Zwift meetups and social rides ?

Thanks for the invite Steve, but will still be working at 4. Will be up for the next one though.

Could do 4 on Friday but not sure my legs are up to it. Watopia figure 8 yesterday and I was empty. Depends how fruity it is I guess.

None of the rides start fruity, they only end that way… and only if you want it. The first 30 mins are reasonable, then a bit up for 30-45… then it’s a free for all.

4pm Friday is too early for me – so another no show.
I have hit the Not Going so invite can get put back out.

Enjoy all

Unfortunately I have a conf call tomorrow at 4pm so won’t be able to join the ride, have fun.

I’ll muse over it Weeksy and let you know, may do late afternoon schlep today and see what my legs are like.

I’m in. Ta for the invite Weeksy.

I’ll duck this Friday Weeksy. I’ve got some hills on my doorstep that are calling me.

I’m in if we are sensible as this is either side of two big’ish sessions for me

I’m in if we are sensible as this is either side of two big’ish sessions for me

Yep. Sure. Nothing silly like last time

#mightbesandbagging

Right Bologna race today should be good test, then I’ll decide about tomorrow.

Has tomorrow’s ride been cancelled, I had signed up to it but now it seems to have vanished?

Nope, maybe i kicked you… i’ll check.

Signed up ! I’ll be coming off working nights so will be dog tired (getting the excuses in early 😉)

I’ve been very lazy and eaten about three times my body weight in mini eggs today so I’m going for a ride-in tomorrow at 7.00am.

Three sisters, set for an an hour. I’ve no idea if that’s enough to finish the route or not but figured it’ll keep me moving at least.

If anyone fancies it let me know and I’ll send some invites

No invite for today, but I can’t make it anyway as I need to look after my daughter while my Wife catches up with work.

Keep me up to date with the next one though. Have Fun!!

I cant make today either – some scheduled a work call right through it. I think they are just trying to point score as no one needs a conf call at 4 on a Friday. Just did 90 mins at lunchtime instead!

I’ve declined so my space is free’d up. 4pm is a bit early for me

I think we’ve got a decent group anyway 🙂

RIght…. let me just set the turbo up, get the fans spinning, and then lay out a banquet of food for my TINY yet RAVENOUS 5 year old to eat… i bet it won’t last her 20 min!!!

See you in a bit..

DrP

No idea what happened there, joined the group and could see the chat but not any of us. Rejoined a couple of times with no joy so doing a workout instead.

Ooh… the was fun!
230ish w average…ftp up…
Was a bit sick in my mouth, and the kitchen is a sweaty mess..

Brill!
I like that lap..

DrP

Good fun, never done a group ride before and managed to hang on until the last hill.

Confused by how my average was only 189W (did have to slow down a couple of times though).  May have to recalibrate.

Thanks for organising another great ride Weeksy. Couple of observations.

The ‘bee’ Jersey was a bit popular tonight.

Be nice if chat could be limited to group only.

When it is that busy the fact Zwift only renders 100 closest riders means you cannot always see the beacon if off front or back.

Would not like to try and keep up with most of you in a sprint.

Looking forward to the next one.

Enjoyed that course, tough!

Couldn’t get the sprint below 20s

In a grump thinking my turbo was out I did a spin down calibration afterwards – ….

Turns out the turbo is perfectly calibrated and the problem is me 🙁

I can’t set any chat options etc sadly.

I wouldn’t like to race any of you in a sprint either?!!! 13w/kg lol. No way!

Good work keep together. It’s hard to find courses to suit and that are quiet.

Sunday then. Let’s see what’s about

Unfortunately I was 5mins late because of the W bit of WFH, and Zwift wouldn’t let me join the group. But I found you anyway although I couldn’t see your chat or any of the other features of being in the group.

But it was nice to have some familiar names and jerseys to ride around with.

Hopefully I’ll not be late next time.

Yeah another good one. Fun course. As Weeksy said the climb is 5w/kg for ‘C’s, that what I tried to match on the last lap. Then tried to get a PR on the sprint. Fairly sure I failed both 🙂

Was good to keep the group together through heavy traffic.

Where was the front of the group?  I was with magnetodog most of the time and kept dropping back to keep with Weeksy’s group before getting dropped mid way up the final climb, but wasn’t sure   where front of group was.  Zwift is totally new to me so just getting into the swing of it.

Wow that was great fun – i could actual see the group and had an idea what was going on. Thanks all for waiting for me! I think I might be expecting too much from FTP Builder – I need a bloody miracle.
A further stupid question, if I had been less than honest about my weight – would there be less resistance?

Thanks for organising see you sunday

A further stupid question, if I had been less than honest about my weight – would there be less resistance?

You’d go faster. Simple as that. So you’d find it easier staying in group.

No shame in it, if it makes the rides more enjoyable, go for it.

Sounds like you had fun shame I couldn’t make it, but I’m in for Sunday’s ride! I think Weeksy is trolling us that he hates hills 😉 You do realize that is the steep way up the KOM??

See you all Sunday for the pain!

Thks for organising Weeksy – not done that circuit before, enjoyed it. Nice grouping but my legs were a bit tired and the hill was asking me some questions, so fell off the back a couple of times.
Had enough to give the sprint an assessment, couple of tickles and one proper sub 20 effort. Think Andy showed his class last lap with a sub 19, which is a fair shift like.

Lol just trying to keep people interested. Trust me, I’d take a 280w flat fest over these hilly things any day of the week.

I do need to stop racing on the non group days. I’m on nearly 600km this month and my legs are very much not my friend

@weeksy -thanks again for making the effort to organise the ride – appreciated

Thanks again Weeksy, really enjoyed that circuit. Starting to get everything sorted now so phone kept mirroring to the tv all the way through. First time I had music playing as well which made a big difference in taking my mind off the effort. Just out of interest, how do you know where the sprints are and when they start?

Just out of interest, how do you know where the sprints are and when they start?

Because I’ve got over 18,000km on zwift

Well, I got the time wrong. I thought it was 10 am my time, but it was 9 am. I was in the middle of something for work so I couldn’t drop it and jump on.

Yes a great ride that on a good course. Cheers fo organising @weeksy ! Can’t make Sunday’s ride unfortunately, I’m already signed up for a different group ride.

A further stupid question, if I had been less than honest about my weight – would there be less resistance?

Have you turned the hill simulation down?
It’s certainly not cheating – I discovered the slider after putting it up to full in one of those “ohhh I wonder what this does” moments of stupidity. Its back to normal now! On Googling what the default was to put it back I came across it as a recommendation for racing as apparently you can use it to definitely-not-cheat by making it easier to pedal up hills and easier to pedal hard down them instead of spinning out. )