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Morning all.
I've been Zwifting on and off for over a year now and following a recent illness I'm giving it some more attention at the mo. There seem to be a few STW clubs on Zwift - which one are you guys on?
Just been for a trot round Laaandan - why's it always raining & foggy there (Brexit? 😉 )
Had something like my best shot at box hill, though trainer was at 100% "real" and I struggle to read the road in advance so I bog down / spin out every now & then. Can't imagine ever getting under 7 min like some of our faster brethren
Got a thumbs up from somebody just as I was finishing a "sprint" effort - I suspect they were laughing too hard & hit the keyboard by mistake 😳 . If it was a STWer, cheers - I aim to amuse !
Just been for a trot round Laaandan - why's it always raining & foggy there
Was a bit odd Zwifting in a wet London today and being able to look out the window and seeing a lovely sunny (if cold!) London outside.
Then on the downhill I'm full beans and the malaysian is doing 0w/kg in a tuck and staying with me. Is that her trainer, or is there a code to use or what?
If using a smart trainer just stop pedalling when going downhill and you'll do the same...
Just managed a 9:12 PB on Box hill, think if I want to break 9 minutes I will need to lose a bit of weight.
Just managed a 9:12 PB on Box hill, think if I want to break 9 minutes I will need to lose a bit of weight.
Well done! Can't see me threatening that anytime soon!
just checked my Box Hill time from this morning's race. 12:07 previous down to [drum roll].........
12:02.
FFS
Doesn't help that I was pretty much on the rivet all the way to Box Hill as well, might have to make a special trip in the week 😉
Doesn't help that I was pretty much on the rivet all the way to Box Hill as well, might have to make a special trip in the week
Given a 2 second improvement would get me 2 places I might do the same - cruise round to the bottom of the hill then go for it!
That was exactly what I did for my effort
Anyone else notice some Strava weirdness? I went up Box Hill yesterday, average time - nothing special, but never recorded a time on the main hill segments. And then today did 3 hours riding around London, and got 2nd overall on a 14 minute segment that only 24 had ever attemted, from the velodrome and one lap around Whitehall, Palace and the Strand.
If it was outdoor I would blame the trees affecting the GPS.
Were you taking random turns to make a combo segment few others use?
There seem to be a few STW clubs on Zwift - which one are you guys on?
STW Zwifters....
Then on the downhill I'm full beans and the malaysian is doing 0w/kg in a tuck and staying with me. Is that her trainer, or is there a code to use or what?
Stop pedalling. I can hit 75 kph down fox hill by rolling over the top and freewheeling down the other side.
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Seems like scope for reverse weight doping!
Are you saying my bum looks big...
Is there a way of viewing your leaderboard times, other than random strava segments? And other than going back into the game and riding?
GolfChick, if you strava then the "official" segments are listed on Zwiftblog...
http://zwiftblog.com/verified-zwift-strava-segments/
yeahhh thats what I was just looking at but seeing as my box hill PB on Thursday I smashed is showing as 8:08, I was assuming there was another time we were all looking at!
Today I found out my heart rate can go to 210bpm, I always thought it topped out at 198 (pretty sure it's still a glitch lol).
Stand by box hill, as my current one is at circa 175bpm? 😆
@nath, not sure you'll get flappy shirt syndrome indoors unless you've got a REALLY big fan.
Come again @fifeandy?
By the way, thanks to @CH, I met "someone" with an interesting looking bike:
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@nath, abnormally high heart rates that last longer than a momentary spike are usually as a result of the wind causing shirt to flap. This results in static electricity build up which your hrm strap interprets as heart beats.
Thats a bit long to write every time, so flappy shirt syndrome
He was such a nice guy and mature for his age I thought. I think we could have cajoled him into racing if we'd tried though 😉
I got supper on Zwift expenses too so my membership is effectively free for the next two months 😀
Any of the top echelon doing this? I'm thinking of setting my weight down to 35kg and getting shelled anyway 😉
06:30PM GMT
Andrew Talansky Endurance Ride (54.9 mi / 88.5 km)
Join Cannondale-Drapac pro Andrew Talansky as he leads an endurance focused ride, keeping the power on during the downhill and easing back on the uphill a bit for a very steady effort. For those in Northern California this is intended to be similar to the “Jesse ride” that used to run out of Folsom. After a few minutes of easier roll out the flat roads will be around 3.5-4 w/kg on the front and uphills will be at a maximum of 4.5 w/kg. There will be a few very brief stops at the ride leaders discretion to top up on water, allow for a bathroom break, etc. This is an endurance ride but there will be no waiting for dropped riders. Anyone looking to push the pace beyond what the leader is setting, especially uphill, will be left to ride on their own. Goal of the day is to push aerobic limits and have a good time!
DETAILS
COURSE: Watopia Mountain
LAPS: 3
Andrew Talansky Endurance Ride (54.9 mi / 88.5 km)
Actually sounds good that. I've been keeping an eye out but there's not much in the way of group rides around the 3.5-4 w/kg mark.
@MrBlobby Loving the humble brag work there 😀 The ZSUN crew do a chaingang ride on a Tuesday that isn't far off of that pace. Around 3.4/3.6ish.
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@fifeandy - ah, thanks makes sense! My number was flapping a bit so it was probably that!
@crosshair - very nice, yeah he was a nice guy - groupset envy! 😆
To surf or zwift is a nice Sunday morning problem to have but with air temp of 2 degrees and mediocre 1-2ft think I'm going zwift.
Andrew Talansky Endurance Ride (54.9 mi / 88.5 km)
Hmm is this going to be another GCN takeover night?
I doubt that many are going to enter a 4w ride
I was doing a bit of random Strava stalking this morning and came across one rider who spent nearly five hours on a Swift ride. I mean FIVE hours on a turbo!!!???? 😯
I bailed on my morning ride today, all set for the zwift race at 8.15
Set off quick in the leading pack, but my god! the noise from my old cycleops trainer in the garage was immense! I actually stopped to see what was going on and give it a quick check over. Lubed the chain, stuffed more rubber mats under it, covered it it towels to try and drown out the cacophony of noise. But no joy. I think it has finally given up the ghost for usability! Annoying as I have ordered a Neo and still waiting for it 4 weeks later now - and the date keeps getting pushed back and back.
I mean FIVE hours on a turbo!!!????
I did notice some of those while looking at the Zwift blog Ride London segment on Strava. Crazy.
I bailed on my morning ride today, all set for the zwift race at 8.15
Bailed halfway through this mornings too. Felt rubbish thanks to kids bugs. Might do the Talansky ride tonight instead.
-6 out on the dirt this morning. Had to go out and pick my car up from the station.
Oh meant to add, switched over from BLE to ANT+ and all turbo lag has gone. Would always be about 3 or 4 seconds at best, a couple of minutes at its worst. Very curious. Bit of a pain having to use the ANT+ dongle again but it seem to work so much better.
Oh meant to add, switched over from BLE to ANT+ and all turbo lag has gone. Would always be about 3 or 4 seconds at best, a couple of minutes at its worst. Very curious. Bit of a pain having to use the ANT+ dongle again but it seem to work so much better.
How are you getting on with the Neo Mrblobby?
I'm getting so frustrated waitng for mine, im close to buying something else. I know I should wait....but
I really like it. Was getting very annoying in Zwift with the lag but using ANT+ seems to sort that out. And in manual control I can tune it to feel very road like for TT position efforts (tri mode with about -0.5% slope.) Also the reduction in noise from the LeMond is incredible, it's pretty much just drivetrain noise now.
Lots of PBs on my real world mtb ride this morning. The frozen ground helped but I'm sure the zwifting helped more
Well that was weird. Using Joes powermeter at say 300w were were getting 260w in zwift. 155w on meter was 130w zwift.
I find it very hard to believe I'm 40w quicker though.
Hoping to get Crosshair over with his meter to compare the readings.
Did you recalibrate the power meter?
.Did you recalibrate the power meter?
He brought his whole bike over and put it on the turbo, he never mentioned anything regarding calibration. Its his old turbo that I've got on perma loan.
Nice gain there weeksy 🙂
Where's the lower power coming from? VIrtual power or turbo reported power?
Its a bkool smart trainer. I don't know the model. I'm not sure what to do now, obviously I can't change the output but I could lower my weight within zwift to compensate. But this turbo has been my benchmark for a while now so I'm unlikely to alter anything.
Wondering if it could be temp related as it was -1 in garage. Tricky one really.
I think it's Zwift. When I was doing my tests with the PM versus the Tacx Vortex, I found that the one not connected to Zwift was much higher than the one connected.