Zwift Chat

[bobinski]

Paul

Have You ever tried using Discord for voice chat during the meet ups? I’ve used it recently for some team races and it works fairly ok if everyone is on headsets and mutes during times of heavy breathing / panting

we used it a lot in Zunr. Worked quite well. Always disappointing though to hear colleagues talking when I can barely breathe 😢😁

 

[Del C]

@bridgy

Well I seem to be the first one back from the test. @Freelanderuk is off doing a full recce for tomorrow's route and @peterob dropped out to ride elsewhere!

So the three of us all got transported to the meet-up spawn point as usual. The ride started on time. We were all visible on the right side rider list and were all highlighted in green.

@Freelanderuk and I swapped a few messages (also in a fetching shade of green) before he sped off up the road, while I did a slow 6 mile plod in my jeans and splendid high-vis cycling clips (neither the jeans nor the clips are mandatory for meet-ups).

So, in conclusion, I'd say you're good to set up the meet-up for tomorrow. Doesn't look as if it affects anything if you don't turn up, except we won't see a 200 feet yellow beacon sticking out of your head.

 

[IrishAl]

Nice. Because a lot of you seem to overlook one of the important parts of the pre-season Tenerife training, I'll help out here. @berty bassett take a look and plan ahead.
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Just Saved this to my recipes folder. Looking forward to working down thru the list

 

[kipster]

Have You ever tried using Discord for voice chat during the meet ups? I’ve used it recently for some team races and it works fairly ok if everyone is on headsets and mutes during times of heavy breathing / panting

I set up a discord channel for the group ages ago, happy to send out a link later

 

[bridgy]

@bridgy

Well I seem to be the first one back from the test. @Freelanderuk is off doing a full recce for tomorrow's route and @peterob dropped out to ride elsewhere!

So the three of us all got transported to the meet-up spawn point as usual. The ride started on time. We were all visible on the right side rider list and were all highlighted in green.

@Freelanderuk and I swapped a few messages (also in a fetching shade of green) before he sped off up the road, while I did a slow 6 mile plod in my jeans and splendid high-vis cycling clips (neither the jeans nor the clips are mandatory for meet-ups).

So, in conclusion, I'd say you're good to set up the meet-up for tomorrow. Doesn't look as if it affects anything if you don't turn up, except we won't see a 200 feet yellow beacon sticking out of your head.

Great, thanks Del that's good to know! I will set up the official races for Tuesday and Thursday later

 

[Freelanderuk]

I road the full meet test and all worked as normal ,

 

[IrishAl]

I set up a discord channel for the group ages ago, happy to send out a link later

I’d give it a go. It would be useful to torment the chasing bunch. They might hear me order a pizza in time for the finish lol

 

[Freelanderuk]

@bridgy
So, in conclusion, I'd say you're good to set up the meet-up for tomorrow. Doesn't look as if it affects anything if you don't turn up, except we won't see a 200 feet yellow beacon sticking out of your head.

I only normally see the yellow beacon at the start so no difference for me

 

[kipster]

I’d give it a go. It would be useful to torment the chasing bunch. They might hear me order a pizza in time for the finish lol

Discord link https://discord.gg/t5XzC9

I would recommend headphones / microphone such as these for use with it
Amazon product ASIN B07N8RYGC4View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Headphones-SoundBuds-Bluetooth-Waterproof/dp/B07N8RYGC4/

 

[IrishAl]

Discord link https://discord.gg/t5XzC9

I would recommend headphones / microphone such as these for use with it
Amazon product ASIN B07N8RYGC4View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Headphones-SoundBuds-Bluetooth-Waterproof/dp/B07N8RYGC4/

Thanks @kipster. I’ll log in there tomorrow evening and see if anyone is online. I’m on standard wired headphones which work ok.

I won’t have to worry about timing a bike change tomorrow. I tried theMTB course this evening and failed miserably on 4 attempts. Best run was 6 stars in 12 mins. The steering was very jerky and over sensitive. Clearly my improvised wheel turning device - cutouts from two plastic milk cartons - wasn’t up to the mark. I gave up on that early on but even holding the phone by hand wasn’t good.

Has anyone else mastered it?

 

[Freelanderuk]

Thanks @kipster. I’ll log in there tomorrow evening and see if anyone is online. I’m on standard wired headphones which work ok.

I won’t have to worry about timing a bike change tomorrow. I tried theMTB course this evening and failed miserably on 4 attempts. Best run was 6 stars in 12 mins. The steering was very jerky and over sensitive. Clearly my improvised wheel turning device - cutouts from two plastic milk cartons - wasn’t up to the mark. I gave up on that early on but even holding the phone by hand wasn’t good.

Has anyone else mastered it?

This is what you need ,not milk cartons

Amazon product ASIN B01J3GXDY6

 

[bridgy]

Thanks @kipster. I’ll log in there tomorrow evening and see if anyone is online. I’m on standard wired headphones which work ok.

I won’t have to worry about timing a bike change tomorrow. I tried theMTB course this evening and failed miserably on 4 attempts. Best run was 6 stars in 12 mins. The steering was very jerky and over sensitive. Clearly my improvised wheel turning device - cutouts from two plastic milk cartons - wasn’t up to the mark. I gave up on that early on but even holding the phone by hand wasn’t good.

Has anyone else mastered it?

What phone are you using? I have heard that it works considerably better with some phones than others (mainly better with the very latest models which I guess have more sensitive accelerometers?)

I'd like to give it a go but haven't got round to sorting out my improvised sterring device for the front wheel yet!

 

[Del C]

@bridgy

Thanks for the invites for this week's races.

I can only do Tuesday this week.

I seem to have 2 invites for Thursday, both for the same time. You may want to check it out in case the Thursday field gets split across separate invites.

 

[bridgy]

@bridgy

Thanks for the invites for this week's races.

I can only do Tuesday this week.

I seem to have 2 invites for Thursday, both for the same time. You may want to check it out in case the Thursday field gets split across separate invites.

Thanks @Del C - I checked and it looks like Thursday's meetup was duplicated for some reason. I have deleted one of them (which no one had yet accepted the invte for) and so hopefully everyone can accept the invite to the remaining one OK

 

[bobinski]

Can’t do today but will do Thursday and substitute it in for my scheduled 1h 15 min endurance ride.