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Randyberlin

Randyberlin

Guru
Location
Sitka, Alaska
berty bassett said:
wasn't it warm !
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Hmm... What to ride? Maybe the blue Focus today? Too many to choose from...
 
bridgy

bridgy

Legendary Member
Location
Cheddar
theboxers said:
Ah b:cursing:ll:cursing:x. Screwed up and missed my threshold session yesterday, I misread the info and thought I had until today to complete it :banghead:

:hello:@bridgy, first time I've seen a cyclechatter on the piste in VR on Zwift
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:hello: I went back in for a warm down after the Hare & Hounds race and thought I'd cycle by and say hi

Near disaster in the race - rear QR skewer worked loose and the whole bike (and me!) nearly fell over - luckily I caught it. But I lost contact with the front group of B riders I was in while I got off and tightened it up. Managed to hang onto the A group that caught up with me until near the end but I still lost 2 minutes on the group I'd probably have finished with. Oh well - at least major damage to me /Neo /bike was avoided - will be checking that skewer before each ride from now on!!
 
theboxers

theboxers

TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
Location
OTC (on the couch)
bridgy said:
:hello: I went back in for a warm down after the Hare & Hounds race and thought I'd cycle by and say hi

Near disaster in the race - rear QR skewer worked loose and the whole bike (and me!) nearly fell over - luckily I caught it. But I lost contact with the front group of B riders I was in while I got off and tightened it up. Managed to hang onto the A group that caught up with me until near the end but I still lost 2 minutes on the group I'd probably have finished with. Oh well - at least major damage to me /Neo /bike was avoided - will be checking that skewer before each ride from now on!!
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:eek: not good. Hope you sort the issue out as that could get expensive :cry:
 
Brusgaard

Brusgaard

Über Guru
Location
Skive, Denmark
Yeah, meetups AKA private races are now available in the new companion app. Time to do some CycleChat Chaingang races, like in the good old days on Bkool?
 
bobinski

bobinski

Legendary Member
Location
Tulse Hill
https://zwiftinsider.com/meetups/

RIDE WITH FRIENDS! ALL ABOUT MEETUPS IN ZWIFT COMPANION
Posted by Eric Schlange | Dec 6, 2018 | News, Racing & Group Rides | 3

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Zwift Companion 3.0 has just released, and its biggest feature is Meetups: the ability for any Zwifter to organize and lead a group event. This is big news, and it’s going to take Zwift to the next level as a social platform. Here’s how it all works…

ORGANIZING A MEETUP
Meetups are organized entirely via Zwift Companion. Click “Events” then tap the trio of people near the top. Time to create a meetup! (Go ahead and give it a try–you can test out most of the features without actually creating the Meetup.)

Click “Create Meetup” and get started!
Choose your Meetup time, route, and distance, then click to invite friends.
You can only invite Zwifters from your followers list

REQUESTING A QUICK MEETUP
You can also click any currently active follower and request a meetup directly with them. This is useful for those times when you hop on Zwift and notice a friend riding and want to join them.

JOINING A MEETUP
Meetups behave like any other Zwift event, so you can join them from the Companion App or the Zwift startup screen. Once you are in-game you will be notified when the Meetup is starting, and you will be taken to a starting area to wait for your group. Once the ride begins you will see the usual progress meter at the top of your screen. Members of your meetup have a green highlight in the riders list so they stand out nicely.

You’ll get the standard event popup.
If you organized the Meetup, you get the leader beacon!
Off and riding!

IMPORTANT DETAILS
There are a few important limitations in this first iteration of Meetups:

  • You can only invite people who follow you. This was a decision made by Zwift to limit spamming and let the Meetups feature be tested by smaller groups before it expands.
  • You are limited to inviting 50 followers(for the same reasons above)
  • You can only ride on the course (world) scheduled at the time of your meetup
  • Meetups can be scheduled up to 7 days in advance
  • There is no late joining of meetups
  • You can only create three meetups per day at this time. So be careful if you’re messing around with creating meetups, because the system will lock you out after three!
Zwift sees the massive potential of Meetups, but they want to make sure the features are stable and user-friendly before expanding. This is a smart move for sure.

FUTURE FUNCTIONALITY
The core functionality just released is quite powerful, but there is certainly more to come for Meetups. Expanded features I can envision include:

  • Easy invites: a unique URL you can easily to share to let others join your ride without being followers
  • Off-calendar rides: give Meetups access to every route in Zwift
  • Culled riders: this feature already exists for events, but it would be nice if organizers could set Meetups to hide all other riders except those in the group
  • Audio chat: sure, we have Discord. But wouldn’t it be great if we could easily voice chat with those in our Meetup?
  • Event types: let organizers define what type of event this is. Can we do a group workout? How about a race, where a leaderboard is shown at the end?
  • All late join: we all have “that friend” who shows up late to every ride. An option to allow late joining for your Meetup would be nice.
I’m excited about the new Meetups feature, and I know there’s even more to come.

What do you think of the new Meetups feature, and what additional functionality would you like to see? Please share your thoughts below!

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nickAKA

nickAKA

Über Member
Location
Manchester
bobinski said:
https://zwiftinsider.com/meetups/

RIDE WITH FRIENDS! ALL ABOUT MEETUPS IN ZWIFT COMPANION
Posted by Eric Schlange | Dec 6, 2018 | News, Racing & Group Rides | 3

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Zwift Companion 3.0 has just released, and its biggest feature is Meetups: the ability for any Zwifter to organize and lead a group event. This is big news, and it’s going to take Zwift to the next level as a social platform. Here’s how it all works…

ORGANIZING A MEETUP
Meetups are organized entirely via Zwift Companion. Click “Events” then tap the trio of people near the top. Time to create a meetup! (Go ahead and give it a try–you can test out most of the features without actually creating the Meetup.)

Click “Create Meetup” and get started!
Choose your Meetup time, route, and distance, then click to invite friends.
You can only invite Zwifters from your followers list

REQUESTING A QUICK MEETUP
You can also click any currently active follower and request a meetup directly with them. This is useful for those times when you hop on Zwift and notice a friend riding and want to join them.

JOINING A MEETUP
Meetups behave like any other Zwift event, so you can join them from the Companion App or the Zwift startup screen. Once you are in-game you will be notified when the Meetup is starting, and you will be taken to a starting area to wait for your group. Once the ride begins you will see the usual progress meter at the top of your screen. Members of your meetup have a green highlight in the riders list so they stand out nicely.

You’ll get the standard event popup.
If you organized the Meetup, you get the leader beacon!
Off and riding!

IMPORTANT DETAILS
There are a few important limitations in this first iteration of Meetups:

  • You can only invite people who follow you. This was a decision made by Zwift to limit spamming and let the Meetups feature be tested by smaller groups before it expands.
  • You are limited to inviting 50 followers(for the same reasons above)
  • You can only ride on the course (world) scheduled at the time of your meetup
  • Meetups can be scheduled up to 7 days in advance
  • There is no late joining of meetups
  • You can only create three meetups per day at this time. So be careful if you’re messing around with creating meetups, because the system will lock you out after three!
Zwift sees the massive potential of Meetups, but they want to make sure the features are stable and user-friendly before expanding. This is a smart move for sure.

FUTURE FUNCTIONALITY
The core functionality just released is quite powerful, but there is certainly more to come for Meetups. Expanded features I can envision include:

  • Easy invites: a unique URL you can easily to share to let others join your ride without being followers
  • Off-calendar rides: give Meetups access to every route in Zwift
  • Culled riders: this feature already exists for events, but it would be nice if organizers could set Meetups to hide all other riders except those in the group
  • Audio chat: sure, we have Discord. But wouldn’t it be great if we could easily voice chat with those in our Meetup?
  • Event types: let organizers define what type of event this is. Can we do a group workout? How about a race, where a leaderboard is shown at the end?
  • All late join: we all have “that friend” who shows up late to every ride. An option to allow late joining for your Meetup would be nice.
I’m excited about the new Meetups feature, and I know there’s even more to come.

What do you think of the new Meetups feature, and what additional functionality would you like to see? Please share your thoughts below!

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This is excellent news... I've followed a few cyclechat race team members which will hopefully put me in the loop...
 
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CXRAndy

CXRAndy

Guru
Location
Lincs
Breedon said:
Just updated the companion app and checked out the meet up feature, you select the date then course that you want for that date, then either distance or time then select your friends very simple so when's our first meeting then. :hyper:
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Pretty much set up a race from phone app- Yay. I very much doubt it will entice those remaining Bkoolers :sad:
 
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