STW Zwift Race Series 3 – Winter

Certainly made me work for it, then managed to pull away on the final descent. 

You won’t be the first or last to do that! The lack of draft will kill light riders, really noticed it last night. The wheel sucking approach I perfected to get me a gc podium in series 1 won’t work now for sure.

Start time for me is 19:09 for the TT. Never done one before, so wondering if I need to try & search one out before next Tues….

Who’s at 7.01?

*waves*

I’m expecting to be passed 🙂

How is everyone seeing their start time for next week? Doesn’t tell me on the web when I follow the link I used to sign up, and on the companion app I can’t figure out how to see ALL the events I’ve registered for (can only see the next event I’ve got coming up which is tomorrow’s TTT)!

Slight update on the fastest lap results last night. I missed benman’s lap so the fastest 5 laps were actually:

1. nixie
2. Seabass
3. Paino
4. Benman
5. Phil56

Apologies to DrP who has lost his sprint point!

@zilog6128 on the companion app homescreen on the pircture under the events tab/banner you can scroll left and right to see other events you have signed up for. Once you have found it on there then you can click on it and check your start time.

@stumpy01 and anyone else who hasn’t riden it before…

There’s a 17.00 on Friday on the bologna circuit for those interested

Annoyingly I’m sure that used to be a later kick off than that as 5pm is pushing it for me.

Can’t make a 5pm ride unfortunately so it looks like I’ll be riding this one cold…should be interesting!

Apologies to DrP who has lost his sprint point!

Curses…. “shakes fist” 😉

DrP

What’s everybody’s best time for the bologna course then?

Looking at my times, I think mine is 17.17, which won’t be troubled next week given I’m unfit and on a mtb.

@oopnorth there’s a 9am one too.

I guess TTers are all unemployed at the moment.

(looks like the tdz has taken a few of the time slots I think FF would normally occupy)

so looking at the strava leaderboard.. Women (likely similar weight to me, at 70kg) are getting sub 7 minutes with 340w average…. i reckon i could keep that wattag up for 7-9 minutes, TBH
Likely to be slower on a MTB, as those times will be TT bikes…

DrP

Looking at my times, I think mine is 17.17, which won’t be troubled next week given I’m unfit and on a mtb.

Wouldn’t be troubled by me if I were fit and on a TT bike.

@drp

Women (likely similar weight to me, at 70kg) are getting sub 7 minutes

If that’s for the full course you’re going to be very disappointed 😂

@robbo1234biking awesome thanks, 19:08 for me!

If that’s for the full course you’re going to be very disappointed

Oh yeah… eek!
I think that’s simply the final leg of the climb!!!
OK.. will see if i can scope a track run somewhere!!

DrP

I haven’t done sub-20 mins on a TT bike – I have improved since then but can see it being about 22mins at least for me on a MTB if not more.

@zilog6128 – its a hidden feature that I found by mistake – classic zwift UI.

@DrP – if only you hadn’t chosen NY for Sunday Hills…

Might be of use to some…(me)

Takehome message…
Sub FTP for the first 6km… Over FTP for last 2km/climb

DrP

How does the start work? Is it like the TTT where we have to work out the correct launch time or will the clock count down to our individual time?

You go in lanes and are released automatically by zwift at the correct time.

Is it like the TTT where we have to work out the correct launch time

With us lot? That would be bloody hilarious.

5 months ago I’d have been pretty confident of a high placing.

Now all I expect is 20 odd minutes of abject suffering and a mid table result to show for it

Bologna is all about the pacing..the course is 2 halves and you want a negative power split. If you blow up on the climb you’ll hemorage time.

If you blow up on the climb you’ll hemorrhage time.

That will be me! I’ll go off far too fast for my ability and die big style on the hill…it’s fully expected 🙂

I’ve got a 19:11 start time so somewhat later than a number of you. I’ve never ridden the course, so can see it going something like:
– Out of the blocks, keep it steady.
– Realise the riders in front are just about visible and go nuts trying to catch them. Establish I’m an idiot and back off.
– Get to bottom of hill, think I can hold mega-watts (a little over 300w), manage it for a short period
– Contemplate giving in and how much I dislike Robbo once a week
– Die a death mid-way up the climb and do what I can to make it to the finish line.

@jimdubleyou *wavesback* you and me both 🙂

dangeourbrain

@stumpy01 and anyone else who hasn’t riden it before…

There’s a 17.00 on Friday on the bologna circuit for those interested

Cheers @dengeourbrain …I noticed that earlier on zwifthacks. Might have to give that a go, although have a Robbo workout session in the morning too. Could treat it just as a sighter, I suppose.

I’ll give the Fast Friday TT a go, scheduled off at 1703.
Plan is to be just under FTP for the flat and about 105% of FTP for the climb. No idea what time I’ll get but be interesting to see how I get on.
Realised why my avatar looked like he had piles and couldn’t sit down last night, my daughter uses my Zwift account, I’d changed the height and weight setting but the Zwift FTP was 190 rather than my 263. Don’t think this impacted my overall time, I managed to keep close to my FTP for the 48 mins.

Are you going full dress rehearsal and riding an MTB for Fast Friday @w00dster?

Not a chance! Just want to get a feel for my effort levels on both the flat and then the hill.
I’ve not done much 20 minute above FTP type riding so want to get a feel for what I can sustain…..probably not much more than FTP.

Are you going full dress rehearsal and riding an MTB for Fast Friday

haha that would make you look like a mentalist 🤣 Don’t think Zwift lets you select a non-TT bike for a TT event though? Robbo needs to get onto ZHQ and make them introduce a ridable MTB with clip on aerobars 😃

I might give Friday a go on an MTB.

MTB and Aero helmet FTW! It’s a strong look

w00dster

my daughter uses my Zwift account, I’d changed the height and weight setting

I might try that next week. My daughter weighs 16kg or so at at the moment. Should help me up the hill at least 🙂

MTB and Aero helmet FTW! It’s a strong look

There’s a chap on my commute regularly does full sperm outfit on a Brompton. I caught him at a set of lights once and had to ask and its because he keeps his tri bike in the office as its next to the “pond” so uses the Brompton to head in to the office as warm up and just dives straight in.

Very odd.

stumpy… I’m 1910..so I’m your minute man!!!

DrP

DrP

stumpy… I’m 1910..so I’m your minute man!!!

DrP

I’ll be sure to wave as you come past (it won’t take long)!
I might even hurl a sausage.

It might only be 10 seconds between you! Stumpy could set of at 19:09:50 and DrP at 19:10:00. At about that point you should see my yellow beacon doing 3kph up the hill section and if things go really bad see it rolling backwards down the hill!

Ah, are we going at 10 second intervals then? I’m 19:09 too

Signed up again just now and got 7.02, gah.

@nixie – or anyone else struggling for start times:

Next week is my late night at work and I will NOT be using my slot, which is 9 minutes past
If anyone thinks they can make that but not their own time I’m sure you can do a deal with Robbo and take my time (I can give you my zwift p/w – no worry there)

The worst that can happen is Robbo doesn’t rearrange the results, you end up winning but I get all your points 👍

(or you know zwift better than me and set it so I’m riding in just my pants from now on and can’t change back)