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[CXRAndy]

I found an endurance event that split categories into high and low. It will, if adopted, give everyone a chance to be at the front of events. Nothing like a little bit of encouragement

 

[alex_cycles]

I found an endurance event that split categories into high and low. It will, if adopted, give everyone a chance to be at the front of events. Nothing like a little bit of encouragement

Talking of Endurance, I'm doing the Epic race at 1000 tomorrow (all one pen). Makuri 40 - so not as long as some endurance, but it should be about an hour or slightly over.

 

[CXRAndy]

I'll try and do a Z2 in the morning either an event or join Maria

 

[ColinJ]

My old 'purple splodge' TV for Zwift...

If I take the screen to bits I can clean the dust out and I have bought replacement backlights. The thing making me hesitate is that I would have to take out a very slim and delicate 40" LCD panel without damaging it, and then put it back again after changing the LED strips. There is a fair chance that I would wreck it!

I have replaced the light strips on a 42 inch LG TV and like you was a bit nervous about it, I followed the You Tube video and all went well, I put the TV face down on the kitchen table, you need plenty of space to place things as you remove them, I got the new strips from China, there are lots of different ones, so if you haven't got your replacements yet beware.

The problem will definitely get worse but it took about a year to get that bad so maybe I could get another 6-12 months use of the set before feeling compelled to have a go at sorting it out? I'll see how I feel after I get the Victory and have used it for a few weeks.

I have decided to do the repair now! That splodge would bother me!

I watched a new repair video this evening and reread @Venod's comment.

The first video that I watched had the repairman lift the big very delicate LCD panel out of its metalwork and lean it nearby on its edge against a wall. That is begging for trouble!

The repairman in this new video commented that doing that often ends in disaster! The secret, as Venod says, is to leave the screen face down on a good flat surface and lift everything else up and away from it.

I will come back later and tell you how I still managed to trash the set!

PS

I have now stopped for the night.

I finally got the set to pieces after spotting a couple of screws that I had initially missed. I definitely would not want to have removed the LCD panel rather than the rest of the TV!

I wiped away 75% of the dirt from the diffuser screen. The rest of the dark patches seem to have come from discolouration of the plastic itself so not much can be done there.

5 of the 8 spacer pillars which hold the diffuser in place cracked when I removed them to take the reflector off and gain access to the backlights. The backlights themselves were easy to replace at that point. Hopefully, that will be the purple splodge sorted out.

I can't find the superglue which I want to use to repair the cracked plastic pillars. I'll buy some tomorrow to sort those out. (I assume that superglue does stick brittle hard plastic?)

What I did find when looking for the missing superglue was the missing Samsung remote control!

I can't help thinking that this TV is not going to go back together easily or that something will have been damaged. I don't think that I would have a second go at fixing it. We'll see...

 

[ColinJ]

The forecast for Sunday here is awful so apart from trying to finish the TV repair, I was thinking of doing a test on the dumb turbo to see what my probably pitiful FTP is.

Once I have the TV working (or a replacement found!) I think I will start doing regular dumb turbo sessions while watching Zwift or YouTube chain gang videos.

I hope that the JetBlack Victory ends up being as good as the reviewers said because waiting 2+ months for delivery is a lot to stomach!

 

[13 rider]

The forecast for Sunday here is awful so apart from trying to finish the TV repair, I was thinking of doing a test on the dumb turbo to see what my probably pitiful FTP is.

Once I have the TV working (or a replacement found!) I think I will start doing regular dumb turbo sessions while watching Zwift or YouTube chain gang videos.

I hope that the JetBlack Victory ends up being as good as the reviewers said because waiting 2+ months for delivery is a lot to stomach!

I presume the dumb trainer is a wheel on trainer , if so it will probably give you an inaccurate result . The easy way to get an FTP reading on zwift is to do the route "oh hill no " , warning it's horrible no warm up straight up a 3km 10% hill but at the top it gives you a rough FTP

 

[Peter Salt]

I presume the dumb trainer is a wheel on trainer , if so it will probably give you an inaccurate result . The easy way to get an FTP reading on zwift is to do the route "oh hill no " , warning it's horrible no warm up straight up a 3km 10% hill but at the top it gives you a rough FTP

Been on Zwift for over 3 years and not once did an FTP test, everyone to their own but I think they're useless. Definitely agree going up a long enough hill (Grade is too short IMHO) or doing a Bologna TT is much better.

 

[13 rider]

Been on Zwift for over 3 years and not once did an FTP test, everyone to their own but I think they're useless. Definitely agree going up a long enough hill (Grade is too short IMHO) or doing a Bologna TT is much better.

It seems long enough to me 😂, Like you I have never done an FTP test it's just that going up the grade gives you an estimated FTP without intentionally doing an FTP test

 

[CXRAndy]

Been on Zwift for over 3 years and not once did an FTP test, everyone to their own but I think they're useless. Definitely agree going up a long enough hill (Grade is too short IMHO) or doing a Bologna TT is much better.

They're just a marker for ones own fitness. My best true FTP test was several years ago when I came back from Tenerife, and rode on Zwift up the Alpe. It was spot on one hours effort and gave me my most accurate FTP.

As they say, 'its been all down hill since '

 

[CXRAndy]

My endurance ride today. I intended doing 90 mins, but the wife took the dogs out to show friends. I was aiming for 100 mins, but as I neared the time 40 miles target loomed.

Then like Forest Gump, I just kept going

Not for too much longer- 2 hours 70km fasted

 

[ColinJ]

The dumb turbo is an old Tacx Satori wheel on type.

I haven't subscribed to Zwift yet so all I can do is watch. That is because I want an annual subscription but I will get 2 months free with the Victory, when it finally arrives. I will pay after the 2 months is up.

I am quite surprised that you aren't doing FTP tests. I thought that Zwift used the figure in its rider assessments.

I watched a few FTP tests on YouTube and I definitely will not be doing one properly... Seeing riders almost fainting or throwing up afterwards really put me off! That, and my fluttery heart beat after over-exertion.

I will do the best that I can at around 160 bpm. If my heart rhythm stays okay at that level then I might try and push it a few beats higher next time but not by much.

Distraction now though... My Combi boiler has just tripped out. I noticed that the pressure was getting low so it needs a top up. Nippy here today and this old house is not well-insulated - it needs to be back on ASAP!

 

[Norry1]

I haven't subscribed to Zwift yet so all I can do is watch. That is because I want an annual subscription but I will get 2 months free with the Victory, when it finally arrives. I will pay after the 2 months is up.

I am quite surprised that you aren't doing FTP tests. I thought that Zwift used the figure in its rider assessments.

I watched a few FTP tests on YouTube and I definitely will not be doing one properly... Seeing riders almost fainting or throwing up afterwards really put me off! That, and my fluttery heart beat after over-exertion.

I will do the best that I can at around 160 bpm. If my heart rhythm stays okay at that level then I might try and push it a few beats higher next time but not by much.

Distraction now though... My Combi boiler has just tripped out. I noticed that the pressure was getting low so it needs a top up. Nippy here today and this old house is not well-insulated - it needs to be back on ASAP!

What sort of ftp test are you planning?

 

[ColinJ]

What sort of ftp test are you planning?

It would probably have to be a 20 minute test.

I would be worried about pushing too hard on a ramp test, although that is the one that I would rather do.

I will see if I am okay doing 10-15 minutes at 160 bpm. If so, I would cautiously push harder for the remaining time.

I had a small amount of heart beat flutter after testing the power crankset so I know that I shouldn't risk riding too much harder than that for long periods.

I might get away with short, hard sprints. I will have to try them to find out!

 

[mjd1988]

The dumb turbo is an old Tacx Satori wheel on type.

I haven't subscribed to Zwift yet so all I can do is watch. That is because I want an annual subscription but I will get 2 months free with the Victory, when it finally arrives. I will pay after the 2 months is up.

I am quite surprised that you aren't doing FTP tests. I thought that Zwift used the figure in its rider assessments.

I watched a few FTP tests on YouTube and I definitely will not be doing one properly... Seeing riders almost fainting or throwing up afterwards really put me off! That, and my fluttery heart beat after over-exertion.

I will do the best that I can at around 160 bpm. If my heart rhythm stays okay at that level then I might try and push it a few beats higher next time but not by much.

Distraction now though... My Combi boiler has just tripped out. I noticed that the pressure was getting low so it needs a top up. Nippy here today and this old house is not well-insulated - it needs to be back on ASAP!

For anyone that's racing it will predict your FTP pretty well as long as you are putting in a few hard efforts here and there. It probably is worth doing a ramp if you are planning doing workouts that are going to be based on your FTP.

 

[Peter Salt]

The dumb turbo is an old Tacx Satori wheel on type.

I haven't subscribed to Zwift yet so all I can do is watch. That is because I want an annual subscription but I will get 2 months free with the Victory, when it finally arrives. I will pay after the 2 months is up.

I am quite surprised that you aren't doing FTP tests. I thought that Zwift used the figure in its rider assessments.

I watched a few FTP tests on YouTube and I definitely will not be doing one properly... Seeing riders almost fainting or throwing up afterwards really put me off! That, and my fluttery heart beat after over-exertion.

I will do the best that I can at around 160 bpm. If my heart rhythm stays okay at that level then I might try and push it a few beats higher next time but not by much.

Distraction now though... My Combi boiler has just tripped out. I noticed that the pressure was getting low so it needs a top up. Nippy here today and this old house is not well-insulated - it needs to be back on ASAP!

You don't need to do an FTP test for Zwift to update your FTP. It monitors all your rides so a hard effort in a race will increase your FTP.