TrainingPeaks Virtual (TPV) Chat Zone

[alex_cycles]

If not racing or workouts or group rides, I tend to use the Pacers and again graphics matter less.

I expect I would get there eventually too. I've not tried a TPv Pacer yet. When you're in a group there's more to focus on. I've found on Zwift I can read a kindle book in a the lowest couple of Pace Partners, but to stay on with Coco I need more focus

 

[Milzy]

If not racing or workouts or group rides, I tend to use the Pacers and again graphics matter less.

I’m a graphics tart though coming from gaming and been used to MyWhoosh. Each to their own but I can’t understand paying for something when not the same is for free but better is for free.

 

[Norry1]

I’m a graphics tart though coming from gaming and been used to MyWhoosh. Each to their own but I can’t understand paying for something when not the same is for free but better is for free.

TVP is free to me

 

[Breedon]

I will probably do the eCKD Tuesday series as well (https://events.eckd.dk/League/Race and fun for all)

We could register as a team, just for the fun of it?

Yeah could do fly the flag 😁

 

[Breedon]

Quality of the graphics doesn’t matter to me, I’m like @Norry1 pacers and racing

 

[Whorty]

Quality of the graphics doesn’t matter to me, I’m like @Norry1 pacers and racing

Same - when I'm flat out working hard all I'm looking at is the wheel of the rider(s) in front. All the graphics is telling me is where I am and hence what's ahead to climb etc

 

[alex_cycles]

Same - when I'm flat out working hard all I'm looking at is the wheel of the rider(s) in front. All the graphics is telling me is where I am and hence what's ahead to climb etc

That and I enjoyed ZX Spectrum games too so the graphics don't bother me

 

[Brusgaard]

That and I enjoyed ZX Spectrum games too so the graphics don't bother me

That explains why you lot are so fond of Zwift - been used to crap graphics since childhood. Now, the rest of us with a Commodore 64 and later Amiga(s) expect more.

 

[Whorty]

That explains why you lot are so fond of Zwift - been used to crap graphics since childhood. Now, the rest of us with a Commodore 64 and later Amiga(s) expect more.

My mate had a C64 so I got to play Elite on that

 

[alex_cycles]

That explains why you lot are so fond of Zwift - been used to crap graphics since childhood. Now, the rest of us with a Commodore 64 and later Amiga(s) expect more.

My dad used to borrow a Commodore Pet 8k from work. First game I bought was called Cosmiads.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/pEexqVLnbjU?si=MTmxDSD79LIF2CES

 

[ColinJ]

Now, the rest of us with a Commodore 64 and later Amiga(s) expect more.

I remember walking past a shop window in which an Amiga's monitor was displaying at a higher resolution than I had ever seen before. I stopped and stared at it for several minutes, barely able to believe how good it was compared to what I was used to!

I had the same reaction when I first saw an HDTV set in action. It was displaying incredible shots of spectacular scenery... huge mountains, waterfalls, rainforests and so on.

I never quite got that sense of awe with 4k TV, law of diminishing returns and all that. HDR on a good OLED TV though... Definitely a powerful response to that!

 

[Brusgaard]

My mate had a C64 so I got to play Elite on that

Never played it, but I believe it was quite popular at the time on both C64 and Amiga. Got into programming pretty quickly on the C64, so actually didn’t play many games. But of course I had an extensive collection on both tapes and later disks. I was more interested in ripping the music from the games and use in my own demos.
Unfortunately sold most of it together with my C64, when I got my Amiga 500. Only kept my own creations and a few demos on disk.

 

[Breedon]

That explains why you lot are so fond of Zwift - been used to crap graphics since childhood. Now, the rest of us with a Commodore 64 and later Amiga(s) expect more.

Commodore kid here

 

[Brusgaard]

Are we 3 CCs tonight?

 

[Norry1]

I was halfway through a workout today when the power suddenly stopped recording on TPV but was still visible on my Garmin. It didn't come back so I exited and came back in but Turbo would not go to Erg mode.

I ditched the workout and did the first 10 miles of a Group Ride on TPV to vent my annoyance. I hope it doesn't make a habit of doing that.

Had the same issue on a workout today - but fixed it. Control had stayed with the Tacx App which I'd had open. Once I fully disconnected from Tacx, TPV worked fine.