Poll: how to start Zwift meetup races

[bridgy]

How do you think we should best start Zwift meetup races? Vote in the poll above....
@IrishAl @berty bassett @<Tommy> @Add @peterob @Brendan Parker @Brusgaard @Freelanderuk @mjd1988 @Whorty @Del C @LBHIFI @Breedon @BurningLegs @Marino.g @bobinski @Milzy @CXRAndy @LeetleGreyCells

 

[berty bassett]

How do you think we should best start Zwift meetup races? Vote in the poll above....
@IrishAl @berty bassett @<Tommy> @Add @peterob @Brendan Parker @Brusgaard @Freelanderuk @mjd1988 @Whorty @Del C @LBHIFI @Breedon @BurningLegs @Marino.g @bobinski @Milzy @CXRAndy @LeetleGreyCells

Voted rolling start , but hell for leather at the start I like as well , it can be tactical if 2 do it and catch others out so it adds spice - but rolling start makes more sense

 

[bobinski]

Slow rolling, eyeballing to see who might jump 😁
TBH based on experience of our meets ups to date I doubt someone sprinting off alone before start banner makes much difference if any to outcome. The distances relative to length of race make it kind of pointless. If a few fast boys go it could be different but just catch and draft.

 

[<Tommy>]

I’ve always suspected that if berty did a lone attack from the start he’d probably always win. Maybe I shouldn’t of said that...

 

[bobinski]

I’ve always suspected that if berty did a lone attack from the start he’d probably always win. Maybe I shouldn’t of said that...

you may be right.
wanna go for it tonight Lee and see what happens?

 

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Slow rolling, eyeballing to see who might jump 😁
TBH based on experience of our meets ups to date I doubt someone sprinting off alone before start banner makes much difference if any to outcome. The distances relative to length of race make it kind of pointless. If a few fast boys go it could be different but just catch and draft.

Depends on the circumstances. Al did this to me the other day on the New York course - set off like a rocket well before the start banner, and I couldn't stay with him. But there was no one else in the race that I could really draft with, so it was like a straight TT between the two of us, which worked well for him because he's stronger than me so he held me off and won by 20 or 30 seconds I think. If Tommy and Lee had been in the race too and the three of us got together to chase him, it probably would have been a different story - and he may have regretted using up so much energy at the start

 

[bobinski]

Depends on the circumstances. Al did this to me the other day on the New York course - set off like a rocket well before the start banner, and I couldn't stay with him. But there was no one else in the race that I could really draft with, so it was like a straight TT between the two of us, which worked well for him because he's stronger than me so he held me off and won by 20 or 30 seconds I think. If Tommy and Lee had been in the race too and the three of us got together to chase him, it probably would have been a different story - and he may have regretted using up so much energy at the start

I think Al should be handicapped anyway- too strong for his own good

 

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I think Al should be handicapped anyway- too strong for his own good

Option 4: "Whatever, as long as Al starts 1 minute behind everyone else"

 

[Del C]

Rolling start for me

 

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Rolling start for me

That's not what you've voted for....

 

[Del C]

That's not what you've voted for....

Didn't I?

Oh dear, can I check?

 

[Del C]

Didn't I?

Oh dear, can I check?

Ah sorry!

I voted correctly.............. I just don't seem able to write down what I actually did!!

I meant free for all. Just ride off and mark your man. Just seems simpler to me, but I'll go with the majority

 

[bridgy]

Ah sorry!

I voted correctly.............. I just don't seem able to write down what I actually did!!

I meant free for all. Just ride off and mark your man. Just seems simpler to me, but I'll go with the majority

Haha! OK, that now makes sense then!

 

[Del C]

Ah sorry!

I voted correctly.............. I just don't seem able to write down what I actually did!!

I meant free for all. Just ride off and mark your man. Just seems simpler to me, but I'll go with the majority

In my (weak) defence, I'd just ridden Stage 1 Knickerbocker by myself and I was feeling a bit tired! (-5/10 for that excuse).

What a pig of a course that is, especially when its a solo effort!

 

[Freelanderuk]

Free for all for me as I just use the start as the lead in like you get in some Zwift rides