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thanks, using iPad at the moment though!@zilog6128 - if you're using a pc there's a hack for that.
this is what I've done! The zwiftblog version actually looks quite good!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...
this is what I've done! The zwiftblog version actually looks quite good!
It's pretty good. Could figure out where i was from the landmarks on their maps.
Had a little lol today at the guy who came past me going up the second big climb of the Pretzel. He was doing just over 9 w/kg and maintained it for the few minutes he was in my view then took the KOM by a good 5 minute margin 😆
Had a little lol today at the guy who came past me going up the second big climb of the Pretzel. He was doing over 9 w/kg and maintained it for the few minutes he was in my view then took the KOM by a good 5 minute margin
Had similar on box hill last week or so.... guy was knocking out 11.2w/kg and 4mins dead for box hill.... next guy was on 6 mins
There should probably be some bullsh*t threshold for w/kg on the KOMs. Or maybe instead of the spotty jersey you get to ride around in a jesters suit 🙂
Edit... Maybe like this guy...
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ha!
last time I was on there was a group "chatting" about somebody who'd pulled 14 w/kg up some hill or other. I think they christened "him" superdwarf or something IIRR
I see them as the chewkw and jambalaya of the zwift world.
interesting read that jam bo - I think they (ZP and zwift) need to find an investor/buyer. It sounds like they're small enough to become "victims of their own success" quite easily
I tried the TT bike for the first time - did one lap of the flat course at 200W and a 2nd at 230W. Lots and lots slower than on the normal bike (due to drafting I suppose) - my fastest lap so far on the road bike was done at 200W and was nearly 1.5 minutes faster than the 200W lap on the TT bike. It was even 5 seconds quicker than the 230W lap on the TT bike. Can't see me using the TT bike again for a while!
Bonkers implementation of Zwiftpower! I'd have assumed they had some special API into Zwift.
Be interesting to see if and by whom they get brought out. Lots of pretty polished competitors out there now but none have the user base and community. I'd worry if someone with a competing product and other products to sell (e.g. Tacx) were to buy them. Doesn't often work out well for the users.
I can't believe Zwift themselves aren't involved though?
Seems like a lot of user base would disappear without Zwiftpower??
According to some data Crosshair had once, it was only about 10% of users who used the racing formats. I suspect that's gone up now as its growing in seriousness, but me personally I could live without it. Clearly I enjoy the racing as I'm doing one in 45 min, but its not all encompassing.
Zwift have recently had $25 million of investment, hopefully some of that money is going towards better infrastructure. By the looks of it zwiftpower would benefit from some of that money too.
In the past the team at Zwift have tried to stay away from the racing side of things. I think they feel that it could potentially cause conflict between them and and their user base. For example I could imagine people asking for a refund of their subscription as they were beaten in a race by some one with a dodgy power reading. I would say that the group rides are still more popular than the races.
I don't think the seriousness has changed since the Jarvis Island Beta phase lol.
If you listen to all the Zwiftcasts, you'll hear Zwift say that racing was not a focus for them. They only launched the race module by calling it an Event module- it was done to satisfy racers demands though.
It feels to me like a higher and higher proportion of people have some kind of race/event tag in their name now.
By seriousness I meant that as its getting more and more mainstream, a lot of them riders coming in are strava fiends and coming in for the racing aspect
I wonder how many are like me, too - I'm not a strava fiend in a racey sense, though I use it to record my rides & personal "progress". Turboing's just so boring that I can't do it with nothing and even just riding around on zwift isn't quite enough for me so I either go out and thrash a certain short distance/time or now beginning to pick short races as they're more of a motivation to keep going a bit longerlot of them riders coming in are strava fiends and coming in for the racing aspect
KISS TT was painful - got an epic stitch 10 mins into it. 🙁
Funny you say that, me too !
Frist 4km i had an STW right in front of me.... We were holding station about 1-3m apart and another STWer about 40m ahead of him.
About 8km in i hit a stitch and no matter what i did i couldn't hold Copping at all and he pulled away, not by much, but as time went on he was sticking in 3.0 and i couldn't put in more than 2.7 or so... He then put a move on the other STWer and took him... i dropped 1 more place back of him and then sort of held on as i could to the end.
Bit of a poor performance that from me... Not impressed. Nothing else in the tank though.
Knackered myself trying to stay on scaredy's tail... couldn't quite keep up but zwift awarded me 3 points on my FTP! Definitely prefer regular racing with drafting... there's just no letup on the TT bike!
Saw a few other STWers which was cool.
not up for racing yet but did a sub 2.0 ZZRC group ride to get the hang of virtual group riding.
Was trying to stay as close to the group leader as possible but was like a horizontal yoyo, for 40m in front to 40m behind at times. Assuming he was pretty constant in his speed / output, I need some more practise, particularly at coming up behind someone to draft. I start to soft pedal as I get closer, to the countdown, 4,3,2,1..... and then I'm out in front!!
What's the technique when you don't have the chance to sit up and use my chest as an airbrake or a tiny feather of the brakes like I'd do in a real group ride? In a virtual race situation I'd either be gasping off the back (likely) or sat in the wind while everyone else sits behind me!!
Hi Weeksy
That was me you were following, think we had matching tops too. Enjoyed that put in an extra effort at the end and reeled in D Chester. Wonder if my ride will make it to ZP will be first time this year if it does.
I think I've confused Zpower...
After I finished I quit Zwift and rejoined behind Weeksy. On the leaderboard I'm now 104th haha.
Hopefully that'll correct itself 😆
Hey zilog (JC ?) - I thought you had me there, didn't you ?Knackered myself trying to stay on scaredy's tail
(I put a massive 2w on my FTP too)
oh, and thanks for the thumbs-up from somebody (how do you tell who it was?)
mossimus - MemberHi Weeksy
That was me you were following, think we had matching tops too. Enjoyed that put in an extra effort at the end and reeled in D Chester. Wonder if my ride will make it to ZP will be first time this year if it does.
We did indeed mate yes... was funny seeing that actually.... I tried and tried to stay with you, but my HR went out and my output went down, i was sitting at 175bpm which is only 5bpm from my outright max, i can't maintain that... Usually in races i am sitting about 168-169 and i can maintain that... You pulled d.chester in brilliantly... i was sort of watching it unfold as i was watching the gap to you going up... Well done fella... great effort.
yeah that was me, might change my zwift name to match my STW username, might make it easier lol. I was with you for a fair way but couldn't hold the pace towards the end... think you finished about 25s or so ahead of me. ZP was working fine immediately after the race but seems to have fallen over now!!Hey zilog (JC ?) - I thought you had me there, didn't you ?
(I put a massive 2w on my FTP too)
that was me too... it pops up at the top of the screen... blink & you'll miss it!oh, and thanks for the thumbs-up from somebody (how do you tell who it was?)
Weeksy- that's exactly the crowd that pioneered the Zwift Beta when there was only 40 riders on course and still they held races!!
The Event module and start-pens were the biggest game changers and of course the rules have sharpened up a bit but those hardcore enthusiasts haven't really changed much in terms of ethos I don't think- roadies gonna race 😉
Where it has changed is the other end, the casual interest racer now seems more and more likely to have a pop- which is great for the racing community.
I'd like to see longer races, 100 miles or thereabouts. At the minute it's pretty much a max effort TT whereas a longer race would become more tactical and realistic.
Ivan, you can race 98km
...6am Sunday 😆
(assuming you're in UK)
Congrats on the PB's guys: https://www.strava.com/segments/13739283?filter=overall
@ mossimus - that was me. Saw you gaining but had a few challenges tonight with the resistance of the turbo lagging a long way behind the gradient of the course. Made it hard to put power down on the flat. I look forward to the rematch 😉
(BTW for those of us with semi-anonymous STW logins, can we keep IRL names off the public forum please 🙂 )
100mi turbo trainer race? What sort of sicko are you?!
12 STW'ers took part this evening:
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Good times!
(If anyone has an issue with me posting the above I'll delete.)
Zwift have recently had $25 million of investment, hopefully some of that money is going towards better infrastructure. By the looks of it zwiftpower would benefit from some of that money too.
The guy who invested (Dave somebody?) has previously worked at Facebook and now works at Uber and specialises in ramping up user base. He has ambitions for millions of users (and so he should do for the size of his investment!) so hopefully the infrastructure should be somewhat more robust.
Zwift themselves call their product a "game" and most computer games are competitive in some way, so supporting and beefing up the race mode seems a no-brainer to me. So hopefully auto race classification and full automated results plus leagues etc will follow.
Incidentally, Dave whatshisname has said improving the 'onboarding' process and making the game more accessible (presumably with 'next generation's bikes/smart turbo-trainer and/or gym equipment) AND lowering the cost entry point are all key objectives....
What did I take part in? I was doing the ZZRC sub 2.0 ride, 3 laps of Watopia flat, how have I managed to get a TT time?
Also shows the benefit of drafting i think, that I got comparable sorts of times for 100 watts and 30bpm less!
fifeandy - one who's already got the imperial metric kit so at a distinct advantage in that I know how 100 miles feels on a trainer!
Nathb - how do you know they're STW'ers?
Ah oops, that's just the Strava TT 10 mile segment.
@IvanDobsk - all the names are in the STW Zwift group on strava
Ah, got it, cheers.
From the preliminary results looks like ZP is only giving results for those who did 2 complete laps. IIRC same thing happened on last KISS TT I did.
Lol that funny. 2 weeks back on TT bike
16min 03
Today, 16 min 05
And in other news, Graylish brings home the
[url= http://www.zwiftpower.com/race.php?id=2645 ]Silver in Cat C[/url] for Team STW. Get in! 8)
Jeeeeez, top top work fella... very impressed !
Nice work Mark!
The KISS TT results from last night are still messed up, hopefully they're sorted later! 😆
I've given up even looking at results after the races finish now, it's beyond a joke.
I felt a lot happier after seeing my time was only 2s off my previous TT time.. If you'd asked me after the race i'd have bet you i was more than a minute down... So a little weird the perception we can have at times, especially as after doing the previous TT race i was really happy, last night i was gutted.
I'm hoping it's frosty and sunnny today as it was yesterday, if so, i'm hitting the trails on the Parkwood 🙂
I feel like I've been so lucky here, aside from the night where it all exploded everything has worked for me.