and if so am I doing something wrong? Also, do I need the virtual speed to be working for it to work on Zwift or will the software take care of all that??

Gaz, I think that unit sends the power data it calculates direct (via ANT+) to Zwift. Zwift then turns that power into your speed on Zwift. I would imagine Trainer Road will work the same way. No idea on what it transmit to Garmin?

Traineroad gives wheel speed, it doesn't adjust speed/distance according to the virtual terrain (on a dumb trainer).

EVR tonight, if I do any that is.

Gaz, I think that unit sends the power data it calculates direct (via ANT+) to Zwift. Zwift then turns that power into your speed on Zwift. I would imagine Trainer Road will work the same way. No idea on what it transmit to Garmin?

Yeah I think i've only noticed it on my Garmin because TrainRoad doesnt display speed on the screen

Traineroad gives wheel speed, it doesn't adjust speed/distance according to the virtual terrain (on a dumb trainer).

The difference here is because there is no rear wheel and so therefore no (magnetic) speed sensor rotating.

Okay signing on in 18 mins 😆

Good luck Nathb 🙂

I'm joining the Vision Bootcamp ride and will be on Discord. I'm on a recovery spin tonight but want to listen to Nathan Guerras great insights.

So I led for about a minute, then I think 5-7 overtook and then I didn't see anyone until the finish line 😆
According to strava it was 21:39. Where/how do I check the official results?

Improved my FTP too apparently, by a whole watt.

Zwiftpower.com

Wow, I was up in the 26 min mark

Tough race, went off OK, found some power 15 min in, lost it, sank at 20 and was recaught by 2 guys who I'd passed 3 miles earlier in the final mile. They were putting out 3.2 and I couldn't pull them back.
I was actually considering bailing pre ride as I was feeling tired in my 10 min warm up and lacking power, so was really Dealer called and said its fixed, kill switch was on and charging me £90 to drop back. with how I did considering.

Rest day tomorrow, honestly, really.

The first few minutes didn't seem too bad, then it was pain and suffering for the last 20 minutes. I think I finished in just over 24 mins. Just over the C limits.

The TT format made a nice change. Normally you can get a rest for a few seconds here and there by sitting in a group, that was full beans the whole way around.

Glad that was only a 10 and not a 25.

22:43 according to strava and hr a couple of beats below max for the whole ride. No Zwifting tomorrow after that ride.

Good work boys! Some fast lads in here!

Lol there's a D, Luke sullivan, has his weight at 40kg and 4.9w/kg lol. A D, lol.

I was on there earlier doing a workout and saw someone chatting to a certain 'weeksy'. 🙂

Okay I found it on Zwiftpower. Just finished updating my user id and connecting it to strava, hopefully it's all working now and you can click on my name. Just noticed my W/KG, hope I don't get DQ'd?!

I was refusing to let that Cat B overtake me, probably at the expense of being able to commute to work on the bike in the morning! 😳

I think that was me saying Weeksy Adam 🙂

6th, top ride fella.

I'm confused by the winner of D. He put out way less power than all the guys behind him. I can't see how on a TT bike?

Weeksy- you can't trust a lot of that data until it's showing as 'finalised'.

Thanks mate, nice ride too!

Not sure why my 15sec burst has been highlighted and 9th hasn't? I was following crosshair's advice. 😆

That page is a minefield of numbers, you literally could spend days analysing it..

Great ride Nathb! You can't get DQ'd as such from A's but they sometimes ask for verification if you go over 5w/kg. That may come down a smidge when ZP verifies the results through Strava- mine always does.
Also, they will expect higher power in a short TT event.

Nathb- it highlights the highest figure in each column, it doesn't 'mean' anything.

The only figure that matters was the 2 blokes 2s in front of me at the end!

@Weeksy- you've changed man 😀 Imagine your response to me a year ago about a post like that 😉

My first go at TT on zwift, think I prefer racing as that was hard. Weeksy I rode with you for a bit at the start but couldn't stay with you ended up finishing about 40 seconds behind you, only my second race at c

@Weeksy- you've changed man Imagine your response to me a year ago about a post like that

The competitive streak has never left me.. 🙂

Nice one Jakey, C is certainly a step up in speed/effort to maintain that's for sure.

Legs are toast this morning, so resting today.. Then out in the frosty hills tomorrow, so likely yo e Sunday before i Zwift again now.

Nice ride Jakey.

Looking forward to trying a race on Zwift next week, not sure which yet. That was good fun. My only gripe is that it wasn't really clear to me how far in front the next guy was, or am I missing something?

My legs are a little stiff today, but still attempting to commute in (pottering - no sprinting/racing) and may go for a 10 mile very gentle Zwift session later (sub 120bpm). Resting tomorrow!!

Surprised there isn't a STW team set up?

How is it not clear NAth?

On the RHS you have a list of people.... when in a race they're the ONLY people. All non-racers don't appear in your list. It shows the time ahead and beahind

1s is about 18-20m distance wise behind.

Surprised there isn't a STW team set up?

just had a look and the only way I can see you set one up, is to put a team name in your profile and if enough people join you, its a 'team'. not sure of the benefit really?

its a 'team'. not sure of the benefit really?

I guess if you were all racing at a similar speed and in same Cat then you could use a bit of tactics helping eachother along. But i doubt with STW you'd get that very often as it seems quite a spread of ability on here up to now.

weeksy
How is it not clear NAth?

On the RHS you have a list of people.... when in a race they're the ONLY people. All non-racers don't appear in your list. It shows the time ahead and beahind

1s is about 18-20m distance wise behind.

Ah my bad, I thought it was displaying everyone. There was a few times in the race where there was only 2-3 people being displayed so I had no idea where I was.

Probably a limitation of using the iPad - the RH info is small.

There was a few times in the race where there was only 2-3 people being displayed so I had no idea where I was.

if my wifi connection in the shed is struggling then everyone around will suddenly dissapear and the list shrink to 2/3 people.

Yeah i think we all get that, sometimes people drop off my list who i know are behind and then 20-30s later they appear again in the list... sometimes like above i get a very small list for a short while.