Zwift Chat

[Joffey]

6.8% average gradient - blimey!
Watch that rust on your stem bolts!

Yes, spotted that - new bolts will be going on once it's sent for a respray later on in the year.

I had a tootle around Pateley Bridge yesterday and finished off the 100 Climbs hills - did Nought Bank Road, Harwith Bank and the formidable Greenhow Hill.

 

[Marino.g]

Compared my Stages and Elite Direto today using the Zwift power analysis tool which is cool.
There is a big difference if anybody is interested to have a look.

 

[Marino.g]

Yes, spotted that - new bolts will be going on once it's sent for a respray later on in the year.

I had a tootle around Pateley Bridge yesterday and finished off the 100 Climbs hills - did Nought Bank Road, Harwith Bank and the formidable Greenhow Hill.

It's that sweaty beard @Joffey making those bolts go rusty!

 

[Legs]

I had a tootle around Pateley Bridge yesterday and finished off the 100 Climbs hills - did Nought Bank Road, Harwith Bank and the formidable Greenhow Hill.

Many moons ago (when I used to be able to ride more than 45 minutes at a time), I did a handful of Audaxes and The Dales Grimpeur is the best of the lot. Great scenery and super-tough climbs. Did it in 2005 and 2006, I think.

With your beard, @Joffey , you'd fit right into the Audax scene...

 

[Whorty]

Back outside today, but probably stay local. I have a little loop that is about as flat as it gets around here. 14km loop with about 100m climbing so not too different to ToC will be (I think that's c.900m over 100 miles). Not sure how many laps I'll do, but hoping to keep ave speed up near 29-30kph - if I can, given road junctions and no one to draft, I'll be quite pleased with that

3 laps. Ave 29.8 kph. 40.5km. 1hr21mins

Planned to stay out longer but a lot of tractors out there with trailers full of muck, and muck spreading in the fields, so air is not the nicest to be breathing in today

 

[Marino.g]

It's that sweaty beard @Joffey making those bolts go rusty!
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i take that back, i see you've had a nice trim

 

[Brendan Parker]

Right lads. Tyres 😳

continental four seasons on winter bike, no punctures all winter.
gp5000 summer bike. Puncture on first outing 😳
What we all using on summer bike.

please no tubless rubbish. Been there don’t like it. That’s for the gravel bike.

 

[Legs]

Vredestein Fortezza TriComp
But you need to buy lots of them to get above £135, cos they're coming from Italy. I think they're out of stock at all the usual suspects (Wiggle, CRC, Probikekit, Amazon...)

 

[bobinski]

Right lads. Tyres 😳

continental four seasons on winter bike, no punctures all winter.
gp5000 summer bike. Puncture on first outing 😳
What we all using on summer bike.

please no tubless rubbish. Been there don’t like it. That’s for the gravel bike.

Hutchinson fusion 5 storm 11 or something similar. Cracking tyres tubed or tubeless and well reviewed: fast, durable and perform really well on roll down resistance tests. Even better not too spendy.

 

[BurningLegs]

Schwalbe One for me. Never punctured to date...

They aren’t too expensive and if they perform well enough for the world tour then they’re good enough for me 🙂

 

[Joffey]

i take that back, i see you've had a nice trim
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Yes, unfortunately the wife beat me into having trim!

 

[Joffey]

Right lads. Tyres 😳

continental four seasons on winter bike, no punctures all winter.
gp5000 summer bike. Puncture on first outing 😳
What we all using on summer bike.

please no tubless rubbish. Been there don’t like it. That’s for the gravel bike.

Currently using 1 of 2 sets of GP5000 - either black or tan side wall. Love them!

 

[Randyberlin]

I love the Continental gatorskin hard shell. The only downside is a pain to take off. It seems like their wire bead is a tiny bit smaller. But because they're made in Germany I assume they're the exact right diameter.

 

[bobinski]

GCN+ - how are you guys watching live racing?
I assumed they would have an ATV app but looks like I have to cast to the ATV from iPhone or iPad? Or invest in a cheap Fire tv.

 

[BurningLegs]

Just read that this will be the final season of ZRL until September, so we’d better make this one count guys!

This summer might be the first summer since I started Zwifting that I cancel for a while. I use a different app for training so can continue with workouts and could save a few quid by cancelling Zwift...