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usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
@Peter Salt , do you ride with a low TD to achieve that steadiness?
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Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I fiddle with the gears to always have a cadence of around 90-95. That probably helps - but quite honestly I don't know as that's just how I always ridden - since day 1.
Another zwift hill climb club ride on Casse Patte with just the petite Kom counting I think ,3 C,s on the start line ,1 chose to ride with the B riders to the climb while me and the other C pootled round at 2w/kg , Did have a small go at the aquaduct as no one seemed completely certain wether it counted , regrouped on the descent with the other C and a couple of D,s . The other C attacked 1km from the bottom of the climb ! So I let him go and I had a carrot to chase but caught within 800 Mts , despite being 40 secs off my pr it has enough to be the fastest C hence the 🏆 on zwift power the other 2 C,s don't appear on zwift power but the 1 in front was only 10 sec ahead at the top despite starting nearly a minute up .
Miscalculation on my part has left me 80 vertical meters off the Tron !
Miscalculation on my part has left me 80 vertical meters off the Tron !
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steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Did my first proper Zwift race in over six months tonight - I'm not including the ZRL B event where I spent 99% of it off the back or any iTT's in that count however. Two laps of Two Bridges - lost the lead pack as early as the Esses, but stayed with a group of five for most of the rest of the course, including up the hill surprisingly (although had a feather power-up to thank for that on lap 2). 35th of 48 over the line, 25th of 30 on ZwiftPower. Still likely to be back in D in six days time when my July results go past 90 days old.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I'll be back onto Zwift shortly as I've sold my old Elite Zumo and have son no. 2's Kickr v3. The Raleigh SP Race I use on the turbo (repaired frame, worn fork) is (hopefully) being kit-swapped to a Merida Scultura frameset I won on eBay a few days ago for £10.50 and am collecting tomorrow evening.
On another Zwift-related note son no. 2 raced the Zwift elite Grand Prix this evening for the Irish team Primor RWB, coming 35th out of 80 starters, losing the pack whilst at 24mph on a 10% climb. He described it as 'brutal' but will be back next week for more.
On another Zwift-related note son no. 2 raced the Zwift elite Grand Prix this evening for the Irish team Primor RWB, coming 35th out of 80 starters, losing the pack whilst at 24mph on a 10% climb. He described it as 'brutal' but will be back next week for more.
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
I was going to go for a 30 odd mile ride on Zwift last night but everything conspired against me.
First thing was Zwift upgraded itself, I instantly thought oh no, bet something goes wrong. Well first thing it would not connect to my HRM, but neither would my garmin. Jump of trainer rummage for a battery, replace battery. HRM now working.
Start on ride then Zwift lost connection to Trainer and HRM, Garmin still picking both up. Restarted PC tried again, and again. Wiped Zwift off the PC and re-installed, of course it started then upgraded again , then same problem 2 minutes in lost connection to everything. Never happened before with the months I have been using Zwift.
To prove it was Zwift and not my computer signed up for free trial on Rouvy and downloaded that, faffed around with it and started their tutorial. Well seemed Rouvy was stable but I seemed to be missing a shed load of power seemed to register 50% of watts. One thing I did notice with Rouvy that gear ratio wise it matched my real cycling experience more than Zwift, ie on Zwift I never spin out going down a massive hill at 50 mph, on Rouvy I did spin out at 40mph. ( I did like the draft assist meter as well)
Anyway I had wasted probably 2 hours farting about with software downloads , restarting Pc, changing batteries I could not be arsed determining why Rouvy paired with my Zwift hub trainer didnt seem to show correct power ( my garmin did) . So I gave up.
Doing stuff with the missus tomorrow night, she is working Saturday so I can have a good investigaton on the weekend and maybe open a ticket with Zwift support on the connection issue.
First thing was Zwift upgraded itself, I instantly thought oh no, bet something goes wrong. Well first thing it would not connect to my HRM, but neither would my garmin. Jump of trainer rummage for a battery, replace battery. HRM now working.
Start on ride then Zwift lost connection to Trainer and HRM, Garmin still picking both up. Restarted PC tried again, and again. Wiped Zwift off the PC and re-installed, of course it started then upgraded again , then same problem 2 minutes in lost connection to everything. Never happened before with the months I have been using Zwift.
To prove it was Zwift and not my computer signed up for free trial on Rouvy and downloaded that, faffed around with it and started their tutorial. Well seemed Rouvy was stable but I seemed to be missing a shed load of power seemed to register 50% of watts. One thing I did notice with Rouvy that gear ratio wise it matched my real cycling experience more than Zwift, ie on Zwift I never spin out going down a massive hill at 50 mph, on Rouvy I did spin out at 40mph. ( I did like the draft assist meter as well)
Anyway I had wasted probably 2 hours farting about with software downloads , restarting Pc, changing batteries I could not be arsed determining why Rouvy paired with my Zwift hub trainer didnt seem to show correct power ( my garmin did) . So I gave up.
Doing stuff with the missus tomorrow night, she is working Saturday so I can have a good investigaton on the weekend and maybe open a ticket with Zwift support on the connection issue.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
If you don't mind a teetotaller joining your ranks, then I'm up for that!Welcome to the Draft Bitters!!
Although it would be my luck that by the time the next season rolls around I'll probably have lost some weight or got some form back, which'd put me just over the C/D borderline again, but we'll see.
There is a lot of Zwift expertise on this thread, so I hope you don't mind me interrupting your racing talk with a question.
I have just sold a bike so have a bit of spare cash, so my question is, what is your opinion of the play controllers ? are they worth it or just a nice gimmick ?
I have just sold a bike so have a bit of spare cash, so my question is, what is your opinion of the play controllers ? are they worth it or just a nice gimmick ?
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Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Don't have them personally, but some of the guys here do and will be able to give a more informed opinion.
For me, it's a gadget. I definitely don't see people having a competitive advantage with steering in races. I can see how having buttons (e.g. for navigation) on the handlebars is convenient but the controllers don't look like good value for money.
I see on iOS that Zwift have made changing views more of a pain than it ever was. I wonder if this was done to encourage people towards the controllers?
Aleman
Knees are FUBAR but I don't like to mention it
- Location
- Blackpool UK
Must admit, I am thinking of getting some ... If only to stay in the draft when they are allowed
I have the play controllers. I really like the steering feature. You can do other functions without taking your hands off the bars. Navigating within Zwift too.
It all depends whether you like this kind of stuff. It's like some folk aren't interested in having a fully smart trainer over a basic turbo.
mjd1988
Guru
I don't have the play thing because I can steer anyway - if I couldn't I'd definitely ask Santa to bring them
