Zwift Chat

[Peter Salt]

You can do CX on an MTB or Gravel bike

Or a road bike with knobby tyres - oh wait, that's a gravel bike innit?

 

[alex_cycles]

Or a road bike with knobby tyres - oh wait, that's a gravel bike innit?

No it's a CX bike OR a gravel bike Biggest nobbliest tyres you can fit at nice low pressure.

 

[DCLane]

And if it's a fixie take the brakes off and go grass track racing

 

[<Tommy>]

I was actually quite happy with my Alpe d'Huez climb, despite the unfortunate diversion at the last roundabout! I had felt awful at the end of the previous day's riding, and was considering bailing out of doing it completely but the next morning ,once I got going, my legs did actually work better than I had expected!

There is a segment that stops at that last roundabout where I went wrong and I can report I was 4 minutes slower than Tommy and 9 minutes slower than Lee - I'll take that! (Not that it's a race 😌)

It’s amazing what you can talk your body into isn’t it!

I couldn’t imagine doing long rides back to back (to back etc) under normal circumstances. But on cycling trips a lot of people find day 2 or 3 the hardest. And then your legs kind of start talking to you again after that.

 

[Whorty]

I noticed that too, first I thought there's a demolition derby but it was a professional cycling.

I started watching last night but had to turn it off as it wasn't entertaining watching so many crashes. Pretty awful and not fun.

 

[Norry1]

I started watching last night but had to turn it off as it wasn't entertaining watching so many crashes. Pretty awful and not fun.

#softy

 

[bridgy]

It’s amazing what you can talk your body into isn’t it!

I couldn’t imagine doing long rides back to back (to back etc) under normal circumstances. But on cycling trips a lot of people find day 2 or 3 the hardest. And then your legs kind of start talking to you again after that.

Yeah I remember you told me that would happen on day 4 - and you were right!

 

[Aleman]

😂

Knowing that descent and now knowing how your day was going I am surprised you made it down alive!

Hey! I'd already made it down Port des cannonge with no incidents! I did decide to sack off the descent to Sa Calobra though, no not because I was tired, but I wasn't sure if the bike had been damaged beyond what was visible

Aleman it’s that yelp just before you go over the edge

Pure resignation. I’ve definitely been there

Re-watched, this time with the volume turned up

Hmmm? Then perhaps I should have added a NSFW? It may have come off as a yelp but it was more of a "FUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!"

It was good that that tree was there though, although the drop was only a couple of feet, I did manage to take of a serious amount of velocity

 

[Whorty]

#softy

It's why I ride mostly on Zwift

 

[alex_cycles]

Anyone dot-watching TCR, which started 2200 on Sunday?

https://www.transcontinental.cc/

One of our club member Aidan Allcock (127) is in it. Well behind the current leaders, but he's playing the long game and already had a rest.

 

[CXRAndy]

And if it's a fixie take the brakes off and go grass track racing

We might be going to our local summer agricultural show next month. Part of the events is local grass track championships

Dry grass is like ice on narrow tyres with no brakes

 

[CXRAndy]

It’s amazing what you can talk your body into isn’t it!

I couldn’t imagine doing long rides back to back (to back etc) under normal circumstances. But on cycling trips a lot of people find day 2 or 3 the hardest. And then your legs kind of start talking to you again after that.

Yep totally agree with that

 

[DCLane]

We might be going to our local summer agricultural show next month. Part of the events is local grass track championships

Dry grass is like ice on narrow tyres with no brakes

Knobbly tyres, or rather, the narrowest you can get away with that have some form of tread.

It's daft, slidey, fast track racing where you can sometimes end up unhurt in a bush

For info Tom Pidcock started out racing grasstrack at Roundhay in Leeds. And look where he is now ...

 

[JuhaL]

Well, I think you have all seen this one from me, descending to Port Valldemossa

Why on earth did you do that, don't you know that might hurt. Don't tell me that was a compassion fell over for Bob.

 

[CXRAndy]

Checking out my ride,
I was out sprinted yesterday by a rider who was subsequently DQ'd, but he peaked at over 14Watts/kg, to my paltry 9.9W/kg