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Well i should have listened to my gut. I bought a tacx flow t2240 so i could ride zwift properly rather than my digital epo dumb trainer and was worried by a lot of people saying bits were missing from there purchases. I decided a 50 mile round trip was not on the cards by bus (gave car to parents to use this week) so got it delivered. Opened my new purchase this morning to find no nuts and bolts to fit the unit to frame and no skewer! Phoned halfords who knew what was wrong before i said anything, now have to wait for parts to be sent out. I asked why they dont check before they send it out and its seems there staff must be on huge wages because and i quote "its easier and cheaper to send the missing bits out than it is to check each box". So they refunded my delivery charge £4.99 and now the cost of sending the parts bag and that apparently is cheaper than paying somebody for a whole minute to check the box. I shall carry on with my drug fuelled dumb trainer and smash some more miles and records out.
Just about to take on the P Race at 3pm.
Hoping to make a decent ride of it.. I'm on restricted duties this week, no riding after Tues. So will make the most of it until then.
Did the 3pm 'P Race' but bailed 45 mins into it... I was in a good position and with the leading pack who were <DQ power, but i was up at 170bpm for ages and was too tired... I could have pootled round for the rest for a decent finish, but i'd had enough to be fair.
14st 13.4 I can sleep happy again!
First time in 5 years I'm back in the 14s. Another 4lb to go and I'm at the lowest in my adult life
good work weeksy !
as a general question:
crosshair said the other day that people joining him on sunday should
WTF's that then ?Use 'Ride with A.Shutler[TFC] STW' function to drop in at any time you fancy.
If he's on your zwift friends list, when you join a ride you see all the names on main page, first page where you select your route. You will see your friend and you click their name and ride with them.
ah, I see
what they need, among so many other things, is a search function for that "who's riding" box - so I can put in STW or something just to see who's about while I'm sat "working" at my desk
No, when you start Zwift, there will be a list of everyone riding on course. Your favourited 'friends' will be at the top regardless and the rest will be in order of distance completed.
So just scroll through that list until you find me and then hit the big Ride With button. You'll then get plonked in at my speed for a few seconds and as long as you start pedalling straight away, you won't get dropped.
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@crosshair - count me in for pretzel at 18:30. I'll follow you on zwift in case i'm running late and need to catch up.
Brill 🙂 I think about 6 other team TFC guys have said they will join too. I'm just gonna do my thing and if the pace doesn't suit, then people can come or go as they please (the beauty of not using the group ride module...)
Shall we try discord with "push to grunt" enabled?
when you start Zwift, there will be a list of everyone riding on course. Your favourited 'friends'...
How might a chap make somebody a favourite ??
(won't be pretzeling tomorrow, sorry - I'm out for a birthday meal instead 8) )
Add them in mobile app via name
Yes can do- I'll refresh the link tomorrow 🙂
If I make it home in time tomorrow I'll drop in.
weeksy - Member
Add them in mobile app via name
Ta. Been doing some stalking - and got busted by a least two STWers who've spotted me watching them 😳
Ta. Been doing some stalking - and got busted by a least two STWers who've spotted me watching them
Can you tell when someone is watching you?
Yes, it shows their under the centre section of the screen if I remember rightly.
There's an achievement for watching someone too.
I owe Zwift some compliments after yesterday - all these workouts I've been doing recently have really helped me understand what I'm capable of if I'm prepared to sacrifice the ability to cycle home lol. Anyway what this meant was that I was able to hold 9w/kg for 60 seconds in a real world race = points. I think without Zwift and it's stats and numbers pouring into my head I would have given up!!
Ah, "watching" wasn't really what I meant - 2-3 people started to follow me within a couple of minutes of me following them. I wasn't aware that it tips riders off when they gain a followerCan you tell when someone is watching you?
I wasn't aware that someone actually riding knows they're being watched.
The first time I ever activated zwift I followed somebody for ages; wasn't even really aware that I'd chosen to and wasn't in the same room for most of it but I got my stalkers badge straight away 😳
Last call for tonight's Pretzel group ride......
Best of luck CH - was a bit thundery out there earlier
Thanks to those who turned out for the group ride 🙂
My personal highlight was 35 miles in, trying to keep up, text, group chat, Discord and PM all at the same time and MrBlobby corrects me on my spelling 😆
I genuinely lol'd 🙂
Wow, that seriously made the ride fly by though!!!
Well, that was fun. Felt harder than 2.3w/kg, but turns out that's pretty much exactly what it worked out at.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for coming. Discord isn't easy up the climbs 😆
Kept seeing STW names popping up on the messages tonight. Dunno if it was coincidence or not...
I did 50km on the flat route to get entered in that Jersey competition. Got 2 ride ons I think, perhaps from STWers...
I didn't have mobile link running and couldn't work out how to return them....
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Great photo!
MrBlobby corrects me on my spelling
Well it is an STW ride so needs some pedantry 🙂
Sorry for arriving late and bailing early, kids playing up at bedtime.
Don't be silly! Thanks for turning out 🙂
I was 2.3w/kg for the ride too- a little quicker than my predicted 17mph @17.6mph because of more drafting I guess.
A brief cameo by Nathb too- P.Hill on Discord was like
"Have <heavy breathing> you <heavy breathing> seen how <heavy breathing> low Naths HR is <heavy gasping>!"
as Nath powered off of the front 😀
Damn, y'all look so pretty in your matching outfits. Good job I didn't turn out
Our elite fighting force accounted for no less than 4 jerseys too! Although 3 were QOM's for M.Maier 😉
crosshair -
A brief cameo by Nathb too- P.Hill on Discord was like"Have <heavy breathing> you <heavy breathing> seen how <heavy breathing> low Naths HR is <heavy gasping>!"
as Nath powered off of the front
How do you know my HR? 😕
I averaged [url= https://www.strava.com/activities/880889353 ]115 bpm[/url] for my 30 min ride.
You click on the person in the list as you're riding.. you then sort of ride as them.... but obviously you're not.... but you can see their current data.
Ah I see, I thought it might have popped up on the RH side of the screen next to the username or something.. and I'd missed it all this time 😆
Anyone racing tonight? Might have a bash at the Team Italy non-categorised race @ 5.40pm
I'm planning on riding, but it's not really feasible to get on Zwift before about 8pm due to putting small person to bed then setting up turbo in the living room. I may just do some volcano laps.
Back on training sessions for me tonight after a week off last week - was stalked and accepted Scaredypants 🙂 Will stalk you back later!
I'm tapering 😆
I think they call it wasting away, lad !
Oops wrong thread
Some choice today... a windy chilly outdoors or yet more zwift turbo 😕
outdoors for me 😆