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crosshair - MemberWeeksy- didn't Joe say the power figures weren't accurate when set as a controllable trainer??
Spoke to him via PM, he never actually tried with a high level of variable. He used to run as controllable, but with the slider set down the far left at 0. So doesn't actually have any data/knowledge as to whther it's correct or not on them settings.
You can certainly feel the resistance kick in with it set to the default level at about 50% that's for sure... But any more than that... i can't really say.
Could be a good chance to settle some of the banter from the STW massive tonight with an individual TT race at 8.05pm.... only (he says ONLY) a 10 miler, 16.2km... but on TT bikes so no drafting at all. Watopia Hilly route....so should suit some of you whippets instead of us heavyweights
Who's got what it takes... Who can be the STW king.... Time may tell.
8.05pm works well for me as i'll be watching the Liverpool Plymouth game so will be nice to have a few miles to knock out at the time, i was planning on being on anyway, so can do some gentle riding from 7.45 till 8, then race at 8.05 and cruise around after the race until the end of the game 🙂
Sounds like a good idea but I think the majority of us are in pieces after last nights ZTR and KISS races. Unless I'm speaking for myself!
Suits me fine 🙂 The more rubbish you lot are the more chance i have of not bein last.
STRAVA.COM 8.05 is 4 laps race on the hilly route (36km)
8.00 is 16k TT on flat route (16k)
I assume you mean the 8.00 weeksy ?
Might show up if I get finished in time; I've never actually ridden that circuit
oops, sorry.
Yeah, the 16km TT mate..
Even better news for me now as it's Watopia flat.
I rekon i can get about 3.0w/kg for the race distance.
I didn't get a race or workout last night, so I'm up for itMine's on a TT bike
14 mins 55 on that segment for me as my PR.
Non TT bike as it was a KISS C race.
TT bike best was a 16.03.... Just shows the difference a draft or 3 can make
Bit late for me, i'll do the SZR at 6pm tonight 🙂
Hmm - I'm the slowest of the STWers on that segment - looks like I've only ridden it as part of a Sub-2 ride so far.
not for me tonight. legs were a little stiff this morning. definitely makes a massive difference getting a good start out of the gate and hanging on rather than chasing from the start. I think I would have been on for a good finish if zwift hadn't fallen over.
I will miss the TT this week as I need a rest day after a few heavy sessions. From next week or the week after I will switch from doing KISS/ZTR road races to doing just TT events on Zwift as my TT season starts in early February.
But the TT bike now has a replacement Stages crank on it and does need to be tried out...
Weeksy, I'd be tempted if I wasn't riding lunchtime.
Btw, Zwift on Strava, what's the consensus on this? Now I can see why people do it for stuff like zwiftpower, and if you're using Strava Premium for planning, but who really want to see a bunch of other people's Zwift rides in their Strava feed?
my TT season starts in early February.
Early start there b1gf00t. Mine doesn't really start till late March and then it's still not quite skinsuit weather 😉
Btw, Zwift on Strava, what's the consensus on this? Now I can see why people do it for stuff like zwiftpower, and if you're using Strava Premium for planning, but who really want to see a bunch of other people's Zwift rides in their Strava feed?
no worse than seeing a bunch of commutes.
edit: maybe strava need to offer the option to filter commutes and virtual rides out of feeds.
Exactly, plus they'll be riding the same segments as you so it's interesting to see what times other people are getting (that's the whole point of Strava anyway IMO!)
no worse than seeing a bunch of commutes.
That it true. A quick scan down mine currently mostly shows commutes and virtual rides. I guess that's just winter for you. Takes away from the social aspect of Strava a bit IMO as I'm less likely to have a look at the feed and comment on rides friends have done.
Exactly, plus they'll be riding the same segments as you so it's interesting to see what times other people are getting (that's the whole point of Strava anyway IMO!)
I suppose people get different things out of strava. I always liked the social commenting on rides aspect. Segment times aren't really a big thing for me.
No issues with Zwift on strava feed - it's a valid workout we of all people should know that!
I've recently increased the amount of people I'm following from around 20 to 60 odd - this shows up an issue with strava. It's hard to see them all properly!
since riding on zwift I'm getting loads more follow requests from randoms that I've never heard of. anyone else?
No issues with Zwift on strava feed - it's a valid workout we of all people should know that!
I guess it's a bit like facebook. Just because you've had a thought it doesn't necessarily warrant publishing 😉
I've recently increased the amount of people I'm following from around 20 to 60 odd - this shows up an issue with strava. It's hard to see them all properly!
Again a bit like facebook in that the more people you follow the more chaff you get in your feed 😕
I usually keep my zwift rides private for a couple of days then make them public to avoid cluttering up peoples feed, mostly because seeing multiple zwift rides used to annoy me before i was on zwift myself!
yeah I appreciate they aren't for everybody, but that was/is Strava's USP & the reason they are now the dominant activity fracker.Segment times aren't really a big thing for me.
The Strava UI is well due an overhaul now though. Needs options to block commutes (been promised for years now!) or virtual rides, as well as specific friends (whilst retaining them) and DEFINITELY needs improved search.
nope, always had it every now & then on Strava, only had one since I've been Zwifting so no massive surge!since riding on zwift I'm getting loads more follow requests from randoms that I've never heard of. anyone else?
Omar Little, pretty good idea that. Can you get them to upload automatically as private? Does that break some of the analysis tools that use Zwift and Strava?
Edit... ah looks like you can make stuff private by default. Might give that a go and just un-private the proper rides.
I have a few fellow Zwifters on my Strava feed, but very few... only 2... The rest i have are all Zwift contacts only from here... As much as i like seeing peoples rides, i don't want them cluttering up my Strava so none of them go into my feed.
I can still see results of people i need who i'm following..
Bizarrely I hide my commutes and Zwift warmups, yet leave my Zwift races and events. Making things private stops them adding towards the leaderboards in groups 🙁
I don't mind seeing all the Zwift updates, I can see it being a pain for non-Zwifters. Given they're flagged as "Virtual Rides", is there no way people can filter those out of their feeds?
Just unfollow them if you don't want to see their rides???
I limit my follows to about 20 and generally just use the filter at the top to see my own rides only.
I'm not fannying about with settings to please my followers- I ride on Zwift a lot. Don't like it, there's the door 😀
crosshair - MemberJust unfollow them if you don't want to see their rides???
I limit my follows to about 20 and generally just use the filter at the top to see my own rides only.I'm not fannying about with settings to please my followers- I ride on Zwift a lot. Don't like it, there's the door
I always check your rides.. i always compare your segement times, not that i'm obsessed, but you are my goal/target 😉
Just unfollow them if you don't want to see their rides???
Doesn't really work though if you want to see maybe their racing and big rides, but aren't so bothered about their 1 mile daily commute or their turbo session.
I ride on Zwift a lot.
So I see 😉
Btw, anyone on here ever organised a group ride? Much faff? How did it go?
MrBlobby- then you have to take the rough with the smooth like all relationships 😀
I used to run some back in the early days. ACF (At Current Fatness 😉 ) they were called. We used to organise through FB, rendezvous at the Start/finish line, wear the GCN kit, give the late comers a few minutes then see how long we could stick together.
We used Teamspeak to communicate and I had a few good laughs with randoms from across the world.
It eventually amalgamated with ZZRC.
Weeksy- Flattered and creeped out in equal measure 😀 You don't need to look at my rides though, just choose the segment in your own ride and filter 'I'm following'.
You don't need to look at my rides though, just choose the segment in your own ride and filter 'I'm following'.
LOL that's pretty much it yes... think yourself lucky i'm not sitting on your drive making up food parcels 😉
I'm fairly new to Zwift so find it useful seeing what other folks are up including what sort of times they're setting and what events they're doing. There are 2 or 3 STW Zwifters that seem to be around the same level of (un)fitness as me so it's interesting seeing how their times compare to mine, so I follow those. One of them lives very close to me so rides and runs a lot of the same real-world Strava segments as well, so it's also interesting being able compare virtual and real-world times.
There are 2 or 3 STW Zwifters that seem to be around the same level of (un)fitness as me so it's interesting seeing how their times compare to mine, so I follow those.
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Loving seeing the gradual improvement at the moment, I pretty much had last year off cycling entirely, so it's starting from scratch almost. My first race a month back was 1.95w/kg, last nights was 2.43w/kg, there's a fairly linear leap between the 6 or so I've done. Hoping to upgrade in a week or two.
I might do the WBR Sub 2.0 tonight at 20:15, losing some of my 100kg would probably be the easiest boost right now!
that's a chunk of improvement there Toasty !
I've extrapolated my data to conclude that I'll be world champion by next November! Exciting times.
Early start there b1gf00t. Mine doesn't really start till late March and then it's still not quite skinsuit weather
Has to be, only 65kg so I have more luck with the lumpier sporting courses. Not really an early start just a continuation from last year, did a short 22 less than a month ago.
I joined in with the OCZ Decaf Coffee ride this morning. Was very enjoyable. Big group, made me work harder than I would have done normally. In general terms, my fitness is improving, but the weight isn't really dropping much.
Toasty
I've extrapolated my data to conclude that I'll be world champion by next November! Exciting times.
and I've just had team sky on the phone... 😆
buying some of your spares you've got up for sale ?and I've just had team sky on the phone...
weeksy
buying some of your spares you've got up for sale ?
No.. offering me broadband 😆
The spares are just the tip of the iceberg haha.
Good to see normal Zwift service resumed this morning. A zone 2 Pretzel done. I'd even printed out the map so I didn't get lost 🙂 I was kind of hoping there'd be a leaderboard for the Pretzel but I didn't see it coming under the banner at the end.
Dunno if that's tongue-in-cheek or not but you can select what route you want to default to (flat,hilly, pretzel, etc) before you ride and then you don't have to worry about making turns (although you can override it)I'd even printed out the map so I didn't get lost
hopefully they can sort their server issues, etc, I think a really big ride/race would be a lot of fun!
Dunno if that's tongue-in-cheek
A little 🙂 I did select the route but most of the time I've no idea where I am so this time I followed the route on the map to get to know it a bit better.
Yeah it's good to learn the courses, a GTA-style overhead mini-map would be a cool feature I think, although WAY down the list of priorities!
I can't understand why it doesn't have a smalll map on.
Here:
ZWIFTHACKS.COM I haven't tried it myself yet. My laptop graphics specs are below the min recommended (although it works fine) so I don't want to give it any more work to do...!
We've got an A0 plotter at work. I keep meaning to get in early one morning & print out some large versions of the map to stick on the garage wall...