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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Probably signed up some time ago before increasing his ZRS? That loophole is getting fixed soon though. It will start checking your ZRS when you enter the pen and won't let you in if you're too high. Think that's kicking in for January.His ZRS was well over cat limits - not sure how he got into the pen. Not come across him before, but his results show he's a little naughty and doesn't race the correct cat
Pure sprinterShould have beat him in race 3 but I started my sprint too late and gave him too much of a head start. If i ever meet him again i'll just surf his wheel then blast him at the end
💯Sprinting is so much more fun than climbing
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Great advice - I'd do the same
Also switch to km gives you about 10% more XP
Do as many Tour of Watopia double XP rides as you can
Pure sprinter
He needed an excuse why I beat him
Looking back at the video, I hope the irony is not lost on him. His video is about when to drop the power up, yet he buggered it up in that first race. He dropped it when he was still in the pack and before he was up to speed - it had run own well before the line. Whereas I dropped mine as I came off the 2nd wheel thus maintaining my speed all the way to the line.
Maybe I could give him coaching lessons haha
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Do you get that anticipation in your stomach, kind of butterflies, as you approach the sprint? maybe 1.5km out my body just goes into overdrive and I have to hold myself from going too early. I know 500 metres out is ideal for me so I hope others go a little earlier and I can chase thme down and use their draft that final 100 metres.
Legs and lungs screaming, but knowing it's only for a few more seconds.
Love it.
mjd1988
Guru
Oh yeah especially when I know I can win and legs feel good. In the old B I'd usually be too tired hanging on to fully "prepare" but it was an easier approach, although there were plenty of 20min w/kg (and 5min w/kg) much higher than me
There were ghost powerups galore in this one so was fairly on edge, someone went early and then it's hard to hold back enough to still draft people rather than properly go for it, but thankfully it worked out and I got a perfect lead out and had a bit of a gap behind on the end. Hopefully a few more wins before promotion!
Found your guy on zwiftpower "DQ are like Street Cred" 😂
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
[As you can probably tell, I haven't got a trainer set up yet so I am spending a lot of time planning my pain, er, corner! ]
I was looking at the Kickr Climb and thought that it looked interesting. I would never buy one though because (1) They are very expensive, and (2) My (coming) trainer is not compatible.
Riding a level bike on short simulated climbs wouldn't bother me, but for long ones such as AdZ and Ventoux which could take me hours, it probably would.
I decided that I will make a wooden riser platform for the front wheel. My bike's wheelbase is 1 metre so a 10 cm riser would give the bike a tilt roughly equivalent to a 10% gradient.
I obviously wouldn't be putting the riser in or taking it out mid-ride. I would use it solely for those long timed uphill efforts.
Actually, maybe two risers which could be used separately or together? 5 cm and 8 cm would be able to simulate 5%, 8%, and 13%.
]I was looking at the Kickr Climb and thought that it looked interesting. I would never buy one though because (1) They are very expensive, and (2) My (coming) trainer is not compatible.
Riding a level bike on short simulated climbs wouldn't bother me, but for long ones such as AdZ and Ventoux which could take me hours, it probably would.
I decided that I will make a wooden riser platform for the front wheel. My bike's wheelbase is 1 metre so a 10 cm riser would give the bike a tilt roughly equivalent to a 10% gradient.
I obviously wouldn't be putting the riser in or taking it out mid-ride. I would use it solely for those long timed uphill efforts.
Actually, maybe two risers which could be used separately or together? 5 cm and 8 cm would be able to simulate 5%, 8%, and 13%.
[As you can probably tell, I haven't got a trainer set up yet so I am spending a lot of time planning my pain, er, corner!
I was looking at the Kickr Climb and thought that it looked interesting. I would never buy one though because (1) They are very expensive, and (2) My (coming) trainer is not compatible.
Riding a level bike on short simulated climbs wouldn't bother me, but for long ones such as AdZ and Ventoux which could take me hours, it probably would.
I decided that I will make a wooden riser platform for the front wheel. My bike's wheelbase is 1 metre so a 10 cm riser would give the bike a tilt roughly equivalent to a 10% gradient.
I obviously wouldn't be putting the riser in or taking it out mid-ride. I would use it solely for those long timed uphill efforts.
Actually, maybe two risers which could be used separately or together? 5 cm and 8 cm would be able to simulate 5%, 8%, and 13%.
If you're planning to go abroad for big mountains, then having the bike inclined helps with acclimatization (pun)' of the position
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I thought you were going for a breakaway 3 laps from the end
Nice one. We are at very similar level for sprint and TT now. Unfortunately I can't login to my TPv at the moment, but hopefully that's a temporary thing.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Actually that’s not true any more. Since September 2023 you get 32 XP per mile instead of the previous 30, so the difference between Metric and Imperial is only about 0.5% now.
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