Zwift Chat

[bridgy]

I'm emerald - 1690 points which is a controversial number in norn iron as well (emerald and orange)

I really enjoyed the one dirt series I did- it had about 70 riders and I was part of a winning ABR team - really well organised but I also dislike discord. I'd be up for it especially if we could be part of a team together. I see @Girafitti potentially would be in the same cat

@mjd1988 what day/time suits you best? Monday at 18:15 GMT or Tuesday at 19:15 GMT?

 

[bridgy]

LOL that's rather amusing. It's one of the reasons I chose DIRT because it doesn't use FaceBook for team admin. I hate FB with a passion.

Oh don't get me wrong - I hate Facebook too

 

[alex_cycles]

Oh don't get me wrong - I hate Facebook too

Good man

 

[bridgy]

Tuesday 7.15 your time?

Have to race the finals in April for ZRL. Will read up on this series

It's either Monday at 18:15 GMT (19:15 CET), or Tuesday at 19:15 GMT (20:15 CET)

 

[bridgy]

I don't think we're going to get enough riders from here to put a viable full team together, but I think we can probably get all of us who want to race to be in a team together and combine ourselves with other riders from a team via the DIRT Discord chat.

So I need a raise of hands for anyone willing to ride in either Emerald or Sapphire categories (or a combined category of those two), and if so, which timeslot you would prefer - Monday at 18:15 GMT or Tuesday at 19:15 GMT

 

[Girafitti]

I don't think we're going to get enough riders from here to put a viable full team together, but I think we can probably get all of us who want to race to be in a team together and combine ourselves with other riders from a team via the DIRT Discord chat.

So I need a raise of hands for anyone willing to ride in either Emerald or Sapphire categories (or a combined category of those two), and if so, which timeslot you would prefer - Monday at 18:15 GMT or Tuesday at 19:15 GMT

Prefer tuesday, Monday is a bit early with kids bed time

 

[mjd1988]

Prefer tuesday, Monday is a bit early with kids bed time

Yeah I'd agree - 715 Tuesday for the same reason

 

[HarryTheDog]

Did Stage 2 of the Zwift games, decided to stay with the Tron bike though I did notice most people didnt. ( I was considering my Felt AR and Zipp 808 wheels) 443 Cat c's so I considered 240 odd would be a fair position for me . I had read that there was going to be a aero helmet available after the Kom, I decided I was going to save that for emergencies or the final 500 metres.
Well I got into a big blob which turned out to be the 3rd finishing blob in the race at the end and I was hovering around the 130th to 170th place. I was suprised that I kept finding myself at the pointed end of the blob which went against my skive to survive motto.
Well in the 2nd half of the race we caught another blob and there were around 50 people in it now. I was suprised a lot of people used thier aero helmet early on. I saved mine for the last run for the line and made up 30 places in probably the last 100 metres.
Finished 143 out of 443 on Zwift ,99th out of 271 on Zwift power which I am chuffed to bits with.

 

[CXRAndy]

Did Stage 2 of the Zwift games, decided to stay with the Tron bike though I did notice most people didnt. ( I was considering my Felt AR and Zipp 808 wheels) 443 Cat c's so I considered 240 odd would be a fair position for me . I had read that there was going to be a aero helmet available after the Kom, I decided I was going to save that for emergencies or the final 500 metres.
Well I got into a big blob which turned out to be the 3rd finishing blob in the race at the end and I was hovering around the 130th to 170th place. I was suprised that I kept finding myself at the pointed end of the blob which went against my skive to survive motto.
Well in the 2nd half of the race we caught another blob and there were around 50 people in it now. I was suprised a lot of people used thier aero helmet early on. I saved mine for the last run for the line and made up 30 places in probably the last 100 metres.
Finished 143 out of 443 on Zwift ,99th out of 271 on Zwift power which I am chuffed to bits with.

I don't think it matter which bike, talk of neutralised bikes.

I cant understand Zwift events disabling steering though. Zwift pushed it as a great feature, which it is, adds an advantage on twisty course for sure.

 

[Legs]

Did Stage 2 of the Zwift games, decided to stay with the Tron bike though I did notice most people didnt. ( I was considering my Felt AR and Zipp 808 wheels) 443 Cat c's so I considered 240 odd would be a fair position for me . I had read that there was going to be a aero helmet available after the Kom, I decided I was going to save that for emergencies or the final 500 metres.
Well I got into a big blob which turned out to be the 3rd finishing blob in the race at the end and I was hovering around the 130th to 170th place. I was suprised that I kept finding myself at the pointed end of the blob which went against my skive to survive motto.
Well in the 2nd half of the race we caught another blob and there were around 50 people in it now. I was suprised a lot of people used thier aero helmet early on. I saved mine for the last run for the line and made up 30 places in probably the last 100 metres.
Finished 143 out of 443 on Zwift ,99th out of 271 on Zwift power which I am chuffed to bits with.

That’s a great result, well done Harry 👍

 

[13 rider]

Stage 2 zwift games done ,it was hard ,best 20 min power 3.2w/kg ,AVG power 230 normalised 231 so not a lot of rest , saw a familiar name at the start from Alex's Fridays races Steven Blommart so a bit of friendly rivalry. The race splintered on the climb I was in the first big group on the road but there were loads of little groups ahead . We caught a few on the downhill and Steven got back on ,then just hang on till the end picking a few up , A small group got a few secs on one of the kickers and we couldn't catch them sprinted for 54th place same time as Steven but 2 places behind him

 

[alex_cycles]

Stage 2 zwift games done ,it was hard ,best 20 min power 3.2w/kg ,AVG power 230 normalised 231 so not a lot of rest , saw a familiar name at the start from Alex's Fridays races Steven Blommart so a bit of friendly rivalry. The race splintered on the climb I was in the first big group on the road but there were loads of little groups ahead . We caught a few on the downhill and Steven got back on ,then just hang on till the end picking a few up , A small group got a few secs on one of the kickers and we couldn't catch them sprinted for 54th place same time as Steven but 2 places behind him

ISTR he's beaten me on a punchy climb on tired legs before now. Pretty good rider. Sounds like a good race.

 

[mjd1988]

Stage 2 zwift games done ,it was hard ,best 20 min power 3.2w/kg ,AVG power 230 normalised 231 so not a lot of rest , saw a familiar name at the start from Alex's Fridays races Steven Blommart so a bit of friendly rivalry. The race splintered on the climb I was in the first big group on the road but there were loads of little groups ahead . We caught a few on the downhill and Steven got back on ,then just hang on till the end picking a few up , A small group got a few secs on one of the kickers and we couldn't catch them sprinted for 54th place same time as Steven but 2 places behind him

I started the b race but didn't get a warm up and the course did for me early on. Jumped on a. Double draft mass start race. Endurance power total bobbins but flat course so held on and somehow managed first of the bs. Actually looking forward to building some base stamina when my kids learn how to sleep!

 

[HarryTheDog]

I don't think it matter which bike, talk of neutralised bikes.

I cant understand Zwift events disabling steering though. Zwift pushed it as a great feature, which it is, adds an advantage on twisty course for sure.

Hmm I have not see anything about neutralised bikes, I wont test it by riding on a MTB. Yes I have seen comments from people complaining they have paid good money for a feature then not allowed to use it in these races. I dont have it so not affected, considering getting it though.

 

[13 rider]

Hmm I have not see anything about neutralised bikes, I wont test it by riding on a MTB. Yes I have seen comments from people complaining they have paid good money for a feature then not allowed to use it in these races. I dont have it so not affected, considering getting it though.

Some people in my race were on buffalo bikes and mountain bikes , Bikes are neutralised in the pro races not sure about the community ones but the chat before the start suggests they are