Zwift meetups and social rides ?

Saturday
14:45 is 8 laps for Cs or Bs
16:30 is 6 laps for Cs and 8 laps for Bs

I can do either so happy for someone who has commitments to make the call! 😀

Never done the bell lap version, how is it compared to the other way around?

Not sure if I can make either on Saturday afternoon, but more likely the 16:30 if I can.

That Newbury crit looks like it had zwiftpower enforcement turned off altogether @Phil56 – it’s got the full house of overpower, undercategory, no HRM and zpower in the results. Including 2 category winners (and people who “beat” you). But they did have it turned on the previous week so it may have been a mistake by the organisers / zwift (or intentional, for whatever reason).

Doesn’t matter though – it’s a mass start, so even with category enforcement switched back on a big mixed team from here could ride together, each entered in their own category.

After a fairly hard 10k row I thought I wouldn’t ride today. But I was spannering the turbo bike and decided the best way to test it was to do a Crit.

https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=1602901

Was all the way in the lead bunch until the last 400m where I didn’t have a lot left to give and just hung in.

https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=1602901

Sone fast boys in there today!

A good turn out for that one, there was only about 15 in the one I did earlier. How many laps was it, 8?

Good effort weeksy. Looks like recovery is going well. Does your surgeon follow your ZP profile?!

I’ll jump first and have signed up for the 16.30 crit in the C cat. Works well to get a shower and then help the wife cook tea before family film night. Link below if anyone wants to join me.

https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1610581

Will have a play with my sterzo smart on repack ridge as a warm up.

I’ll jump first and have signed up for the 16.30 crit in the C cat

cool, I’m in!

Ace – bumblebee jerseys?! Once we have a few signed up we can decide who we are setting up for the win!

Why not. I’ll be there. Not sure what legs I’ll bring

Yep count me in….bike? Tron ok?

Is it a normal one or boost?

Edit….its ok can see its normal

Tron or spec venge would be choice wouldn’t it?

Got the venge but only 808 wheels…not the disc. Think without disc wheels the tron is faster but no draft shown which may be needed.

I rode tron this morning

I’m up and ready for the tdz ride… giving it a go fasted, but lower pace… wonder if I can knock off another kg for next Sunday’s madness!

Anyone else in?

DrP

Jumping on the 9am one DrP

Have fun…
The bunches really split on the climb… give it beans and you can jump LOADS of places there each lap! I jumped 90 on the first time up!

DrP

Think I was in the same race DrP. I really struggled for some reason, was sat in a blob around 200th at 3 w/kg but it was really tough. Think I got just 1x feather.

Also… anyone else not having their ride uploaded to strava?

DrP

Last minute decision to go for the longer innsbruck one…planned to just do it chilled.
So by the top of the first leg snapper I had jumped 400 places…so that plan obviously went out the window.
Decided to just sit in after that and did a 250w average.

That leg snapper ain’t fun 4 times…and no feather.

@robbo1234biking @weeksy I’ll join the crit this afternoon, but I assume I’d have to enter in B?

Is there a plan? What should I do?

If you go into B @phil56 then you won’t be in the race with us as its separate cats. You can join C but you may get a DQ at the end or even the cone of shame if you do big wattage. You might just have to chill and stay with the group.

Weeksy will probably know more how it works in the anti sandbagging crits.

@oopnorth saw you at Innsbruck in the pen ahead of me before the start, but not after – sounds like you get well ahead. I decided to sprint on the leg snapper, recover down hill and ride the rest of the loop around SS.

Seeing the snow on the mountains reminds me of the view from Innsbruck airport and the ski season we are not having this year. 😕

I’ll join the crit this afternoon, but I assume I’d have to enter in B?

in B you’d still see us when you lap us lol. Don’t know if there are any other Bs who fancy the race?

Yes if you enter C you’ll get coned but it doesn’t slow you down THAT much (unless they’ve beefed up the nerf since they introduced it), possibly it might bring you down to our level, that is kind of the point although no idea how effective it is really!

Don’t think there’s a plan as such yet… just race with each other & see what happens…

I missed the 9am Innsbruck by a minute or two, got stuck with a few jobs, so did the watopia one. It was boring as hell and seemed quite hard work for an easy route, u was riding fasted though and I think I’ve done 30 miles every day since last Sunday with a 47 windy outdoor ride yesterday.

Might be time to rest up or just squeeze in tomorrow ride and take Monday off the bike.

3700ft of the Tron bike and the big foot hills won’t see me reach that so will probably get it later next week. Probably the biggest singular unlock there is on Zwift isn’t it.

@phil56 nothing stopping you joining C so if you are just joining for a bit of fun then join C. You might get a DQ but as long as they doesn’t bother you and it is just for fun it won’t matter.

Like zilog say no plan but if we are all on the front group on the last lap we could maybe work together to establish a group on the start finish straight so when we hit the hill for the last time we have a few second gap and can get the win for one of us?

OK – I’ll join C.
I’m happy to play whatever role helps – are we bothering with Discord?

Sorry I missed the tdz this morning @drp. I saw a rival magazine (!) had launched a Sat AM series last night so I jumped on that…and I think I won the Bs! I did not have the big margin it looks like on zp – there were at least 4Bs in our group (they were mixed cat groups, contrary to what the publicity promised!) until the final climb up the petit KOM and the gap(s) only opened on the descent. And one of them outsprinted me but doesn’t seem to be on zp. I’ll take it though.

Very tempted to join in this crit later with you lot. As I understand it we won’t get coned unless our power output in that actual race triggers the flag (which it might do, but it need not). And unless @phil56 goes mad and powers off the front we stand a chance of avoiding that don’t we? I’ll just try to negotiate a second mid-Saturday ride… I think we should discord.

I think everyone signed up so far has discord don’t they?

Yeh you just need to regulate yourself in the race. You won’t show in Zp results but it is supposed to be a fun afternoon crit!

We can use DrP’s everest discord…yeah?
Not sure how good the legs will be after this morning but will help pull where I can

Guessing we will use the audio channel? No time to chat during a crit! Just the STW one will be fine that is used for the TTT.

6 laps? It will be over before we get to say ‘hello’!!

So, I got real lucky yesterday and got my hands on a new Tacx Flow Smart trainer. Got excited and was going to give Zwift a try and then realised I need an axle adapter for the trainer and it’s a 5 week lead time anywhere 🙁

I was really hoping this would be a great way start turning the wheels again. Hopefully see you all in 5 weeks!

HAd a guy yesterday who got the Cone on lap 2, he stayed with the bunch right to the end, i think we may have dropped him on the last lap, but not convinced, so may end up being a decent workout for you Phil as you’ll have to work harder than us.

I’ve done the jobs with motorbikes i had for today, just settling down to watch Cyclocross now and will be on the line later.

@DrP can you send me an invite for tomorrow please, hope to join

@stcolin do you mean thru-axle? decathlon have one in stock online, scroll down and notes say it fits tacx trainers. worth a try?

I’ll join u for the crit. Will be nice on a bike with skinny wheels

What sort of pace is the Big Foot Hills ride at tomorrow morning?

What sort of pace is the Big Foot Hills ride at tomorrow?

Well that was daft or interesting. I was trying some HR stuff as my dual bt and ant+ strap arrived. So ended up on Android phone using Bluetooth for HR and power.

Result was the cone of shame and finished the race with nearly 320w average. Yesterday on ant+ it was 273w and I was happy.

Which is correct and which is wrong?

Great effort lads, we obviously need practise and a plan for that last lap 🤣🤣

I didn’t have the legs for a strong last lap after doing 4 laps around innsbruck this morning. But we got 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th, not bad for such a large field. I’m sure we can get it next time.

Well done! It was raining cones at one point.

I just got a 273w average @weeksy if that helps. On ant+

Just to put that in context, that was my fastest crit yet and I came 3rd last time…so a strong field.