LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
Minimum of one lap, minimum of 10 km (I think!) total distance per ride.
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BurningLegs
Guru
Good to ride with you tonight, Brendan! Quite glad to find your group tbh, I would have blown before the hill in my original group which was pushing 3-3.2 on flats and spiking over 3.5!
Nice ride back after a break - sweet spot for an hour then light it up for the hill!
Nice ride back after a break - sweet spot for an hour then light it up for the hill!
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
Great ride mate
I just can’t climb it’s soo frustrating. Was a good group got to leith hill in good time. 1.11.32 for me. Quite happy overall after a windy RW ride yesterday.
Ah, seems to be working now. Cheers!
BurningLegs
Guru
Great ride mate
I can’t keep power on flats! It’s strange - I’m happy to ride 3-3.5 on a climb but can’t sustain that on the flat.
Anyway, my time was 1:09:46 with avg of 210W according to Zwift results. Doesn’t look like ZP has finished syncing yet...
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
Yes. ZP has me at 1.11.31. Boom. Every second counts
Exactly the same as me ... I can push more power, even at lower cadence, on a climb for an hour than I ever can on the flats. I working on my tempo workout training so I'm hoping this will improve over time
Great ride by the way ....
BurningLegs
Guru
I am planning to ride the IoW randonnee on Sunday 3rd of May. Any one else fancy it??
https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/
Don’t necessarily need to do the full ride together but might be nice to at least share a breakfast and ferry in the morning if anyone else is planning to take part?
https://www.cycleisland.co.uk/
Don’t necessarily need to do the full ride together but might be nice to at least share a breakfast and ferry in the morning if anyone else is planning to take part?
BurningLegs
Guru
I’ve been doing a bit of sweet spot training but I want the trim bike so I’ve been doing it up the alp. Maybe that’s not helping and I should do some on the flat too.Exactly the same as me ... I can push more power, even at lower cadence, on a climb for an hour than I ever can on the flats. I working on my tempo workout training so I'm hoping this will improve over time
Great ride by the way ....
I don’t know the science behind all this but part of me believes it’s mental because Watts are Watts right? Especially on the turbo! But then, it’s such a common thing that there may be something else behind it.
I’ve been doing a bit of sweet spot training but I want the trim bike so I’ve been doing it up the alp. Maybe that’s not helping and I should do some on the flat too.
I don’t know the science behind all this but part of me believes it’s mental because Watts are Watts right? Especially on the turbo! But then, it’s such a common thing that there may be something else behind it.
Slim pickings
Everyone is different at making power. Its finding that balance between sustainable cadence/force and cardio threshold.
I’ve been doing a bit of sweet spot training but I want the trim bike so I’ve been doing it up the alp. Maybe that’s not helping and I should do some on the flat too.
I don’t know the science behind all this but part of me believes it’s mental because Watts are Watts right? Especially on the turbo! But then, it’s such a common thing that there may be something else behind it.
Might it have something to do with how Zwift works out the power? It does mention that lighter climbers on Zwift are better on climbs and heavier riders are better on the flats (like in real life for some riders)... maybe they calculate this somehow?
Here you go @Whorty - I couldn't let the opportunity to showcase your glorious moment passOnly if Pete insists .... i mean, it's his call of course, and I'd get no real pleasure seeing my name at the top of the league
Whorty sits proud at the top of the early leaderboard after the weekend results. In fact all C cat riders have completed the first stage, which highlights his impressive ride.
Get your 1st stage ride in by Wednesday (London long route). I don't think I'll be able to do all stages as I'm in the middle of a SF plan but will try and do what I can.
BurningLegs
Guru
Yes, this is true and it relates to W/Kg (Watts per kilogram of body weight). When you’re climbing you have to overcome gravity, and the heavier you are the harder it is to overcome so the higher your W/KG the faster you will climb. There are obviously two ways to improve W/Kg - reduce weight or increase power.
On the flats you aren’t fighting gravity like when climbing so weight is nowhere near as important.
I can sustain 3-3.5 KG on a climb so it’s interesting that I can’t on a flat!
