Zwift Chat

[Del C]

Anyhow, can we just get back to a bit of banter and enjoying what we do.

The updated Meet Up function looks interesting. We may be able to set up a race or group ride with less clutter from other riders now that Zwift have opened up all 6 worlds for Meet Ups.

What do people think?

 

[Brendan Parker]

I did the 9.45 Crit City Race today and I think raced the hardest I have ever done - certainly for quite some time anyhow.

My plan (along the lines that @<Tommy> noted in my last race) was to start even harder than usual and average c360W for the first minute and then give it nearly everything up the first Prime - then try and recover and see where I was up to.

This worked fairly well (best minute power was 376W) and I was able to stay with the front group until the start of the 5th lap when a group of 8 of us lost the leaders. Then there was a bit of a recovery as this group didn't push as hard - until the start of the 7th lap when a large group caught us. I put enough power down to jump into the passing group and stayed in it until the end. I didn't have much of a sprint left, but then neither did anyone else by the look of it

I came 42nd of 185 B starters and I think got my best time up the Prime and also for the lap and an 8 lap race.

Vid is here if anyone is interested - apologies for the swearing


View: https://youtu.be/AhqtOkslL8c

great race

 

[Norry1]

ZP has changed again Now 4 lines in the New Cat thing.

 

[Brendan Parker]

ZP has changed again Now 4 lines in the New Cat thing.


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whats the bottom line??? 20 watts?? infact what do any of them mean now

 

[Norry1]

20 minutes absolute watts I imagine

 

[Del C]

Now I am confused.

What do these new power measures mean?

My 20 watt figure looks excellent!

 

[Norry1]

I suspect they won't mean anything until they have finished playing around.

 

[<Tommy>]

I don’t get it ?
is this aimed at tommy ?
I have had the pleasure of meeting him on a few occasions and look forward to meeting him again some time
This is so far away from what he is like it makes me cringe
He is a good honest bloke who is better than me at riding a bike - and it is a pleasure to try and keep up with him knowing that he is putting a true effort as he does in real life
I have never had cause to doubt him
I cannot say the same about you as I have never met however , you have not got the same respect from me solely based on the weight issues
I like to have fun on here at the same time as banter with people who like to give it their all and at the end of a race lay on their handlebars thinking I couldn’t have done more
This is one of the only things I do in life where I don’t cut corners , yes it means a lot to me , if I cheated it wouldn’t
If other people cheat it spoils it for me and that’s why I liked the little races with just us as it’s a trust thing
I know this doesn’t matter to anyone bar me and maybe I have been clinging on to the old days on here a bit too much , might be time to let it go

Well you would say that, you rely on me to book the plane tickets 😄

For whats it’s worth, and I’ll only say this once )very quietly). There’s no way I’m a stronger cyclist than you. But I’m only saying it because the chances of you remembering are so slim!

But you are a good pal

 

[<Tommy>]

Now I am confused.

What do these new power measures mean?

My 20 watt figure looks excellent!

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I just can’t believe everyone has done so many more races than me! I’ve never looked before.

 

[Del C]

I suspect they won't mean anything until they have finished playing around.

Looking at them again a bit more carefully, I'm guessing the measures are w/kg for 1 minute, 5 minutes and 20 minutes and absolute watts for 20 minutes. That seems like an evolution of what the current measures are.

My figures look even more bizarre on this basis. I'm B cat/nearly A cat on absolute power (which I'm surprised at but they have a new A+ cat), B cat on 20 min w/kg, C cat on 5 minute w/kg and a D cat on 1 min w/kg!

 

[Alongo]

I'm confused too !! Is the proposed category the one above the 4 power graphs. Its saying 'C' for me, thought i was pretty much in middle of 'B's .

 

[Del C]

I'm confused too !! Is the proposed category the one above the 4 power graphs. Its saying 'C' for me, thought i was pretty much in middle of 'B's . View attachment 516031

It looks like you may have the same problem as me. You're a crap sprinter! (according to Zwiftpower, not me!)

There's some sort of averaging going on between the figures quoted.

 

[steverob]

What it all means, I haven't a clue, but it looks pretty and everyone else is sharing theirs, so thought I might as well too!

 

[Brendan Parker]

It’s all changed again now.
as @Norry1 says they are playing about today. Must be the lockdown too much time

 

[bobinski]

Well you would say that, you rely on me to book the plane tickets 😄

yeah but you also booked the accommodation at the top of a mountain so you screwed up there😛
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