On my wattbike my towel covers my handle bars too, so I have the towel underneath my hands for sweat.
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On my wattbike my towel covers my handle bars too, so I have the towel underneath my hands for sweat.
Quiet day today for me. Will be 4 years on the 27th that Rach died ... can't believe it's been 4 years now, seems like only yesterday. Not an easy time of year so trying to relax. gf is visiting tomorrow evening and staying until new year, so i'm sure she'll distract me and we'll do some nice stuff.
Hope you're all having nice holiday break with family and friends.
Hope you're all having nice holiday break with family and friends.
I'm riding this afternoon some point, just a gentle spin. Got a few Zwifty/ cycling type Christmas presents. Walked dogs and been around farm with tractor putting out 150kg bird seed for little feathery friends whilst weather is dry and still.
Merry Christmas everyone
Merry Christmas everyone
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
13 miles around richmond course with yumi , that was hard work !
Merry Xmas everybody - hope I'm still allowed on this thread even though I'm not Zwifting.
Nearly jumped on the turbo for a quick Elimination Race this morning - but decided to give it a miss. Lurgy finally seems to be going so I plan to hit 2025 HARD💪
Well, back earlier than expected from Brum where we took Wendy's parents out for Xmas dinner at a pub there. Gonna jump on the turbo shortly - so if anyone fancies a 15 minute Elimination Race - I'm about to set one up for 16:40 on TPV
edit: here is the link https://tpvirtualhub.com/23210/signup
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Well, back earlier than expected from Brum where we took Wendy's parents out for Xmas dinner at a pub there. Gonna jump on the turbo shortly - so if anyone fancies a 15 minute Elimination Race - I'm about to set one up for 16:40 on TPV
edit: here is the link https://tpvirtualhub.com/23210/signup
Only just seen this else I'd have joined you .... how'd it go?
Randyberlin
Guru
- Location
- Sitka, Alaska
I tried to join from the app but didn’t see your event. Next time I’ll follow the link.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Hope you all had a great day. Had a day of overindulgence, so the good stuff is going to start on Friday when I get home from the in-laws’.
Went out to parkrun in Hull this morning (Jo was setting another PB) which has inspired me to renew my efforts to crack a sub-17 5k next year.
Went out to parkrun in Hull this morning (Jo was setting another PB) which has inspired me to renew my efforts to crack a sub-17 5k next year.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I bought all but one of the cycling things for myself!
That one gift was my heart rate monitor and I chose that so I already knew how much it cost.
I only nipped down the A646 to Hebden Bridge and back today. That was devoid of heavy vehicles and there were far fewer cars than usual. Not entirely surprising given that it is Christmas Day, and not at all surprising given that the road is closed on the fringes of HB!
A culvert had collapsed, which led to a sewer collapsing, which led to the road surface collapsing!! It then turned out that was a second undocumented sewer pipe under the road.
It is a complex repair job. The road has been closed for nearly 2 weeks already and is unlikely to reopen before at the second week of the new year. It is a nuisance for drivers but at least I can get by on my bike on a short stretch of the pavement.
I will be doing the same little ride tomorrow so I can join friends for a stroll to a pub for a Boxing Day meal.
I have made my virtual riding decision! Once I finish this week's road rides I will clean my 6 speed bike and take it upstairs to use with TPV free of charge (on my dumb turbo trainer) until my JetBlack Victory arrives.
At that point I will use my coupon to sign up to Zwift for my 2 free months subscription and switch to the singlespeed turbo bike.
When the 2 months is up I will decide whether to take out an annual sub to Zwift, TPV, or both!
I bought all but one of the cycling things for myself!
That one gift was my heart rate monitor and I chose that so I already knew how much it cost.
I only nipped down the A646 to Hebden Bridge and back today. That was devoid of heavy vehicles and there were far fewer cars than usual. Not entirely surprising given that it is Christmas Day, and not at all surprising given that the road is closed on the fringes of HB!
A culvert had collapsed, which led to a sewer collapsing, which led to the road surface collapsing!! It then turned out that was a second undocumented sewer pipe under the road.
It is a complex repair job. The road has been closed for nearly 2 weeks already and is unlikely to reopen before at the second week of the new year. It is a nuisance for drivers but at least I can get by on my bike on a short stretch of the pavement.
I will be doing the same little ride tomorrow so I can join friends for a stroll to a pub for a Boxing Day meal.
I have made my virtual riding decision! Once I finish this week's road rides I will clean my 6 speed bike and take it upstairs to use with TPV free of charge (on my dumb turbo trainer) until my JetBlack Victory arrives.
At that point I will use my coupon to sign up to Zwift for my 2 free months subscription and switch to the singlespeed turbo bike.
When the 2 months is up I will decide whether to take out an annual sub to Zwift, TPV, or both!
Sounds like a plan.
Found you on TPV and have Followed you (stalker)
Well, bit of a cockup. I warmed up and joined the race but as it was about to start, I dropped my chain so had to drop out. I set up another race (which had to be 40 minutes later) but set it up wrong so it was a Scratch Race not an Elimination race. Came 8th of 15 (all bots I think apart from me).
@Randyberlin I think the Events screen defaults to popular events. Think you'd have found it if you clicked on races. Next time
Still, I got a decent workout.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
The one thing I don’t really like about racing on TPV is that the results in the contests against bots feel a bit arbitrary. Since the bots’ capabilities are rather artificially tailored to be close to yours, I’ve never felt such an accomplishment on finishing a TPV/IndieVelo race as when you race against real people on Zwift (even regarding all the necessary caveats about Zwift realism, differ trainers, and cheating).
TPV needs real people to gain traction.
There were 7500 saddos like me, on Christmas day trundling around Zwift, lots of USA/Canada riders seen as I was on late afternoon. 
Having rolled off the settee after Christmas dinner, trying to make 150W was a burping struggle, did me good though
There were 7500 saddos like me,
on Christmas day trundling around Zwift, lots of USA/Canada riders seen as I was on late afternoon. Having rolled off the settee after Christmas dinner, trying to make 150W was a burping struggle, did me good though
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
TPV needs real people to gain traction.
There were 7500 saddos like me,
Having rolled off the settee after Christmas dinner, trying to make 150W was a burping struggle, did me good though
I'm trying to "normalise" burping while Zwifting on my streams
