Zwift Chat

[ColinJ]

I know very little about 3D printing but it does sound interesting!

I just picked up the feet. I am VERY impressed by how well they were printed! I thought that each pass of the printer would be way coarser than what I can see here...

The total weight of them is just over 1/2 kg so I guess that the plastic cost would have been £5-8. They are now selling for £40 so that could be quite a profitable little hobby business. Roughly how long would it take to print each one?

Back to the Ant+ question... In theory, my Galaxy Tab A (SM-T510) does support Ant+. Unfortunately, I don't think it supports TPV though because I can't see that on the Play Store using the tablet. (It does show up for my phone, but that doesn't do Ant+! )

I think I will just follow other riders round on TPV and use my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt to display power until my new trainer arrives.

 

[cyberknight]

Well the new drivers didnt fix it , managed 29 mins before it crashed .

 

[Norry1]

Well I just managed a good ride (race) on TP using my phone (SamsungS22) and it worked OK. It doesn't have Ant+ so I used the Neo 2T as power source but I hadn't realised my Coospo HR strap was only Ant+ so I didn't have HR.

It was a bit fiddly, mainly messaging, but not too bad.

The event was humans only and there were 42 of us. Not a race but I came 3rd

 

[CXRAndy]

The total weight of them is just over 1/2 kg so I guess that the plastic cost would have been £5-8. They are now selling for £40 so that could be quite a profitable little hobby business. Roughly how long would it take to print each one?

3-5 hours depending on print density and filament type. I'm going to try some PETG filament in Zwift Orange

 

[alex_cycles]

The event was humans only and there were 42 of us. Not a race but I came 3rd

It's always a race - just sometimes the others don't know

 

[ColinJ]

3-5 hours depending on print density and filament type. I'm going to try some PETG filament in Zwift Orange

Ah, well that definitely would be more of a hobby then... 12-20 hours to make about £30 profit. You wouldn't get rich doing that!

(A printer could be making thousands of pounds a year if kept running enough of the time though. That could make enough to pay for new bike every now and then and/or a couple of decent cycling holidays a year!)

 

[alex_cycles]

Ah, well that definitely would be more of a hobby then... 12-20 hours to make about £30 profit. You wouldn't get rich doing that!

(A printer could be making thousands of pounds a year if kept running enough of the time though. That could make enough to pay for new bike every now and then and/or a couple of decent cycling holidays a year!)

Best way to spoil a fun hobby - turning it into a business. I've done it at least twice Determined not to with cycling

 

[ColinJ]

Best way to spoil a fun hobby - turning it into a business. I've done it at least twice Determined not to with cycling

I started thinking about it but soon realised that slavishly feeding plastic to 3D printers, maintaining them, wrapping/despatching parcels, and handling enquiries/complaints did not appeal!

 

[steverob]

Joined Eric Min's ride to grab the PRL Full badge (the only one he has left to get apparently) today along with 600+ other riders, but I personally had no intention of actually doing the full ride. Stayed in Zone 2 while also trying to play a game on my Switch with varying degrees of success.

As the fastest group had already lapped me while I was still climbing Box Hill for the second time, I decided that on my third ascent I'd use the coffee break option to see if I could get a bit of a boost. Waited for a fast group to come by and hit the switch once they were half a second back. For a few moments I felt a little guilty about sandbagging (even though it was a group ride, not a race) only to see the the group was made up of about 15 riders and eight of them were also using the same mode I was! Obviously it only lasts for 3 minutes, but at the same time it did knock 2 minutes off my previous lap's time.

Ended up quitting at the bottom of the fourth ascent - having ridden for two hours and as I'm still suffering the lingering after effects of this cold / chest infection / whatever it was, I felt like I'd done enough for the day.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Joined Eric Min's ride to grab the PRL Full badge (the only one he has left to get apparently) today along with 600+ other riders, but I personally had no intention of actually doing the full ride. Stayed in Zone 2 while also trying to play a game on my Switch with varying degrees of success.

As the fastest group had already lapped me while I was still climbing Box Hill for the second time, I decided that on my third ascent I'd use the coffee break option to see if I could get a bit of a boost. Waited for a fast group to come by and hit the switch once they were half a second back. For a few moments I felt a little guilty about sandbagging (even though it was a group ride, not a race) only to see the the group was made up of about 15 riders and eight of them were also using the same mode I was! Obviously it only lasts for 3 minutes, but at the same time it did knock 2 minutes off my previous lap's time.

Ended up quitting at the bottom of the fourth ascent - having ridden for two hours and as I'm still suffering the lingering after effects of this cold / chest infection / whatever it was, I felt like I'd done enough for the day.

I saw that being promoted on Zwift Insider, they should have made it a banded ride. Full PRL is the worst badge in my opinion, but having 600 of you all together would have made it a lot easier for the weaker riders.

 

[mjd1988]

Did a race on the loopin' lava circuit, two laps up the volcano climb. Good distance for a race, 20min power much better so think I'm finally over the flu but still need to find a bit of form. Was happy to have a decent sprint at the end.

Was quite fun the second time up attacking loads on the climb knowing I'd probably get dropped. Small chance I could have held the group if I
paced it conservatory but much more interesting annoying the group who eventually did the second ascent faster than the first

 

[mjd1988]

Joined Eric Min's ride to grab the PRL Full badge (the only one he has left to get apparently) today along with 600+ other riders, but I personally had no intention of actually doing the full ride. Stayed in Zone 2 while also trying to play a game on my Switch with varying degrees of success.

As the fastest group had already lapped me while I was still climbing Box Hill for the second time, I decided that on my third ascent I'd use the coffee break option to see if I could get a bit of a boost. Waited for a fast group to come by and hit the switch once they were half a second back. For a few moments I felt a little guilty about sandbagging (even though it was a group ride, not a race) only to see the the group was made up of about 15 riders and eight of them were also using the same mode I was! Obviously it only lasts for 3 minutes, but at the same time it did knock 2 minutes off my previous lap's time.

Ended up quitting at the bottom of the fourth ascent - having ridden for two hours and as I'm still suffering the lingering after effects of this cold / chest infection / whatever it was, I felt like I'd done enough for the day.

Fair play. Maybe one day I'll collect some of the longer badges, I just never really feel the compulsion

 

[Legs]

I saw that being promoted on Zwift Insider, they should have made it a banded ride. Full PRL is the worst badge in my opinion, but having 600 of you all together would have made it a lot easier for the weaker riders.

Making it a banded ride would make it utterly pointless, wouldn’t it? It’s not supposed to be easy, FFS!

 

[Legs]

Fair play. Maybe one day I'll collect some of the longer badges, I just never really feel the compulsion

There was one point when I was quite close to having a full set, but they keep introducing new routes and, since I don’t often do workouts longer than an hour, some of them are likely never to get done. I’d probably vEverest before I do PRL Full.

 

[Cirrus]

I just picked up the feet. I am VERY impressed by how well they were printed! I thought that each pass of the printer would be way coarser than what I can see here...

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The total weight of them is just over 1/2 kg so I guess that the plastic cost would have been £5-8. They are now selling for £40 so that could be quite a profitable little hobby business. Roughly how long would it take to print each one?

Back to the Ant+ question... In theory, my Galaxy Tab A (SM-T510) does support Ant+. Unfortunately, I don't think it supports TPV though because I can't see that on the Play Store using the tablet. (It does show up for my phone, but that doesn't do Ant+! )

I think I will just follow other riders round on TPV and use my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt to display power until my new trainer arrives.

Will be interested to hear how they perform, quite fancy something without having to get a mortgage!