Zwift Chat

[BurningLegs]

my youngest will be asleep in the room next door so it’s not really an option. It’s bad enough she’s going to hear me screaming at the tv screen!

My three year old heard me clicking the ratchet on my shoes on the landing this evening after putting him to sleep and said through the door “daddy, are you going into the garage to race your bike against people you don’t know on the internet?”

Pretty accurate description I thought. Amazing what they pick up on and have a firm grasp of at such a young age!

 

[Alongo]

My three year old heard me clicking the ratchet on my shoes on the landing this evening after putting him to sleep and said through the door “daddy, are you going into the garage to race your bike against people you don’t know on the internet?”

Pretty accurate description I thought. Amazing what they pick up on and have a firm grasp of at such a young age!

What are we teaching them 😂

 

[Whorty]

Great racing #68s Looked painful.

Didn't get to see much and didn't have chance to look in on the #23s but hopefully you all did well too

 

[Norry1]

Well that was fun! Good racing all round. I think this ZRL is gonna be a cracker.

 

[mjd1988]

Great racing #68s Looked painful.

Didn't get to see much and didn't have chance to look in on the #23s but hopefully you all did well too

Cheers Carl, my companion app wasn't working so couldn't thank you for the encouragement but very much appreciated.

#23s seem to have lit it up!

#68 great team effort, a group of 30ish got away the first climb so after that it was about getting a good time and judging by the noises everyone was making we were all flat out.

I had my usual nightmare on the volcano but I just rode my own race (bit of a lie, some guy kept going from 6 w/kg to get in front of me then dropping to 1w/kg and getting stuck in his draft. I beat him on the line by a split second after I attacked on the last hill for no good reason.

Fantastically organised race by WTRL (as long as they count all of our results!) Really looking forward to the rest of the series!

 

[bobinski]

Nothing fun about that! 😂 Poor day at the office for me but great riding by the team especially Ketty who rode with and helped me for practically the whole ride. Nice one.

 

[Brendan Parker]

Well done everyone. Brutal stage.

 

[Alongo]

Can’t see results in Zwift Power yet but my names not appearing in the companion app results . Had a couple of dropouts for a couple of seconds in second half ( Apple TV ) , companion app froze on me and headphones died on me , so a bad night for technology . Saw your message @IrishAl on screen about not working for the group , so sat in , well done everyone , it was a tough one , legs were jelly on last couple of I s on Titans Grove . Hope I’ve got a time 🤞

 

[Spartak]

Well done Team CC#68.... Crikey that was tough, thanks to @JLaw for the company until the Volcano 🌋...

 

[Spartak]

My three year old heard me clicking the ratchet on my shoes on the landing this evening after putting him to sleep and said through the door “daddy, are you going into the garage to race your bike against people you don’t know on the internet?”

Brilliant...

 

[Joffey]

That was interesting!

I got myself in a group with @JLaw at the start which I think was 2nd on the road then 2.6 miles in my internet connection went pop. I cycled along on my own for about 4 miles and then everyone reappeared and I was 103rd out of 106. Gutted!!

Managed to chase on to a group then spotted @JLaw and @Spartak up the road so I chased their group and got in with them. We went up a climb and I managed to stick with the leaders and I think unfortunately Jeff and Spartak got distanced.

I presumed that I would get dropped on the next climb and then i could rejoin my team mates then but I seemingly was in decent fettle and kept with the group until 1 mile to go. Unfortunately I got dropped but thanks to @Whorty's word of encouragement I kept 300 watts clicking over for the final climb.

Ended up 91st with a time of 1hr 26mins and change setting a new FTP of 272 in the process.

Also fiddled with trainer difficulty tonight - popped it down to 30-40% - I wasn't a fan - struggled to get my sprint going on the descents and flat. I'll be back to 50% for the next one.

Well done everyone else, not managed to get on ZP yet but by the sounds of it we all did pretty well

 

[Spartak]

Great effort @Joffey ...
Yeah we ( @JLaw & myself ) somehow got dropped on the descent of Titans Grove which was a shame but it was great to see you pull away & stay with that group...
Chapeau

 

[bridgy]

That was interesting!

I got myself in a group with @JLaw at the start which I think was 2nd on the road then 2.6 miles in my internet connection went pop. I cycled along on my own for about 4 miles and then everyone reappeared and I was 103rd out of 106. Gutted!!

Managed to chase on to a group then spotted @JLaw and @Spartak up the road so I chased their group and got in with them. We went up a climb and I managed to stick with the leaders and I think unfortunately Jeff and Spartak got distanced.

I presumed that I would get dropped on the next climb and then i could rejoin my team mates then but I seemingly was in decent fettle and kept with the group until 1 mile to go. Unfortunately I got dropped but thanks to @Whorty's word of encouragement I kept 300 watts clicking over for the final climb.

Ended up 91st with a time of 1hr 26mins and change setting a new FTP of 272 in the process.

Also fiddled with trainer difficulty tonight - popped it down to 30-40% - I wasn't a fan - struggled to get my sprint going on the descents and flat. I'll be back to 50% for the next one.

Well done everyone else, not managed to get on ZP yet but by the sounds of it we all did pretty well

Well done @Joffey looks like you really dug deep which is what it's all about- great work 👍

 

[IrishAl]

My three year old heard me clicking the ratchet on my shoes on the landing this evening after putting him to sleep and said through the door “daddy, are you going into the garage to race your bike against people you don’t know on the internet?”

Pretty accurate description I thought. Amazing what they pick up on and have a firm grasp of at such a young age!

Does your youngest also know you go by the name Burning.Legs 😀

 

[JLaw]

Great effort @Joffey ...
Yeah we ( @JLaw & myself ) somehow got dropped on the descent of Titans Grove which was a shame but it was great to see you pull away & stay with that group...
Chapeau

(*&#@$ kicker didn't want to pair, but I got it sorted out and into the pen right as the timer went to zero. Felt good initially with Joffey and later that group of a half dozen or so. But I think the lack of any significant climbing or distance over the last 6 months hit me about 30 minutes in and I was just trying to keep turning over the pedals. I believe I was the last finisher. 99th.