Zwift Chat

[<Tommy>]

Glad I didn't join your race actually because when I tried to race on Sunday evening I had absolutely nothing - gave up after about a mile and just pootled round for an hour!

same here ! ended up just meandering round looking at the interesting plant life

zone 2 for all of us by the sounds of it then.

Did you see much plant life (IN THE DESERT) whippet?

 

[BurningLegs]

Well I won’t be racing this week unfortunately- I’ve come down with a stinking cold! Just loaded the dishwasher and feel like I need to recover!

 

[<Tommy>]

Well I won’t be racing this week unfortunately- I’ve come down with a stinking cold! Just loaded the dishwasher and feel like I need to recover!

Either that or you’re just allergic to the dishwasher

 

[BurningLegs]

Either that or you’re just allergic to the dishwasher

I think you’re probably onto something. The wife would say more data required, but I think we all know this is conclusive proof!

 

[peterob]

@peterob
Have you rode up ventoux before ?
Just went up on brvr and I could have sworn it was you caught on film in front of me

Not me - I've never been up Ventoux.

If it had been me, I'm sure I wouldn't have stayed out in front for long!

 

[CXRAndy]

If you can climb Ventoux, Tenerife will be comfortable. Ventoux average nearly 8% for 13 miles. Longest climb in Tenerife is about 18 miles around 6.5% most are a bit less in distance

 

[<Tommy>]

Not me - I've never been up Ventoux.

If it had been me, I'm sure I wouldn't have stayed out in front for long!

You could change that next summer Pete!

 

[bridgy]

Update on the dirt:

https://zwiftinsider.com/new-rolling-resistance/

 

[mjd1988]

Update on the dirt:

https://zwiftinsider.com/new-rolling-resistance/

Was just reading this, not a fan at the moment, starting to be too many variables with equipment choice, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

 

[IrishAl]

What’s the stage this week chaps? @bridgy can I get an invite please 🙏

 

[CXRAndy]

I would like to see drafting ease up feeling

 

[Freelanderuk]

What’s the stage this week chaps? @bridgy can I get an invite please 🙏

Same here please ,no invite again if they have been sent out

 

[bridgy]

Sorry - haven't forgotten to invite you guys, just been really busy and hadn't got round to setting it up yet.

Will do it now. Going to be a fast, flat TT stage this week. Based on the article I linked to above confirming that the dirt/gravel affects all road bikes equally at the moment (as long as you've updated), we can return to racing in Watopia next week - thinking of doing Road to Ruins again because that was kind of unfinished business!

So anyway, this week is a TT on London's "Greatest London Flat" route - see https://zwiftinsider.com/london/ and https://www.strava.com/segments/16982511. Should be a 30 to 40 minute effort.

TT bikes only.

Invites on their way shortly....

 

[bridgy]

You should all have meetup invites now, so let me know if not received

 

[<Tommy>]

Was just reading this, not a fan at the moment, starting to be too many variables with equipment choice, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

same here. I get they want to keep things interesting but this bit I’ve quoted below seems excessive to me.

“• Soon, dirt performance will be a factor in wheel choice. Currently, all road tires perform the same in dirt, and only the mountain bike (with its MTB tires) performs differently. This will change when Zwift begins releasing more wheelsets, and they may even change the Crr values of some existing wheelsets.”

It’s very gimmicky to me. They could at least let you choose tyres separately from wheels if they want to go down this route.