Zwift Chat

[Brusgaard]

View attachment 717415 I don't have a feel for it.Do you think any of these are real people?

2-4 at most - including you. And that is because some of the English names are on UK/American riders. Most likely however, it is just coincidence.

if you want to avoid the bots, find the rides/races marked wth ”No bots” on the indieVelo Hub.

 

[JuhaL]

Those bots names reminds quite a lot Indian scammers fake names.

 

[Legs]

What’s even more improbable, though, is the way you got back into the race after being way off the back at halfway - there were 9 ahead, and they just completely sat up and let you catch back up.

 

[alex_cycles]

What’s even more improbable, though, is the way you got back into the race after being way off the back at halfway - there were 9 ahead, and they just completely sat up and let you catch back up.

Yeah - poor bots were getting tired

There must have been at least four humans as in the results list 3 of them are on teams.

 

[mjd1988]

3 vélodromes with video.

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Having done a bit of research people have been asking for a velodrome for years on zwift but the issue seems to be there would be overcrowding and Eric min doesn't seem keen. Suppose they've never really targeted racers. Don't see why it couldn't be an event only with capped numbers though. Would be amazing for ZRL

 

[Brusgaard]

Yeah - poor bots were getting tired

There must have been at least four humans as in the results list 3 of them are on teams.

How do you know? I have seen riders with something like Xxxx Yyyy - FRMX, which would indicate member of the FRMX team (made up team name by me). Maybe it mixes both names of real riders and a list of international names?

It reminds me of a “free lotto” game you could play online years ago. Each week they announced the winners by name. I never won, but suddenly an American woman named “Caroline Brusgaard” won. By then I was pretty sure it was a scam, as the chance of an American woman with that surname was unlikely and even more unlikely she would win in the same lotto game.
I do have a relative who moved to the US like 80 years ago or so, who MIGHT have had some (grand)children but still…

 

[alex_cycles]

How do you know? I have seen riders with something like Xxxx Yyyy - FRMX, which would indicate member of the FRMX team (made up team name by me). Maybe it mixes both names of real riders and a list of international names?

It reminds me of a “free lotto” game you could play online years ago. Each week they announced the winners by name. I never won, but suddenly an American woman named “Caroline Brusgaard” won. By then I was pretty sure it was a scam, as the chance of an American woman with that surname was unlikely and even more unlikely she would win in the same lotto game.
I do have a relative who moved to the US like 80 years ago or so, who MIGHT have had some (grand)children but still…

Well I don't know for sure, but I'd be really surprised if IndieVelo allowed people to put bots in their teams...

 

[Brusgaard]

Well I don't know for sure, but I'd be really surprised if IndieVelo allowed people to put bots in their teams...

Chrystal Mcintyre doesn’t sound very German to me, or Austin as a surname in Brazil. But of course it IS possible, just unlikely.

Just as likely as they all have a heartrate.

 

[JuhaL]

Chrystal Mcintyre doesn’t sound very German to me, or Austin as a surname in Brazil. But of course it IS possible, just unlikely.

and Alex Moore and Lorie Davidson. Very traditional Finnish names. Unless if they aren't immigrants and had Finlands nationality.

 

[Brusgaard]

and Alex Moore and Lorie Davidson. Very traditional Finnish names. Unless if they aren't immigrants and had Finlands nationality.

I was only referring to the team riders. The others are obvious botnames.

 

[IrishAl]

I hope everyone’s holidays have gone well.
Reading Juha and cyberknights shift experiences brings it back home when I’ve been enjoying a week off. I’ve always worked in industries that involved colleagues working shifts. I’ve only done a handful of shifts myself although I regularly did double shift overtime even a couple of 24hr sessions. Not fun come the end of the shift and certainly the drive home wasn’t pleasant.

Back to more ‘enjoyable’ stuff and I’ve 27km to finish the festive 500
Weather here has been rotten - mostly wet (today was awful) and very windy.
- 180km on Zwift over 3 rides; Bambino fondo today which I treated as a race with the others pushing the pace which made the time go by faster.
- 263km outdoors over 2 rides - one a metric century and other imperial century. I plan on finishing the 500 outdoors tomorrow regardless of the weather. I think I’ll get the mountain bike out.

Once this is done I’ll be back to my training plan and only 16 days to a week and half in Tenerife 🤩 if I get rain and wind there I’ll cry 😭

 

[CXRAndy]

Congratulations Al on your pending festive 500

Are you doing an organised tour in Tenerife or going solo?

 

[Norry1]

I hope everyone’s holidays have gone well.
Reading Juha and cyberknights shift experiences brings it back home when I’ve been enjoying a week off. I’ve always worked in industries that involved colleagues working shifts. I’ve only done a handful of shifts myself although I regularly did double shift overtime even a couple of 24hr sessions. Not fun come the end of the shift and certainly the drive home wasn’t pleasant.

Back to more ‘enjoyable’ stuff and I’ve 27km to finish the festive 500
Weather here has been rotten - mostly wet (today was awful) and very windy.
- 180km on Zwift over 3 rides; Bambino fondo today which I treated as a race with the others pushing the pace which made the time go by faster.
- 263km outdoors over 2 rides - one a metric century and other imperial century. I plan on finishing the 500 outdoors tomorrow regardless of the weather. I think I’ll get the mountain bike out.

Once this is done I’ll be back to my training plan and only 16 days to a week and half in Tenerife 🤩 if I get rain and wind there I’ll cry 😭

Great work Al

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Did a banded ride today. Slow going on the flat and down hill, but blimey uphill was great, did ADZ in 65 minutes, I think the best I've done it solo is 79 minutes.... goes off and checks, 74 minutes best time.

 

[bobinski]

So my plantar fasciitis has come back pretty bad. Can barely walk. No obvious reason either. Not a fun way to end 2023. Feeling old and decrepit 😂 Still, managed to ride 400 km of the R500. Was going to do another 100km this afternoon but a lie down on the sofa beckoned instead.

An early Happy New Year to all of you. Here’s to lots of miles virtual and otherwise in 2024 👍