Not sure I'm riding this week the outdoor is calling now the weather's picked up ,need some longer steady miles
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alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Not taking anything away from you, but that guy you overtook at the line - boy did he mis-time his sprint!!
N0bodyOfTheGoat
Über Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
Not taking anything away from you, but that guy you overtook at the line - boy did he mis-time his sprint!!
Maybe it was an accidental badly timed sprint, but position in the series GC counts for nothing and having found the race on zwiftpower, both @Norry1 (449) and Muller (446) are very close to the top of pen C range 2 (450) and so he might have been trying not to get the extra ZRS points for finishing higher and getting a podium bonus.
He was doing 10 w/kg over the line and missed out on the position by 6/100 of second when he could have just backed off and rolled over after Martin passed him if that was the case - so I think he was trying!Maybe it was an accidental badly timed sprint, but position in the series GC counts for nothing and having found the race on zwiftpower, both @Norry1 (449) and Muller (446) are very close to the top of pen C range 2 (450) and so he might have been trying not to get the extra ZRS points for finishing higher and getting a podium bonus.
Maybe it was an accidental badly timed sprint, but position in the series GC counts for nothing and having found the race on zwiftpower, both @Norry1 (449) and Muller (446) are very close to the top of pen C range 2 (450) and so he might have been trying not to get the extra ZRS points for finishing higher and getting a podium bonus.
Yes, I have slowly climbed from 388 in August to 449 today (+7 today). Next race is likely to be my last in this particular category. Will move to the Range 1 spreads (390-510).
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I still think you're way below where your "real" level lies. Low 500s I reckon. ZRS takes too many races to place people well.
You're closing in. Won't be long.Quite a big bump in my vELO score today of 18 as well. Still a way off Alex
Takes too long to level people up OR level people down.
As a statistician (well, back in the day) I still say that their seeding algorithm is flawed and is the cause for many of the problems.
I still don't think ZRS will ever be fully working. vElo though, that's definitely a massive improvement and does seem to place riders correctly into pens based on their actual abilities.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift or up steep hills...
- Location
- Staffordshire
So we went to Derby Arena last night. There were about eight boys and eight girls, and the session was from 6pm to 8pm. I'm super proud of how Andrew did, in spite of him being one of the least confident riders there. It was very much an introductory track skills session, and I think he was unnerved by how twitchy the bikes handle at low speed on the bumpy infield concrete. He got up to riding on the pursuiters' line, but I think he was a bit freaked out by the speed and other sensory goings-on (he's autistic), so wasn't prepared to ride fast enough for the bike to become stable or rideable on the banking. He had a little bit of a tumble (he wasn't the only one), but got back on and stuck with it. I don't think it would be fair to say he'd fallen in love with track cycling, but we'll have a few confidence-building rides in the lanes before the next session, which is in three weeks' time.
Bl**dy brave to try track cycling, it's not for the faint hearted so amazing and big kudos to him. You have every right to be a super proud dad?
