Zwift meetups and social rides ?

@Nick – I don’t know how it works on the ipad but I started getting power drop outs on my laptop (which is pretty high spec so was running on full res) after a certain update. I would get 10 mins or so into a workout and power would dropout. I dropped the graphics settings down a notch and it cured it.

My laptop fan would be screaming at the end of a workout so I think there was some power management stuff going on that was causing the Ant+ to drop.

May not be relevant for ipads??

I think some people were seeing different things, I only saw people riding the retro bikes in retro kit but seemingly some people were seeing the normal bikes and kit?

Cheers for that, same as some others I had issues holding onto a group but managed to stick with a decent pace until the end

Yeah I saw the bees and regular bikes throughout the ride.

Well that ride just about broke me.

Couldn’t stay with front group so dropped back after about 15mins

Hills just absolutely cripple me, my turbo pretty much locks up on anything over 5% and I’m out of the saddle just to turn the cranks

Then went round at a much more acceptable pace 😀

Phew, was just about hanging in there when the “Battery Low” banner want across the screen. Damn, charger lead had fallen out of the transformer.
Got it plugged in and thanks to Zilog and Scaredy made in back in, then on the next hill I felt pain in my left calf, so eased off and cruised around cursing.
Been having this issue for a while, is ok mostly but if I really push it comes on, feels like either cramp or the muscle pulling. After the first time I rested for a couple of weeks and thought that was it but it re-occurs from time to time.

Thanks to Weeksy for organising and to others for the help, see you on the next one.

Well I think I’ve got my trainer working sensibly again. Power was reading waaaay under for a bit to the point I could barely get the pedals turning over.

What pace/wattage are the group rides running at?

I averaged 266w for the hour and was 5 minutes off the front group pace so tonight’s was pretty hard work!

I think the hill just blew it apart and then it was game on, the flatter ride was less spicy until we were unleashed by Weeksy.

Still reading these with interest. They seem to currently be happening every other night and they coincide with it being my night to put the kids to bed, will try and blag an invite when I’ve available.
Having said that, looking at some of the wattage people say they are putting out I’ll be dropped after 30 seconds anyway!

@eskay iPad was fine once I turned the turbo offandonagain, iPad seemed to have forgotten it completely, had to re-pair, it was much busier in Watopia than what it looked like in NYC on the meet up and it was trouble free for 90 minutes, so I think it was just a glitch, hopefully a one off

Having said that, looking at some of the wattage people say they are putting out I’ll be dropped after 30 seconds anyway!

Always room at the back, we’re not all dumping out those watts!

Yeah it was a decent pace last night, the first I did was a bit easier going 🙂
203W average last night.

Well i’ve set the next ride for Sat morning 10:30am on the VERY flat desert route. Should help massively in keeping the group together, but with the potential downside of an increase in traffic. Last nights was weird in traffic as the App only lets you join certain layouts, saying you can only join what’s open that day, but i think it may be broken as NY wasn’t open as such, so was absolutely empty.
I expect Watopia on Sat to be busier.

The ride on Sat is 90 mins… No-one gets left unless they tell us they’re done 🙂 If you try, we’ll try and keep you with us.

Weeksy, I couldn’t join last night, I met up with you during the warm up but think I fat fingered the invite. I did a race just before it and then couldn’t find the invite to join. Will be there Sat.
Anyone having problems with zwiftpower? My race is only listed as an activity not a race.

Zwift power is struggling due to the number of ToW rides on the makeup days. They are now prioritising independent events for processing, any ToW races are taking up to 24 hours to have results published on ZP.

Anyone want a 2pm meet-up today? Couldn’t make last night but happy to lead one today

Ok I have created a meet-up. Greater London flat at 14.00. I have invited about 17 who follow me. If anyone else wants a invite follow me on Zwift as I can’t invite you otherwise. Robbo1234biking [STW] is my username.

Sorry matey. Not for me today i’m afraid.

Sorry Robbo, I can’t zwift on afternoons due to work.

I’ve accepted for Saturday so see you then.

No can do today unfortunately, I’ve got to fit a scheduled training ride in before it expires.

At work Robbo so can’t make it
Enjoy your ride.

I’m working unforunately, so no can do. I just had a look at the invite though & took it to be a run.
Have I misunderstood it, or has it been set-up as a run, rather than a ride?

It initially said robbo has invited you to a run, and the little symbol shows a runner, rather than a bike. But, I am not sure I have ever paid enough attention to know what it would normally show.

Always room at the back, we’re not all dumping out those watts!

*waves*

“See” you Saturday.

Yep I did it as a run. Should be updated now to be a ride! Doh

i remembered last nights ride at 6.58…

got an email this morning about the new clubs feature. relevant?

robbo1234biking
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Yep I did it as a run. Should be updated now to be a ride! Doh

In hindsight, I should have kept my mouth shut! That would have been funny – hey guys, where are our bikes?! :o)

Doubt I’ll get away with a 10.30 start on Saturday but hopefully catch you for a flat route next time and I can try keeping in the group better.

Ok I have created a meet-up. Greater London flat at 14.00. I have invited about 17 who follow me. If anyone else wants a invite follow me on Zwift as I can’t invite you otherwise. Robbo1234biking [STW] is my username.

Sorry Robbo, I’m working too. Hoping to make the full 90 mins on Saturday though 😀

Sounds like I dodged a bullet last night 🙂

2pm got calls all day sadly.

Saturday I’ll be on.

Cheers for continued organisation Steve/all. I really look forward to these.

I really look forward to these.

Me too. I’m finding I’m able to hold a much higher speed for longer periods riding with the group, so it’s definitely helping me.

Gonna pass this arvo as my body needs a rest 😳

Cheers all 👍

@weeksy
If there’s an invite going for Saturday I’d like to give it a go. Dan Scarfe on zwift

Cheers @Robbo1234biking
Clearly 2pm ain’t the most popular time for a ride! 🙂
35.32km
Power avg 195W max 937W
Calories:670
Earnt myself a slice of cake I reckon.

I averaged 198w and 983w max so pretty close figures. Cheers for the ride. That course is pretty difficult to maintain a consistent pace as it is up and down so your power varies from 100w to 300w! Kudos to weeksy for maintaining a decent pace on the other rides.

Not that popular but I was going to do a ride anyway. All these people actually working!

Technical question: I have a PC laptop with Android OS on it (X86) but Zwift won’t work (Google Play says it isn’t compatible). Does anyone know of a workaround?

I was going to do the ride at 2pm today but had to work!!!! **** hell, whats work? I even have to go to school in the Easter holiday apparently. Just tried out Road Grand Tours…got to say I prefer it. Less hectic, less gamey without tron bikes etc. Nice little scrolling line showing w/kg changes and it doesnt take 240 000mins to load up on my laptop!

Can you group ride on rgt?

Can you group ride on rgt?

I believe so as someone from the shop ride I do is organising one.

I’ll be doing my usual Friday afternoon ride if anyone fancies it, really laid back ease into the weekend’s riding.

https://zwift.com/events/view/430511