Zwift Chat

[peterob]

Why couldn't we use the Danish league races as the Cyclechat league but run it over the next 7 weeks.

We could award points in the same way as the Danish league is doing for finishing positions, say 20 for 1st place, 15 for 2nd, 12 for 3rd, 10 for 4th, etc down to 2 for 13th and then 1 point for all other finishers.

Accepting not everybody can ride all 7 races, then maybe base the overall points table on each rider's best 5 results?

Then, each race would have an individual winner and places based on the times, but with a points table to decide the overall series?

This would be a piffling thing to load into a spreadsheet for an excel professor such as @peterob !

All of that was just off the top of my head, so feel free to improve it. Anyhow, what are people's views?

I'm hoping this would also encourage all others who haven't signed up to join the Danish league series. We then get stronger teams in the Danish league even if we can't get everyone riding in every race , but also we can run our closed Cyclechat league in parallel, as people know they only have to ride 5 of the 7 events to compete the Cyclechat league.

Yeah, we can base a league around the Danish races. I suppose one downside compared to our normal leagues is that there is only one fixed opportunity to post a time.

Another effect of using the Danish races is that we'd have to use riders finishing times as the basis of awarding our points. This would give Al an advantage over the B's (as he'd get dragged along by a faster group) and similarly the B's would get an advantage over the C's etc (you may want to ride in B cat Del ). I don't think there's another way around it. If we were to use a points based system then we may as well just use the league placings direct from the Danish league.

I think the 'best 5 from 7' counting overall is a good idea though. And I'm happy with the scoring system proposed (20 points for the CC stage 'winner' etc).

 

[bobinski]

How is everyone’s weight loss going?


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[kipster]

I'm not aiming for any weight loss, just to keep it at 74kg. That feels a good weight given my height and cycling goals for the year. Now if I was going up ventoux a few times I'd be looking to shed at least two or three kg.

 

[CXRAndy]

How is everyone’s weight loss going?


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Where did you get that video of me Bob

 

[LBHIFI]

How is everyone’s weight loss going?


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Great, I lost 3 of them and went from 74 to 77kg

 

[Norry1]

I've been struggling to recover from my rides. I think I've got a low level bug/virus. Glands were swollen this morning. Im going to have a couple of days off and return with light regular rides for a week or so

I've been wiped out since Saturday. I did a great (well horrible) VO2 Max workout on Friday and had a fairly steady Z2 ride to do on Saturday. after about half an hour I pulled the plug, feeling tired and a bit off. Slept a psycedelic sleep for 20 hours and it turned into a nasty stomach bug which is now keeping me off work. Gonna completely starve it today and get some Imodium - was up c20 times last night

 

[kipster]

I've been wiped out since Saturday. I did a great (well horrible) VO2 Max workout on Friday and had a fairly steady Z2 ride to do on Saturday. after about half an hour I pulled the plug, feeling tired and a bit off. Slept a psycadelic sleep for 20 hours and it tTurned into a nasty stomach bug which is now keeping me off work. Gonna completely starve it today and get some Imodium - was up c20 times last night

Ahead of the curve for Bob's weightless question, top marks! Stomach bugs wipe me out as well, get well soon.

 

[berty bassett]

I've been wiped out since Saturday. I did a great (well horrible) VO2 Max workout on Friday and had a fairly steady Z2 ride to do on Saturday. after about half an hour I pulled the plug, feeling tired and a bit off. Slept a psycadelic sleep for 20 hours and it tTurned into a nasty stomach bug which is now keeping me off work. Gonna completely starve it today and get some Imodium - was up c20 times last night

Some people take this weight loss thing too seriously !
Gws sir

 

[Norry1]

Some people take this weight loss thing too seriously !
Gws sir

Weirdly my weight went up by 4 lbs even though I was hardly eating. Must be something to do with water retention. It is dropping now as I don't feel like I'm retaining anything.

 

[CXRAndy]

Some people take this weight loss thing too seriously !

Says Willow the wisp

 

[bridgy]

How is everyone’s weight loss going?


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July's still a long way away Bob - it's all about timing, I don't want to peak too soon

 

[Freelanderuk]

I am at my lowest for 25 years plus 12st 6 lbs and If I could remove all the loose flappy skin I would loose at lease another 6lbs😀

 

[peterob]

I'm the same weight now as I was when I was 15

 

[CXRAndy]

I'm the same weight now as I was when I was on February 15th

Corrected for you Pete

 

[CXRAndy]

was up c20 times last night

I thought I was the only one watching TV through the night