Zwift, Tour of Watopia 2018

[<Tommy>]

Berty what time and which station are you coming in from? Is it you and your better half?
Mmaybe head to Waterloo station and then from there go to the south bank. You been on the London eye? Lots of other stuff down there too. I wouldn’t bother with the aquarium. But the festival hall normally has stuff on. And if you walk east along the river front there’s lots of places to eat. Or can walk all the way to London Bridge from there which is quite nice and a bit historical.
I see the gig is at the royal Albert hall. Spending on how much walking you want to do... you can take a train from London Bridge to Knightsbridge. Let the missus do a bit of window shopping people watching in Knightsbridge. Then head to Hyde park which is just behind knightsbridge. From there you can walk though the park to the royal Albert hall. It’s a lovely park and you can treat your wife to an ice cream! One of my favourite places to listen to music. The acoustics are ace.

Or you could ditch the missus in Burger King and come and do some laps of the park with me!

 

[berty bassett]

Berty what time and which station are you coming in from? Is it you and your better half?
Mmaybe head to Waterloo station and then from there go to the south bank. You been on the London eye? Lots of other stuff down there too. I wouldn’t bother with the aquarium. But the festival hall normally has stuff on. And if you walk east along the river front there’s lots of places to eat. Or can walk all the way to London Bridge from there which is quite nice and a bit historical.
I see the gig is at the royal Albert hall. Spending on how much walking you want to do... you can take a train from London Bridge to Knightsbridge. Let the missus do a bit of window shopping people watching in Knightsbridge. Then head to Hyde park which is just behind knightsbridge. From there you can walk though the park to the royal Albert hall. It’s a lovely park and you can treat your wife to an ice cream! One of my favourite places to listen to music. The acoustics are ace.

Or you could ditch the missus in Burger King and come and do some laps of the park with me!

Never taking missus again after she moaned at me singing along to the who quadrophenia tour ! Me and me lad are coming down st pancreas
Was thinking of the Rapha shop that’s down somewhere near there - that’s clothes shopping done !
Gonna spend most the time walking as you see more out and about
Last time we walked up the river from tower to Westminster where we went in the Churchill rooms as he likes that sort of thing and it was good I must admit
Then back up pall mall and back to the station - bloody miles on dodgy knees
Thanks for the reply and I will keep an eye out for a shiny blue bike with a flagpole instead of a seat post ! I won’t be able to fit bike in me rucksack or I would have tried to keep up with you but the thought of riding through London gives me the jitters. I don’t even like crossing the road
Never been any of the museum s around there so if weather is pants I might try and find one

 

[berty bassett]

Got a new phone !! Don’t know why Freddy singing to a moose came up !

 

[Norry1]

Albert Hall is just around the corner from the Natural History Museum. You can do a lot of it on Boris Bike - and on the cycling superhighway, no cars

 

[bobinski]

if you keep topping up - does the tyre just get heavier and heavier ? its all about weight you know !
down london today ! i know the places not to go - but whats a good one to go ? maybe a bit different , not night time as watching jethro tull

Anywhere in SoHo mate, especially Old Compton st

If you going to Rapha store the one in soho is good though eye watering prices for food. Often have sale stuff.

 

[<Tommy>]

Albert Hall is just around the corner from the Natural History Museum. You can do a lot of it on Boris Bike - and on the cycling superhighway, no cars

That’s much better than my suggestion.

 

[Norry1]

I can recommend Little India as well on the Gloucester Road. Very close and a great curry, decent pub next door as well

 

[<Tommy>]

Lee, I top up every 3-6 months depending on use- so, not since last October. I will likley top up before going out into the real world this weekend. I will also top up just before Pyrenees and bring some sealant with me for the trip just in case.

What you got planned this weekend Bob?

 

[bobinski]

What you got planned this weekend Bob?

The wind in my hair, the whirr of wheels on smooth tarmac...

 

[CXRAndy]

The wind in my hair, the whirr of wheels on smooth tarmac...

Turbo with big fan then

 

[<Tommy>]

Turbo with big fan then

Must be. He didn’t mention the stabilisers

 

[CXRAndy]

Must be. He didn’t mention the stabilisers

 

[bobinski]

Must be. He didn’t mention the stabilisers

 

[bobinski]

Interesting...

So, even if I improve my watts/k to my best earlier this year I will struggle to best 55min.

 

[CXRAndy]

You would need a big jump in Watts/Kg to make minutes worth of improvement. My best effort climbing W/kg is around 3.3-3.5, which will knock 3-5mins off.