Zwift meetups and social rides ?

Good effort Kirky. I got 110km done today across 4 rides so a decent start for me. First ride this morning crashed so I lost 10k but managed to recover the data using fitfiletools.com. I had to go back this afternoon to tick of the cliff side loop though. On Zwift the festive 500 wouldn’t be too hard to complete doing it that way. It will make it harder doing the PRL full though as part of it.

Merry Christmas all – hope you all have a good one!

it does feel a bit like cheating doing it on zwift when you can average 24mph for 80 miles. could technically bash it out in 13 or 14 hours total riding time. whereas around my local lumy roads im looking at 16/17 miles in an hour at best, especially when cold and windy probably more like 15. so more like 20 to 22 hours riding time and risking hyperthermia at the same time.

I lost Brian mid way up the mini Kom as I guess he was conserving a little for his time trial.

He didn’t save enough!

I lost sight of you at the bottom whilst I was faffing with something, pulled a bit back, enough to see you on the list much of the way up but you were sitting at +/- of 4w/kg. If I’d no plans for more I might have tried to chase you down but 400m is a big gap on the hill. I’m getting back to where I was but still not got 5+ for a protracted period in my legs.

I love how @kirky72 matched his breakfast to his chosen zwift world.

Yes, I’ve got my jellied eels ready for the 28th.

Are we still all ok for tomorrow morning ?

I am @neilarn2. I’ve been conscientiously carbon loading over last few days in preparation! @Robbo1234biking seems to have been going well in his Rapha 500 quest so hopefully he’ll be OK but I guess we won’t be challenging any leader boards. I’ll just be happy to tick it off.

Cheers see you in the morning

Might not make the end  tomorrow, done the half and that was 4 times up box hill, 250km on the Rapha 500 having a day of rest today in prep for tomorrow.

Yeh I am good for tomorrow. Have been taking it easy so far on the Festive 500 so hope that doesnt scupper it. Up to 208km with a 173 to go tomorrow so should leave a fairly easy 3 final days.

I am planning 2 rest stops at the top of the hill after 4 ascents and 8 ascents. Will only be 5 minute stops to have a banana and a change of bib shorts. Other than that I will see how it goes. PLanning 180-200w on the flat and 230-250w on the hill.

I think we will split fairly quickly as we cant wait for each other on each ascent as some people will be waiting for ages so not sure how long the companion app will last for as it seems to work on proximity. Might have to switch to discord fairly early on.

Hopefully will be able to do it in 6 hours for me – some of you quicker guys might be done in 5.

Just done 50km to get the legs moving for tomorrow…had too many days off and too much food.

Chris and Robbo were also on the BRT breakfast ride, a large field but we found each other. It was a 100km route but there was no way I was going it all before tomorrow’s effort.
50km in 1hr 20 so not a bad pace.

Hopefully see you in the morning if I wake up

Ok robbo1234biking no problem  It might be busy any way for a bit of company, did the Micheal Knudsen 500 in one go yesterday and it got really busy by the end. Micheal was going to do the whole ride in one day I did just the 100km. He was talking about trying to do all the Zwift routes in 1 day !! for a challenge.

Neil

I’ll be dropping in around 0830-0900, so who is gonna need a little help and a good pep talk after the 2 hour mark?

If people want to wait that is fine (I will be one of those at the back going slow!) but what I wanted to say was don’t feel like you have to wait for 2 mins every lap. If you are only 20-30 secs ahead you might be ok to wait. Think there might be a slower group and a quicker group!

Might be worth changing your name tag to prl full as well. Might get you the 100 ride ons as well!

Anyone who is dropping in later…do you have a tow strap??? 🤣🤣🤣
I’ll be needing help for sure, especially past the 100km mark.

Good point about the TAG Robbo, might do that. Is london open for all tomorrow?

Yeh it is a London day tomorrow – that’s why we changed from the 29th to the 28th so there would be more people in the world. I am going for the Canyon aero road as well as a good compromise between climbing and speed but tron would be a good choice as well.

I’m on tron for sure. The other week l tried the spesh tarmac and lightweight wheels but it really suffered on the flats…tron seems best compromise unless it gets silly steep.

Am I correct in thinking I don’t need to join the Meet up on the Companion App since I’m not coming on until later. Do I just use the ‘Ride with’ feature?

Yes just use the ride with feature and choose someone. We could still be fairly together at that time – just the last 2 to 3 laps where we might start to split up.

Anyone else (hopefully) ticking of all the routes tomorrow?

I am planning on joining for a few laps, already got the PRL full badge so CBA with 11 ascents.

See you all at 6:30.

@robbo1234biking Your strategy looks good. I managed to take a bit of a tumble fell running on Xmas eve so knees and a wrist are bit bashed up. I’ve had a couple of short rides and feel OK so should be fine but might have to go easy up Box Hill. See u in the morning.

Haven’t decided if I am running or riding tomorrow yet, if I do join be later on and so will use ride with feature to see where your at. Good Luck

I won’t be able to make it tomorrow unfortunately. We have a 2 hour drive to walk about in near freezing temps to meet the in laws for an hour as my wife hasn’t been able to lawfully see them over Xmas. They were supposed to be visiting ours for Boxing Day but my wife being a nurse and FIL a being a stickler for the rules means they are abiding to the letter of the guidelines.

I’ve ticked off 80% now with 85 miles on Xmas eve, day off, then 69 miles Boxing Day and 65 miles today. Jumped on some large group rides to ease the boredom and help with the average speed. 65 miles this morning was 2.5 hours around France.

A couple of steady 45/50 mile rides from completion.

good luck to anybody tackling the full PRL, looks like a war of attrition and one that I may leave for a very long time.

That’s a shame you cant make it Kirky but sounds like you are making good progress on the Festive 500. Was it you who was telling us about your FIL watering down coke?!

I have found the festive 500 a bit boring to be honest. Was good doing the group ride this morning but some of the ones on my own have been difficult. Not sure I would bother next year but think I have had one eye on tomorrow so didn’t want to do too many hills yet (which makes a route more interesting!). Hopefully get tomorrow out of the way and enjoy the last few days of it!

It’s definitely boring after a while and I’m getting pretty damn sore, I’ve found myself riding out of the saddle earlier and earlier into rides just to relieve some pressure.

I’ve been doing the sprints and hitting the short climbs on the multi lap rides just to stay awake. Makes covering the distance a bit harder but not quite as mind numbing.

Yep, was the FIL with the lemonade, tighter than a ducks arse.

How’s about an STW social ride about 4pm on New Year’s Eve? Say 2hrs, so couple of laps of Serpentine 8. It might help those doing the Rapha 500 through the last few km’s. I propose shots everytime you get a PU. Who’s up for it?

@robbo1234biking Is there an updated Discord link the one in earlier is showing expired. Was just sorting as I’ll be a late joiner.

@slowpuncheur I could be up for that. 4pm should work for me.

@forge197 new link below. Should work I hope.

https://discord.gg/QFUcpeZh

@robbo1234biking – that works many thanks

I have the Dilemma of using headphones for music…so discord may be an issue for me. I will have to drop in and out as I can.

…unless anyone has encountered this before and has a solution??

Will only be used for text conversation @oopnorth. I have got some episodes of cobra Kai, a bike documentary and a Dakar documentary lined up! As well as music.

Ah ok…not a problem then…forget I asked 🤣🤣🤣

I think I’m under prepared…no movies, just me, Zwift and music.

I won’t give you spoilers for cobra kai then 😜

I’m re watching cobra Kai at the moment. Might give me the inspiration to get back on the bike 🤔😉. Think I might have to ‘flip the script’ 😲

Anyone else got a feeling of impending doom this morning???
Let’s get this done!

6am alarm on a Bank Holiday Monday? We’re not messing about are we?

I’ve completed 2 new routes! I should be in work but was told to work from home so i headed to Zwift.
By pure chance ended up riding the Serpentine 8 with K Allen on the mtbs. Took around an hour inc run in and I was glad it finished when it finally did!

How’s it all going? I’m going to pop into London in a bit for the Greater loop, then will try to find you lot!

DrP

Oooooo that was tough! At the end of lap 5 I was in a real dark place and the legs had nothing, was going to stop but forced myself to do another lap and get at least halfway of the overall distance.

It was a big ask for me, I really struggle with long distances, but happy with the 90km.
Zwift not saving the data was the icing on the cake 🤣🤣🤣 that would have been soul destroying if I’d done the full route.

Well done to those still going.

Well done Paul and Robbo…huge effort, you earned those beers!