Zwift Chat

[CXRAndy]

Surely Bob, you've got more to say ?

Join in a bit more 🤘

 

[Brusgaard]

Surely Bob, you've got more to say ?

Join in a bit more 🤘

I vaguely remember something about a bad knee or a road side crash - let's talk about it!

 

[Whorty]

I vaguely remember something about a bad knee or a road side crash - let's talk about it!

Not quite a crash, more a gentle topple onto the grass verge Was the first time all day I'd overtaken him
I don't recall his bad knee .... did he ever mention it here on the forum?

 

[CXRAndy]

I vaguely remember something about a bad knee or a road side crash - let's talk about it!

Affectionately became known as the 'Bob'.

 

[Brusgaard]

Not quite a crash, more a gentle topple onto the grass verge Was the first time all day I'd overtaken him
I don't recall his bad knee .... did he ever mention it here on the forum?

In the “CycleChat Big Book of Excuses”, any unintentional body contact with ground surface is defined as “a crash”.

 

[Whorty]

In the “CycleChat Big Book of Excuses”, any unintentional body contact with ground surface is defined as “a crash”.

We did have quite a few excuses in the old days

 

[Peter Salt]

Very jealous of all the activity. Our house has been hit with flu quite badly. Upshot is I'm below my racing weight in December which is unheard of. Mind you no power in legs to get upstairs let alone a climb.

Anyone for else got the lurgey?

Yeeeah. Last race was ZRL Tuesday before last where I was already feeling a bit ill. Then only rode two pootles on Saturday and Sunday.

Hoping to feel good enough tomorrow to do some kind of workout and follow that up with a bit of Z2 over the weekend.

If that work, maybe a race on Tuesday but not too long. Or two shorter ones?

 

[ColinJ]

I had a used power meter crankset put on one of my road bikes today. The last one I tried was bought on ebay and it didn't work. (Advertised as faulty but I thought I might be able to sort it out. Now it isn't on the bike I might have another look at it once I have caught up with my other jobs.)

This replacement crankset was donated by my cousin when he upgraded, so it should work. I'll go and see if I can get it to link to my Elemnt Bolt...

Power meter now working, after some problems!

I will do repeated efforts on the turbo trainer and on one of my little local ramps to get a feel for different heart rates and powers. That should let me come up with my ideal training zones.

 

[ColinJ]

I just tried my dumb turbo trainer with its old static front wheel riser replaced by my new JetBlack smart turn block. I don't know how I will feel about steering in Zwift, but I find that being able to turn the handlebar feels so much more natural than having the front wheel of the bike fixed pointing dead ahead.

If the tennis ball-powered rocker feet make that much difference at the back end of the bike then I will be very pleased.

 

[CXRAndy]

Had a good race this morning -Volcano loop CCW 3 laps. Wasn't a huge turnout 17 riders. From the start a rider shot off the front. I checked him out, he had a RS 464. We let the young lad, 20yr, get on with it solo. The rest of us marked each other, a couple of the strong riders making surges to break the pack. I went with each attack, not full gas, enough to gently bridge across.

Final lap saw us down to down to 4-5 riders in lead group. Attacks started on the ramp, I followed, then those behind attacked too. Sprint finish to the end,legs buckling under sprinting. 4th Zwift including 20yr old ringer. ZP filtered all those promoted out of category I took a pleasing silver 🥈

The young rider who won, dropped from 464 to 359. With average 3.9Wkg. He will go much faster if pushed in a competitive event.

Link starts when attacking begins



View: https://youtu.be/3O1BQSiRpPU?t=1660

 

[CXRAndy]

Ha, everyone around me down to 5th will be promoted out of the division

 

[alex_cycles]

Ha, everyone around me down to 5th will be promoted out of the division

It should be illegal to race before 9.

Had a look at your result on Sauce. It's frustrating now that ZP is not the source of truth. So many people in ZHQ races not in ZP. Only 9/15 on ZP

 

[Norry1]

Very jealous of all the activity. Our house has been hit with flu quite badly. Upshot is I'm below my racing weight in December which is unheard of. Mind you no power in legs to get upstairs let alone a climb.

Anyone for else got the lurgey?

Yep, me and the good lady. Hanging around too long now.

 

[Whorty]

Had a good race this morning -Volcano loop CCW 3 laps. Wasn't a huge turnout 17 riders. From the start a rider shot off the front. I checked him out, he had a RS 464. We let the young lad, 20yr, get on with it solo. The rest of us marked each other, a couple of the strong riders making surges to break the pack. I went with each attack, not full gas, enough to gently bridge across.

Final lap saw us down to down to 4-5 riders in lead group. Attacks started on the ramp, I followed, then those behind attacked too. Sprint finish to the end,legs buckling under sprinting. 4th Zwift including 20yr old ringer. ZP filtered all those promoted out of category I took a pleasing silver 🥈

The young rider who won, dropped from 464 to 359. With average 3.9Wkg. He will go much faster if pushed in a competitive event.

Link starts when attacking begins



View: https://youtu.be/3O1BQSiRpPU?t=1660

How did the 20 year olds ZRS drop so much if he was at the front of the race? I really don't get ZRS

 

[alex_cycles]

How did the 20 year olds ZRS drop so much if he was at the front of the race? I really don't get ZRS

Perhaps I wasn't unsubtle enough with my posting of the results? It shows that the winner's score went up. He also reached a new floor due to his 5m power.

I can't explain the discrepancy as that guy is not on ZP so I can't look at his race history, but if it was his first race after one of the recent resets that might explain it.