Zwift Team Time Trial – Thursday evenings

I understand there is an update for Neokyo – not sure if you are forced to have it, I’ll be updating the ATV in good time.

Hope to be facing the right way on the line..

I’ll choose my best climbing bike, and yes, steady as she goes suits me better than ramming speed on the hills.

@phil56, @slowpuncheur, @haloric and @mahowlett
Plus “maybe” @robbo1234biking and @paul-s

Guys, allow time for the latest Zwift update – it took several minutes when I did mine this afternoon

Since walking upstairs has tired me out, I’m pretty sure that I won’t make tonight.

Good luck all.

That was really good tonight. Well done everyone! Enjoyed working together.

Thanks all for shepherding me round – was just about done at the top.

I think my fitness is improving a little.

After the update to ATV and before the event I wasn’t able to update my weight on Zwift, which is down a kilo, I couldn’t get the remote to go to my name, so that was a bit of a bummer. Might be a bug or finger trouble, hard to tell with the atv remote.

You avatar bears a good resemblance to Joe Marler Ant/Matt 😉

That looks like an amazing team ride. It’s a tough course, finishing all together and getting @haloric to the top, but just about done, is spot on. Must have needed teamwork and judgement…

It’s the hilly route next week – so the forward KOM, which is a much more familiar TTT obstacle. I’ll put two teams in and see who we can tempt into action.

2x entries in. Thursday 7.40pm, 3 laps of the Hilly Route.
All welcome.
Sign up here (just add your name if necessary): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_0I0hulOaE2y34RpjckVCoT2Jks16vypeZ98L_LUw8/edit?usp=sharing

Added my in to the spreadsheet. I just need to enter the race now.

Great. Welcome back @retrorick! (please no MTBs though…).
Do you have a WTRL account? Entry is one click now. I’ll post the link later in the week, but using it goes via WTRL. If you don’t have one, go here https://www.wtrl.racing/registration.php

I think I’ll have to sign up to the wtrl stuff 🤔. I’ll do it in good time.
I promise to ride my best road bike 😉🤣.

We are on 4 riders, plus maybe @phil56

Any more?

Sign up here, add your name if necessary, all welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_0I0hulOaE2y34RpjckVCoT2Jks16vypeZ98L_LUw8/edit?usp=sharing

I need to do the wrtl sign up…
I’ll try my best in the A team if that’s the only team entered. Don’t mind being dropped either if I lack the power to keep up.

Looks like it’s the A team for us rick, should be fun.

I best get signed up to wrtl as well.

We are on 6x “in” and 3x “maybe”. So not enough for two teams, and possibly too many for
one.
You awkward lot.

New riders? Add yourself here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_0I0hulOaE2y34RpjckVCoT2Jks16vypeZ98L_LUw8/edit?usp=sharing

Maybes? Confirm either way?

I have two entries to hand, start delays and racepass links. But I’m around tomorrow so I’ll sit on them for now and see where we end up. I’ll post the info in good time though.

A team for us rick, should be fun.

😲. Wrtl, wrtl, wrtl need to sign up!

We have

@slowpuncheur, @robbo1234biking, @haloric, @retrorick, @giggsmaster, @mahowlett
and
maybe @phil56, @paul-s, @benman

If we do end up with 9 we could split 5-4 I suppose. But I think it would be better to field a single team of 8, even for those of you who requested a B team. I’ll keep trying to get numbers up to make that more feasible.

I’m happy to be overruled – I’m not riding after all. Speak up. I’ll settle on something just after lunch.

And maybes, un-maybe yourselves!

@savoyad
I’m not going to know until late on if I can make it or not – the only way I can un-maybe would be to say definitely out, and I’d like to keep the option of joining if I can make it and if there’s 7 or less riders make it to the start line.

Thanks @Savoyad, I appreciate it’s not easy satisfying everyone when we are on the cusp of two teams again. Everyone has busy lives and juggling work and family means it’ll always be as last minute decision on finalising line-ups. For what it’s worth, I think if we have some newbies or returnees, they might be better off in a bigger team of 8 than one of 4 or 5.

Not adding to the 5-4 split debate but anyone who hasnt done it for a while dont forget to wear the bumblebee jersey! We go up the steeper side of the hilly route but it means you suffer for less time and get more time to recover on the descent!

See you on the startline!

If there is a team of nine, I’m happy to drop out, as I believe I have the lowest W/kg.

Wrtl, wrtl, wrtl, bumblebee, bumblebee, bumblebee! Been a while since I’ve worn it but it should still fit.

Do we need to sign up anywhere?

And is it socks or no socks…????

I’m sure @Savoyad will be along shortly with the link to the WTRL site…

If there are too many I doubt I’ll be back in time so put me on the reserves list.

I can always do a recce of next weeks STW race if you have 8 already 🙂

P

I’m going to post 1 racepass link, so one team, in the expectation we don’t end up with 9 riders.

If we get 9 confirmed, I’m open to chaotically reassigning into 5+4 (or more!). But I think it’s unlikely.

OK, the team will be 8 of @phil56, @slowpuncheur, @robbo1234biking, @haloric, @paul-s, @retrorick, @giggsmaster, @mahowlett, @benman

Enter here: https://www.wtrl.racing/RacePass/?id=MmJmS3c0RGN5TStTMStZcldDYnZldz09
(you need a WTRL account. Get that here if necessary: https://www.wtrl.racing/registration.php

I’m risking chaos by overbooking, so if anyone marked “in” changes their mind or if any “maybe” can confirm either way speak up.

The Forward KOM is the main obstacle today. Set a pace that gets you over the top together.

@savoyad do you know the delay/start time yet?

Start delay is 5.5 minutes.

In the pen by 19:43, off at 19:48:30

(Sorry, thanks for the nudge @phil56)

I’m a definite ‘no’ I’m afraid. Riding/racing 4 days out of the last 5 has taken its toll…

Weirdly I sometime get notifications from my name being tagged in the forum, and other times I don’t…

No worries @benman, thanks for letting us know

Looks like there are 8 of us signed up! Should be a good one. I like this course. Get a decent warm up in as the first climb is about 1k in!

I’ve signed up to the wrtl site. Looks like my zwift id has found the race and placed me in pen D.

Everyone is signed up correctly. Have a great race.

…rushes off to check which course it is this week..

Is everyone on the discord channel?

I think i am still on the stw discord channel. I’ll try it later.

I’ve just accessed the TTT STW ok, I assume that’s the one still to use.

Cheers everyone for sticking with me, it couldn’t have been easy. Much appreciated!

I now know you all had an ulterior motive in pushing up my handicap for Tuesday night 😂

It worked, FTP increase from 188 to 196!

Again, thanks for pulling me round 👍🏼

I enjoyed riding as a team and occasionally being told off 🤣.
My pre tt warm up helped. Whilst searching for my zwift id for the wrtl registration I updated my weight, down to 75kg from 78kg and with my recently raised FTP from the Tuesday night races combined with a low rpm stand up pedaling approach I found it easier to power up the short climbs.

I’m a possible for next week. Tbc nearer the time.