I have joined the 1% club, not Lee Macks logical quiz show, but the alleged percentage of Zwift participants that have upgraded the Specialized Project 74 Halo Bike, its been an epic with a lot of miles and climbing plus loads of drops used, I upgraded a Venge an Atheos and the SL8 before starting on the 74.
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alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Bit hot for this today. 29 °C in garage at start. 32 by the end and I got through two 750ml bidons, which I've never done in one sub-hour race before
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alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Got the club BASH tonight (outside). 30C forecast and amber warning for thunderstorms
perfect. I did a Cx race a couple of years ago in 32°C weather and it was really interesting to see who handled it and who didn't. I was OK but it was hard. Quite a few DNFs though
Only 8 signed up so far vs 20 last time - maybe a self-selecting group.
Will report back tomorrow
mjd1988
Guru
Great course again tonight although heat definitely added to fatigue. We had a number of drops outs including @bridgy unfortunately due to work but starting with only two riders we decided to plough on. Most of the other teams were thin enough on the ground.
I targeted segment points and David my teammate went with a break after the first kom. I "won" the fts for our peloton but the three escapees smashed our time and we're out if sight. David stayed away and we both finished in top 5 and we actually were the 3rd placed team! Super happy with that as top two teams had at least 5 riders each
Only 8 signed up so far vs 20 last time - maybe a self-selecting group.
Will report back tomorrow
15 turned up in the end. Mywindsock said temp was 30.5C, which sounds about right (started at 18:45).
Pace was high. Nobody obviously suffering in (or complaining about) the heat.
I was actually very pleased with my performance. 8 in our group ( I go in Group 2 these days). Dropped 3 of them by halfway. Dropped another 3 up the final shortish hill with a couple of miles to go - managed to stay on the tail of the fastest guy (one of the club racers). I Refused to come through for a pull
for a while, then foolishly tried to drop him on the final short bump before the finish. He stayed on my wheel and I had nothing left for the run to the line. Great fun though - loved it.
That was grim in the heat . Managed 6th on the the 1st Fal climb and 8th on the 1st Fts then just blew and had to sit up for a couple of seconds and the front group where gone . The last climb was just awful, hung on to 2 other riders and we rode to the finish and unfortunately they were too strong and out sprinted me . 22nd on the road 17th with bonus points . Team have managed to hang onto 3rd but it really tight .We are level on league points with 2nd but they have higher points and were just 1 point clear of 4th . 1 more week to go summer zwifting isn't fun
mjd1988
Guru
15 turned up in the end. Mywindsock said temp was 30.5C, which sounds about right (started at 18:45).
Pace was high. Nobody obviously suffering in (or complaining about) the heat.
I was actually very pleased with my performance. 8 in our group ( I go in Group 2 these days). Dropped 3 of them by halfway. Dropped another 3 up the final shortish hill with a couple of miles to go - managed to stay on the tail of the fastest guy (one of the club racers). I Refused to come through for a pull
Great fun though - loved it.
I just couldn't function at all in that heat, well done.
steverob
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- Location
- Buckinghamshire
What a difference between two weeks in DRS. Last week I had a mega result personally but the team came third, whereas this week I finished third from last, but the team won the race. I certainly preferred the first (and not just because it was 15 degrees cooler!) but I’m pretty sure my teammates would disagree!
Got dropped halfway up on the first climb and while I caught a few riders on the final climb it didn’t really make much of a difference. But my teammates all concentrated on getting FTS and FAL and wrapped up so many points that even though only one of them crossed the finish line in the top five, their overall point scores gave us the win by three points total.
This puts the team in equal third place with the top two (also tied) only two points ahead, so the final round is still between four teams.
Got dropped halfway up on the first climb and while I caught a few riders on the final climb it didn’t really make much of a difference. But my teammates all concentrated on getting FTS and FAL and wrapped up so many points that even though only one of them crossed the finish line in the top five, their overall point scores gave us the win by three points total.
This puts the team in equal third place with the top two (also tied) only two points ahead, so the final round is still between four teams.
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