Zwift Chat

[Monte]

According to ZP we're doing 4 laps of Watopia Hilly. So you have to figure the climbing will play a significant role. It's certainly painful and demoralizing to lose the group on the climb and not be able to latch on and suffer alone each lap (from experience).

Do you have a recorded time on this strava segment?

https://www.strava.com/segments/13433657

I'd expect the Cs to range from around 1:00 to 1:10 or maybe with a slightly expanded range to account for the additional Zwift Academy riders.

If you don't have a time for the 4 laps you could extrapolate from the single lap segment:

https://www.strava.com/segments/12118362

I did 1.05 last week

 

[LBHIFI]

According to ZP we're doing 4 laps of Watopia Hilly. So you have to figure the climbing will play a significant role. It's certainly painful and demoralizing to lose the group on the climb and not be able to latch on and suffer alone each lap (from experience).

Did that route today, and got dropped from the front group on 2nd lap hill. It was a lot easier to latch onto the front group now that I got drafing to work, but the hills were long and steep enough for the superior watt/kg riders to shine through.

 

[Whorty]

KISS EUR is at 8 your time I think. Sounds like Monte might make it. I'm a maybe right now, but if you and Monte are on board I'd likely upgrade to probably :-)

Yep - should be there too. Nothing I fancied at 7 ish. All dressed up and ready to go

 

[rob01792]

@Whorty how do i watch

 

[JLaw]

Yep - should be there too. Nothing I fancied at 7 ish. All dressed up and ready to go

My legs are hammered from yesterday, but I'm going to try and be there... Need a good excuse to step away from my meeting if it runs long :-)

[ edit: meeting just got cancelled, so I'll be there... ]

 

[JLaw]

@Whorty how do i watch

Presumably you find Whorty, Monte or myself and that should give you a view of the race. You can click the number keys to change the view aspect. Not sure the best way to actually find us though...

I wonder if signing up yourself so that you're in the race module, then clicking another rider would work...

 

[rob01792]

I was hoping for a search feature but couldn't find 1 yesterday when i tried

 

[JLaw]

Anyone about tonight in the Kiss Europe ride @ 8 o'clock. I'm still in Cat D although it wont be long as I finished at 2.40 w'kg last week. I finished behind about 3/4 riders in CAT D but when I looked up the results they were disqualified for the wrong category, which left me with a gold cup...

I ride Zwift under my real name C.de Gregorio, whats everybody else's zwift name

J.Law (Cyclechat) KISS (C)

You'll want to make sure to edit your name to include the KISS (C) so your time gets included in the right group.

In and warming up my sore legs...

 

[bobinski]

I was hoping for a search feature but couldn't find 1 yesterday when

https://go.twitch.tv/zwiftcommunitylive

 

[kipster]

I've not yet done a race, just normally ride about testing myself. Today I got swallowed up by a group (WBR), so decided to try and stay with them. I stayed with them for two laps then let them go as I was on a warm down. Amazing how little effort was needed , plus a PR on the lap and took 4 seconds on the sprint time.

I have no idea what category they were or whether they were a race or just riding, but I got an FTP increase to 246w (3.28w/kg)

PS thanks for the thumbs up during the ride, I would give them back if I knew how!

 

[bobinski]

I think for the first time I am aware there were more chatters in Zwift tonight/today than bkool.
Paul,
If you have an idevice or soon android you need to download the Zwift mobile link and you can see who is riding and do it from there. Or if you use an iPad to run Zwift and see them in the course there Is a quick touch screen option to give a ride on or send a message.
Yep, as we all saw Saturday that draft is huge. I lost it yesterday on the endurance ride and had to jump fro 3w to 5w to get back on!

 

[CXRAndy]

Over 150 riders on Kiss race tonight across all categories. Looks like the dark nights will be big races

 

[kipster]

I think for the first time I am aware there were more chatters in Zwift tonight/today than bkool.
Paul,
If you have an idevice or soon android you need to download the Zwift mobile link and you can see who is riding and do it from there. Or if you use an iPad to run Zwift and see them in the course there Is a quick touch screen option to give a ride on or send a message.
Yep, as we all saw Saturday that draft is huge. I lost it yesterday on the endurance ride and had to jump fro 3w to 5w to get back on!

I'm on an Android phone so will wait, I figured out how to give kudos via the Windows app when watching, not sure if you can do it while riding, but will try it out next time. I do have and iPad but as the turbo is in the garage and I don't get wifi out there it's not much use. When it gets colder i'll be allowed to bring the turbo in to the house, mainly as my wife will use it, and wifi will be fine.

 

[Monte]

Finished... as per normal went far too quick at the beginning then struggled for the rest of the hour, lol...

I do wish you knew where you were positioned...

 

[<Tommy>]

Any sign of closed races?