Zwift Chat

[Norry1]

Did you get anywhere near this time ?

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/tadej-pogacar-smashes-the-strava-kom-on-the-coll-du-rates

My best was 20:36 last March - so I have a little catching up to do

 

[Peter Salt]

In the absence of ZRL, and now feeling a tat better, I think I may do the Cyclopathy thingy tomorrow, @alex_cycles. I think I can go in the B pen now?

Any other takers? Could be a little Tour de Splitters Christmas Special

 

[cyberknight]

im back on zwift over xmas , yea i know im using a dumb trainer but at least im getting a workout
I was 45 mins into yumi pacer group when the app crashed , ggrrrr ! . Managed to salvage 41 mins from activity in progress file to upload to strava , but is this saved on my zwift profile too ?

 

[alex_cycles]

In the absence of ZRL, and now feeling a tat better, I think I may do the Cyclopathy thingy tomorrow, @alex_cycles. I think I can go in the B pen now?

Any other takers? Could be a little Tour de Splitters Christmas Special

If Zwift will let you, you can, yes

 

[CXRAndy]

Pete at 573 will be in your category Alex 😁

 

[alex_cycles]

Pete at 573 will be in your category Alex 😁

I think Alex Silva might not be racing tomorrow, which, if true would mean I've won the league in 500-600 as long as I finish.

Surrey Hills I was hoping to beat him or at least not let him beat me by much (to hold onto GC too).

 

[Peter Salt]

I think Alex Silva might not be racing tomorrow, which, if true would mean I've won the league in 500-600 as long as I finish.

Surrey Hills I was hoping to beat him or at least not let him beat me by much (to hold onto GC too).

Need a domestique?

 

[alex_cycles]

Need a domestique?

Come and join. I'm going to ride it anyway. I think we'll have at least a couple of others. Usually a few late signups.

 

[mjd1988]

Might tentatively sign up. Haven't ridden in a while and still coughing a bit but definitely on the mend

 

[ColinJ]

Do you have the power meter on the bike which can run on the dumb trainer? If you do, you can get realistic speed figures from Zwift

No, it is on my 6-speed road bike. I don't really want to be carting that up and down a steep, narrow staircase.

I could probably use it with the dumb turbo downstairs with my phone but don't really fancy that. (Hmm... I could bring the TV and Apple TV box downstairs, but that would add clutter to clutter!!)

Is two months wait worth it to you?

It is a pain but I am committed to it now. I think that I will be very happy with my setup once I am eventually up and running.

TP Virtual gives you almost unlimited virtual gears - and you only need a keyboard

Interesting - I will investigate that - thanks! If a free account allows trial of TP Virtual until March that could be very interesting.

My best was 20:36 last March - so I have a little catching up to do

Wow, that sounds pretty good! I hate to think how slow I was when I last climbed it, or how much slower I would be now!

As for FTP...

I have been watching how deep YouTube riders are digging on their FTP ramp tests. There is no way that I could risk those last couple of steps! If I do a ramp test I will bail out a little early and derive a 'safe FTP' from that.

What I will probably do though is to do a 20 minute effort and find a level which is hard for me but does not feel risky.

I had intended to do 20 minutes up the long Cragg Vale climb today to come up with a power figure but the weather was unpleasant so I opted for the Burnley Rd instead. There is a 6 km drag up from Todmorden at around 1.5% to traffic lights over a narrow railway bridge. I thought that would do but I ended up getting there in 16 minutes to a red light! I think that I could have sustained that level for another 4 minutes but I will check on the turbo tomorrow afternoon.

I think the 'safe FTP' is going to be only around 2.4 W/kg, which is a bit disappointing, though not really a surprise. Pre-clots I could really push myself and all that happened was that I got really out of breath, with a quick recovery to follow.

Whatever the numbers turn out to be, I will try to get to a level where I could at least hang on in a slow Zwift race. I could a 2.4 FTP up to 2.6 just by getting down to my target weight.

I am off to YouTube now to check out Training Peaks videos!

 

[mjd1988]

No one else in the c cat at the minute. Normally I'd race up a cat but maybe a nice slow ride would be a good idea

Edit; unless I can domestique

 

[Peter Salt]

No one else in the c cat at the minute. Normally I'd race up a cat but maybe a nice slow ride would be a good idea

Edit; unless I can domestique

Are all pens visible now?

I'm off work and woke up at a reasonable time so signed up to the 10:50 edition too.

Wanted to do a shorter race today anyway, but probably won't have the time in the evening - so it's a perfect fit.

 

[alex_cycles]

Are all pens visible now?

I'm off work and woke up at a reasonable time so signed up to the 10:50 edition too.

Wanted to do a shorter race today anyway, but probably won't have the time in the evening - so it's a perfect fit.

No he needs to join us in B really. Can race me at the back. there's a Japanese guy with 4.4 for 20 Peter so you might have someone to tussle with We usually get a few from Japan or China with crazy high climby w/kg

Us mortals just let them go, usually (as if we had a choice)

 

[mjd1988]

Ah damn I thought it was all cats visible. Will jump in with you guys if no one else signs up in this one then. Just properly looking at profile as well 🫨

 

[mjd1988]

Okay glad I wasn't visible and I would not have been domestiquing anyone 😂, still, good to be back on the bike after a couple of weeks