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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I can feel your anticipation from here. Some of our club guys did the Fred Whitton on Sunday. Jammy gits got the best weather day in amongst all the rain. Hope you get the same.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Sounds lovely. Don't stress to much - you've got enough fitness to do the distance twice.
Good luck Andy ,may your domestiques be fast and willing
Weather definitely looking better than it was ,I'm hoping for one more outdoor ride before mine as well on Saturday ,but woke this morning with a bit of a sore throat so keeping fingers crossed that it doesn't move into anything else
Tim (Ketty) did that too - it was great weather for such a hilly ride!
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I saw that. Was really envious - especially after my ride the day before, with headwind and rain from 120km onwards
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
If it ain't rainin', it ain't trainin'...Was really envious - especially after my ride the day before, with headwind and rain from 120km onwards
If the weather looks crap on Saturday I'll be in the bar of the hotel😁
mjd1988
Guru
Are you still doing the dirt series @alex_cycles ?
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Yes we had race 4 today. 2 laps of Chain Chomper. It was brutal (52 minutes at 95% intensity). I blew up having spent my weebles and near HRmax half way up Temple on lap 1. But the team was strong and we got 2nd today and our competitors are making it hard for each other. We started with a 1 league point lead today and now somehow have a 3-point lead going into the final "double-header" week. (2 laps of Champs Elysees then an iTT fnishing up the Volcano next week).
View: https://youtu.be/KgwU-JaWxMU
mjd1988
Guru
Chain chomper is a horrid course, did well to hold on the first climb until the dirt
mjd1988
Guru
Interesting perspective from Facebook about the advantages of steering in races - I know. Few people got the steerer at the start but didn't realise it was used in racing
"My First Race with Steering Wheels (Cheating Wheels)
Ok, I am going to break down why the steering wheel is a massive cheat and pay to win. It is a huge disadvantage for those that don't have it.
- The distance traveled is less than my competitors. By the final sprint, my distance traveled was 15.0km, everyone I was with had done 15.2km, so I did 100-200 less KM than them. (look at the photo)
- The watts saved are greater than my competitors. By doing less distance and I am able to stay in draft, it also means I am doing less watts. And if it means 2 riders that are equal, the one that does less watts won't get upgraded as soon as the other one. In a way this is a sandbagging tool. It allows me to compete using less watts. Every lap before the finish banner, by taking the far left lane on the turn I am able to cut 15-20 positions moving up the pack. This yo-yo effect in the pack lets me use less watts.
- It is the final super sprint tool. If you are strong enough to be the 1st rider in the final sprint, you don't want people to get your draft. Take the far left or right lane and now you get to head into the final sprint and rider #2 doesn't get your draft.
- You add this with the new Burrito Effect + Sauce, I can steer out of the Burrito Effect. You hit me with Burrito? I go right to you, put in a few watts, get in front of you then drop my burrito. SMELL MY FART! .
Downside:
- It is one more distraction: Yes you need to pay attention and finally look up the field to see if it is a right or left turn.
- It is one more device that can fail you in the race.
- You can make mistakes, I made a few in the race. Going too far to the right or left and was out of draft.
- People are going to say you won with steering and not skills.
- It isn't watts free to use. You actually need some power to steer it.
Video link to the race with steering.
Photo with distance I did vs everyone else. 100-200m difference.
Final take away, it's actually pretty damn fun. And makes racing more interesting. I say go buy it.
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/0WhfVw6Kwrw?feature=share
"
"My First Race with Steering Wheels (Cheating Wheels)
Ok, I am going to break down why the steering wheel is a massive cheat and pay to win. It is a huge disadvantage for those that don't have it.
- The distance traveled is less than my competitors. By the final sprint, my distance traveled was 15.0km, everyone I was with had done 15.2km, so I did 100-200 less KM than them. (look at the photo)
- The watts saved are greater than my competitors. By doing less distance and I am able to stay in draft, it also means I am doing less watts. And if it means 2 riders that are equal, the one that does less watts won't get upgraded as soon as the other one. In a way this is a sandbagging tool. It allows me to compete using less watts. Every lap before the finish banner, by taking the far left lane on the turn I am able to cut 15-20 positions moving up the pack. This yo-yo effect in the pack lets me use less watts.
- It is the final super sprint tool. If you are strong enough to be the 1st rider in the final sprint, you don't want people to get your draft. Take the far left or right lane and now you get to head into the final sprint and rider #2 doesn't get your draft.
- You add this with the new Burrito Effect + Sauce, I can steer out of the Burrito Effect. You hit me with Burrito? I go right to you, put in a few watts, get in front of you then drop my burrito. SMELL MY FART! .
Downside:
- It is one more distraction: Yes you need to pay attention and finally look up the field to see if it is a right or left turn.
- It is one more device that can fail you in the race.
- You can make mistakes, I made a few in the race. Going too far to the right or left and was out of draft.
- People are going to say you won with steering and not skills.
- It isn't watts free to use. You actually need some power to steer it.
Video link to the race with steering.
Photo with distance I did vs everyone else. 100-200m difference.
Final take away, it's actually pretty damn fun. And makes racing more interesting. I say go buy it.
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/0WhfVw6Kwrw?feature=share
"
Brusgaard
Über Guru
- Location
- Skive, Denmark
Found the Sterzo SMART on sale for £35 and ordered one… Bit much, but still cheaper than the Wahoo thingy.
mjd1988
Guru
That's a great price. Hoping they eventually use the steering buttons on the neobike....do they work on the atom kickr or stages?
