Zwift Chat

[Ketty]

@Whorty who were the sand baggers in our race and did they get kicked out or get points which genuine cat C should have got? (Not bitter )

 

[Joffey]

Turns out I'm the one responsible for wrecking Joffey's perfect record! Not intentionally, but hey...

Hahaha You bloody well are!!

 

[Whorty]

@Whorty who were the sand baggers in our race and did they get kicked out or get points which genuine cat C should have got? (Not bitter )

Just had a look at the results and I think they were kicked out. One was an A rider with a French name, the other guy was Neil Campbell I think.

 

[berty bassett]

dont think i have got the invite

 

[IrishAl]

dont think i have got the invite

Oops...added now. Click on Cat A to enter

 

[IrishAl]

@IrishAl there was no Coleman today so would have been wide open for you

Sounds like a tough one tonight in B. I’m not sure if I would have been up for much tonight Michael. I jumped onto zwiftpower love to see how proceedings were unfolding and could see a group of 7or 8 had a good lead. It also looked like a big turnout or riders compared to recent weeks. I haven’t heard of the chap Considine until tonight.

 

[IrishAl]

What's the format for tomorrow night's meet up.... Is it a TTT ?

Ian, It’s an individual race, but rather than everyone setting off from the gun we have 3 groups based loosely on zwiftpower data. Group “C” get 3 min head start in “B”, and B a 2 min start on “A”.

Everyone is free to decide if they want to work with their group, try breaking and going solo / making a deal with a competitor etc. Or do you hide in and save the legs for if/when the group behind catches....Tactics will be half the fun tomorrow.

A lot of clubs use this format to give everyone a chance. Can the A group make the catch? Will the B and C collaborate?

Here’s the groups again. If everyone can take note of their group.

A group
IrishAl
Tommy
Berty bassett
Bridgy
Burninglegs
Alongo

B group
Bob
Pete
Bruusgaard
Milzy
Norry
Del
Brendan
Michael Doris

C group
Ian sparrow
Ketty
Joffey
Jeff
Steve Robinson

C group: head off on the gun
B group: 3 minutes later
A group: 2 minutes after that

A few things to note

• The finish line will be the Blue meet up banner. It should be close to the Champs Elysee finish line...but could be out by a few hundred metres. Pay attention to the distance to go, and look up the road hopefully the blue banner will be visible by eye and on the map.
• As we are in meet up mode everyone will start spread out on the side of the road.
• i think power ups are enabled - there’s no option to disable them.
• Cs go as soon as the meet up commences.
• Me or Tommy will call the 3 minutes for the Bs to go....if we are feeling nice we will give a 30sec warning.
• As will get something similar.
  Whilst we can’t control how everyone starts off I’d suggest the sporting thing to do would be to go for a Gentle rolling start so not to deliberately distance someone that may be positioned at the back of the start grid. If however someone is sleeping and misses their start then tough.

Results should be available in the companion app After the event though personally I have yet to complete a meet-up to test it out.

 

[<Tommy>]

There’s a real danger people will get gapped at the start isn’t there. As Alan says there will probably be a gap of some kind between the guy furthest forward and the the guy at back. I also noticed that even when everyone tries to head of at the gun some people suffer a delay or lag. Maybe we should leav it down to each group to decide if they want to play nice or not? See how it goes tonight and adjust maybe? Or agree to a rolling start until the group has formed?

Secondly I might not make the start tonight. My back has gone and a nights sleep and a mouthful of painkillers hasn’t done much to improve it. I know, I know 1/10! etc etc... if I don’t make the line I can try and manage the timings. But hopefully I can start.

 

[berty bassett]

hate to be the one to get the ball rolling but
1/10 ?! how on earth did you get 1 for a little boo boo !
isnt there a saying about absolute power breeding something ?
maybe the one is just for the gaul
get well soon sir - maybe invest in a set of carbon screwdrivers to keep that heavy lifting down

 

[Brendan Parker]

1 out of 10. Just puts a mockery on the whole grading system. Shame on you Tommy. 😉

 

[<Tommy>]

 

[IrishAl]

1 out of 10. Just puts a mockery on the whole grading system. Shame on you Tommy. 😉

In the day that it is with all this teacher self assessment proven to be over inflating scores by one, two, three or more grades I’d have to agree that your 1 out of 10 does sound more like a -1 or -2

In all seriousness I Hope your on the start line. If your not I demand the As get a reduced start delay as you’re clearly the favourite for tonight along with Legs and Berty, with Alongo and MJD not far behind. I’ll be happy not to be dropped on the first lap. 😊😇

 

[Norry1]

Excellent 👍

@Norry1 @JLaw?

Have had to vote no. I now do the Club TT (we need a new acronym for in real life - IRL gets confused with the Irish Racing ) on a Wednesday evening - and don't want to bomb myself the day before. I could probably have done Thursday.

Fraid not

 

[Brendan Parker]

All random kit tonight or each cat different??

 

[mjd1988]

All random kit tonight or each cat different??

Good point, I'd say team colours would make sense?