Zwift meetups and social rides ?

Haha I was going to put money on Weeksy being back after only one day, there is no way you were ever going to take 7 days off Steve 😉

Only thing with Yorkshire is its quite short, so would want 2 laps at least really, by that point you’re into 450m of climbing which is a fair lump for those who don’t climb!

Any how should be fun where ever we choose and what do I know?

@IvanDobski – I haven’t received an invite yet

@IvanDobski – I haven’t received an invite yet

Of course not – if he doesn’t invite the hounds then the hares win! 🙂

@slowpuncheur – you’ll need to follow me on zwift first then I’ll be able to invite you.

Course-wise I reckon stick with watopia, it’ll be busy but we’ll be in small enough groups that it won’t be too bad. Also, when you do a h&h on a lapped course you can work out the rate of closure too easily, if the hounds have taken 4 minutes from 6 in lap one then you know you’re getting caught. On a single lap it’s harder to judge so as a hare you keep pushing a bit more.

Come on Weeksy, you know you want to do it – think of it as tapering if that helps. ..

Phil56 – you’ve already accepted by the look of it, assuming you’re “Phil Phil56” on zwift which seems a safe bet!

Oh – OK, I must be having a senior moment!
On the companion App it’s just showing Thursday’s TTT in my upcoming events

sorted – I found the invite in ‘notifications’, accepted again and now it’s showing up in the companion app.

Went out and reprofiled the local jump area, well, only one of them…

not sure how much ‘riding’ it’s classed as, but we had a laugh instead of Zwifting 🙂

^^^^that looks fun!

weeksy – you could always join as a hare tomorrow – it’d be like a recovery session 🙂

New version of the companion app due out today will give the option to create private meet-ups meaning that you only get to see he riders that are part of your meet-up, Sounds great for STW rides.

Sounds good hope it will be available for tomorrow. Solves loads of problems!

Hi Guys

Thanks for the invite for tomorrow but unfortunately it’s too early for me has on my way home from work but open to any ride starting about 20.00.

Seems like we’re in luck with the update dropping in time for tonights meet-up.

@IvanDobski are you able to update the meetup to select the view only meetup option?

ah… so we only see each other? cool..

DrP

that’s excellent news as that opens up some options for our future events for sure.

Can’t at the minute but I’ll try and sort it when I get back in.

Thanks for the invite, I’ve signed up as a Hare 🙂 should be fun

Seems like we’re in luck with the update dropping in time for tonights meet-up.

as long as everyone remembers to update in good time before the event 😂

Well I’ve ended up in the office this week so I’ll have a commute in my legs tonight as well. Will have to see how that goes! Still it’ll give me a clue as to how bad Thursday will be by the time I’ve got a few more days in too.

@IvanDobski I’ve sent you a request. Ta

@slowpuncheur – sorted, you should have an invite.

We’re now in “meet-up only” mode so the only people we’ll see on the road will be our lot so there goes my idea of the hares jumping from draft to draft…

For the purposes of easy identification I think different jerseys and user names will still help so (STW Hare) or STW (Hound) in the user name as appropriate and Hares in the basic grey Zwift jersey and Hounds in the, now traditional, bumblebee ensemble.

If the hares are caught before 16km/10miles then we’ll regroup for a steady run in to a sprint finish.

If the hares aren’t caught at all then they can go for individual glory in a sprint.

If the hounds do catch the hares at some point after 16km they still need to get someone over the line first so if a hare can hang on and win the sprint then the hares still win…

That should cover most things, I’m sure we’ll end-up cuffing it anyway!

Should be all set as a hare, hoping this earns me enough drops for my first frame upgrade.

If the hares are caught before 16km

I like your optimism Ivan but I think if we’ve closed 6 minutes in 16k we need to consider why we’ve not turned pro.

Still it’ll be a challenge.

I think it would have to be pretty hilly and pretty intense, but i guess it depends how the Hares play it, if they stay as a group and ride as the slowest man, then maybe… but of course that depends how the Hounds play it and whether the strongest climber goes off in the attack or waits for the rest..

I’ll be curious to know the end results etc

Weeksy + Fanview + Twitch = Profit?

Haha weeksy commentary – I doubt it will be PG friendly!

Actually…could be a bit of fun to stream!!!

DrP

Hi Ivan just followed you, could I get an invite pls?

Invite sent Garry.

How long is this course?
6 minutes is a big time to close on anything shorter than 40km .. 6minutes!!

Are we going to try and use the discord channel to share encouragement/hurl abuse?

Right… I’m actually setting up streaming/screen broadcast in the ipad!!!!

Set up via youtube, but needs 24hrs to approve..

Twitch set up and instant, but connection/issues…

If I can get screen broadcasting set up, then I’ll post a link and people can watch!!! 😀 LOLZ!!

DrP

I’ll give it a watch!

Thanks @IvanDobski. What are the numbers like? I’m floating between Hare and Hound (C nearly B). Just let me know what works best for numbers.

Thks Ivan

6 minutes is a big time to close on anything shorter than 40km .

You’re in luck. 39.8km according to zwift insider.

I did mean to write 45km .. 6 minutes😬

Ok ..10 min at 3.6w/kg …
Then when warmed up … Hammer down and try hold it till gap closes!

Getting geeky about it on bestbikeslpit.

If I average 237 watt a C rider then I will complete the course in 55 mins.

If I up my average power to 320 W then I would complete it in 49 mins and 14 seconds so 6 minutes would appear to be a reasonable marker!

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Getting geeky about it on bestbikeslpit.

If I average 237 watt a C rider then I will complete the course in 55 mins.

If I up my average power to 320 W then I would complete it in 49 mins and 14 seconds so 6 minutes would appear to be a reasonable marker!

HA HA! I seem to be lucky to hold 175W at the moment – so I’ll be caught then.
Legs still tired from a 10km run on Sunday when I knocked quite a chunk of my PB, so it’ll be interesting.

I don’t see it being too much of a problem if there are splinter groups within the hares/hounds – it’ll just mean the hounds will have multiple targets to catch & the hares will have multiple opportunities to stay ahead….