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[bobinski]

Has anyone in here had a problem with the fence on Zwift. Today was a second time when it didn't give me that 59sec to return to group, it was about 20-25sec. I was alone for a moment and suddenly yellow beacon appears far on a horizon. I was almost ready to log off from Zwift before i saw that, lucky me i did catch them but didn't need to sprint anymore after that

No, but sometimes the timer starts and I am not yet through the fence. It tends to happen when the ride leader is outside the UK so may be server/time lag related.
I do like to get zapped though...I must grow up

 

[bobinski]

Super short, flat TT this week - no excuses for not squeezing this one into your busy schedules!

Route is "Greater London Flat" - see here for details - https://zwiftinsider.com/london/

It looks like it will be this Strava segment, with timing starting at the sprint banner - https://www.strava.com/segments/15389301

If in doubt, just go full gas from start to finish - won't make any difference re: positioning etc because its a TT so no drafting

It will be interesting to see how using a TT bike disrupts -if at all-this leader board. Don't forget your HRM's boys

2	Andrew Long	18 Mar 2019	46.5km/h	165bpm	292W	-	15:02
3	paul bridgman	7 Feb 2019	46.4km/h	171bpm	292W	-	15:05
4	Steen Brusgaard	4 Dec 2018	46.0km/h	152bpm	299W	-	15:13
5	lee marshall	13 Dec 2018	45.8km/h	155bpm	239W	-	15:17
6	Thomas Burton	10 Oct 2019	45.7km/h	-	281W	-	15:19
7	Peter Robinson	6 Feb 2019	45.4km/h	163bpm	312W	-	15:24
8	Darren Smith	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	-	237W	-	15:34
8	Dean Hallam	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	156bpm	253W	-	15:34
10	Ryan Lawman	14 Oct 2017	44.9km/h	165bpm	316W	-	15:35
10	m axap	28 Feb 2018	44.9km/h	154bpm	285W	-	15:35
12	Juha Lehtinen	13 Dec 2018	43.5km/h	168bpm	247W	-	16:04
13	Andy CXR	6 Mar 2018	43.3km/h	172bpm	307W	-	16:08
14	Martin Norris	11 Jul 2019	43.3km/h	138bpm	242W	-	16:10
15	Alan Campbell 🇨🇴 🔰	10 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	132bpm	265W	-	16:20
16	Petri Pulkkinen	25 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	153bpm	338W	-	16:21
17	Carl Whorton	26 Jun 2019	42.6km/h	163bpm	219W	-	16:25
18	James Robinson	14 Jan 2018	42.4km/h	136bpm	244W	-	16:30
19	robert dynowski	23 May 2018	42.3km/h	158bpm	248W	-	16:33
20	Adam Morton	7 Feb 2019	42.0km/h	166bpm	270W	-	16:39

 

[bridgy]

It will be interesting to see how using a TT bike disrupts -if at all-this leader board. Don't forget your HRM's boys

2	Andrew Long	18 Mar 2019	46.5km/h	165bpm	292W View attachment 493452	-	15:02
3	paul bridgman	7 Feb 2019	46.4km/h	171bpm	292W View attachment 493453	-	15:05
4	Steen Brusgaard	4 Dec 2018	46.0km/h	152bpm	299W View attachment 493454	-	15:13
5	lee marshall	13 Dec 2018	45.8km/h	155bpm	239W View attachment 493455	-	15:17
6	Thomas Burton	10 Oct 2019	45.7km/h	-	281W View attachment 493456	-	15:19
7	Peter Robinson	6 Feb 2019	45.4km/h	163bpm	312W View attachment 493457	-	15:24
8	Darren Smith	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	-	237W View attachment 493458	-	15:34
8	Dean Hallam	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	156bpm	253W View attachment 493459	-	15:34
10	Ryan Lawman	14 Oct 2017	44.9km/h	165bpm	316W View attachment 493460	-	15:35
10	m axap	28 Feb 2018	44.9km/h	154bpm	285W View attachment 493461	-	15:35
12	Juha Lehtinen	13 Dec 2018	43.5km/h	168bpm	247W View attachment 493462	-	16:04
13	Andy CXR	6 Mar 2018	43.3km/h	172bpm	307W View attachment 493463	-	16:08
14	Martin Norris	11 Jul 2019	43.3km/h	138bpm	242W View attachment 493464	-	16:10
15	Alan Campbell 🇨🇴 🔰	10 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	132bpm	265W View attachment 493465	-	16:20
16	Petri Pulkkinen	25 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	153bpm	338W View attachment 493466	-	16:21
17	Carl Whorton	26 Jun 2019	42.6km/h	163bpm	219W View attachment 493467	-	16:25
18	James Robinson	14 Jan 2018	42.4km/h	136bpm	244W View attachment 493468	-	16:30
19	robert dynowski	23 May 2018	42.3km/h	158bpm	248W View attachment 493469	-	16:33
20	Adam Morton	7 Feb 2019	42.0km/h	166bpm	270W View attachment 493470	-	16:39

Based on the HR data, only me and Andy were actually trying

@IrishAl wasn't even breaking sweat ...

 

[<Tommy>]

I don’t know about the times. But I reckon a fair few of us will fancy beating our power pb’s for that segment.

In the old bkool days @Daddy Pig and @CXRAndy would have been licking their chops!

 

[bridgy]

I don’t know about the times. But I reckon a fair few of us will fancy beating our power pb’s for that segment.

In the old bkool days @Daddy Pig and @CXRAndy would have been licking their chops!

Ha! Oh yeah I remember Daddy Pig - BIG Bkool POWER!! 💪

You're right though, time and power not necessarily directly linked due to that pesky drafting. My best average watts on that route is 339w (on the Bkool ) but it's only my 16th fastest time - over a minute slower!!

 

[Alongo]

Based on the HR data, only me and Andy were actually trying

@IrishAl wasn't even breaking sweat ...

Haha, might manage to get HR up there but I don't think power will be there at the moment.

 

[CXRAndy]

Based on the HR data, only me and Andy were actually trying

@IrishAl wasn't even breaking sweat ...

Too right . 307W and still slow

 

[IrishAl]

Based on the HR data, only me and Andy were actually trying

@IrishAl wasn't even breaking sweat ...

Hmmm...now there’s a challenge. I’ve looked back at that effort and looks like i was on an easy day. I should be putting out a 40% increase in power tonight. This will be Short, sharp and not too pleasant!

 

[Whorty]

Ha! Oh yeah I remember Daddy Pig - BIG Bkool POWER!! 💪

You're right though, time and power not necessarily directly linked due to that pesky drafting. My best average watts on that route is 339w (on the Bkool ) but it's only my 16th fastest time - over a minute slower!!

All my best times on that Strava course is via Hare and Hounds races, where the group I'm in is actively trying to stay together and so I'm getting a massive draft benefit for the whole route.

 

[mjd1988]

Super short, flat TT this week - no excuses for not squeezing this one into your busy schedules!

Route is "Greater London Flat" - see here for details - https://zwiftinsider.com/london/

It looks like it will be this Strava segment, with timing starting at the sprint banner - https://www.strava.com/segments/15389301

If in doubt, just go full gas from start to finish - won't make any difference re: positioning etc because its a TT so no drafting

Didn't think I'd have time for the race tonight but given how short it is might try and squeeze it in. Also on call so may abruptly leave

 

[mjd1988]

It will be interesting to see how using a TT bike disrupts -if at all-this leader board. Don't forget your HRM's boys

2	Andrew Long	18 Mar 2019	46.5km/h	165bpm	292W View attachment 493452	-	15:02
3	paul bridgman	7 Feb 2019	46.4km/h	171bpm	292W View attachment 493453	-	15:05
4	Steen Brusgaard	4 Dec 2018	46.0km/h	152bpm	299W View attachment 493454	-	15:13
5	lee marshall	13 Dec 2018	45.8km/h	155bpm	239W View attachment 493455	-	15:17
6	Thomas Burton	10 Oct 2019	45.7km/h	-	281W View attachment 493456	-	15:19
7	Peter Robinson	6 Feb 2019	45.4km/h	163bpm	312W View attachment 493457	-	15:24
8	Darren Smith	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	-	237W View attachment 493458	-	15:34
8	Dean Hallam	6 Feb 2019	44.9km/h	156bpm	253W View attachment 493459	-	15:34
10	Ryan Lawman	14 Oct 2017	44.9km/h	165bpm	316W View attachment 493460	-	15:35
10	m axap	28 Feb 2018	44.9km/h	154bpm	285W View attachment 493461	-	15:35
12	Juha Lehtinen	13 Dec 2018	43.5km/h	168bpm	247W View attachment 493462	-	16:04
13	Andy CXR	6 Mar 2018	43.3km/h	172bpm	307W View attachment 493463	-	16:08
14	Martin Norris	11 Jul 2019	43.3km/h	138bpm	242W View attachment 493464	-	16:10
15	Alan Campbell 🇨🇴 🔰	10 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	132bpm	265W View attachment 493465	-	16:20
16	Petri Pulkkinen	25 Mar 2019	42.8km/h	153bpm	338W View attachment 493466	-	16:21
17	Carl Whorton	26 Jun 2019	42.6km/h	163bpm	219W View attachment 493467	-	16:25
18	James Robinson	14 Jan 2018	42.4km/h	136bpm	244W View attachment 493468	-	16:30
19	robert dynowski	23 May 2018	42.3km/h	158bpm	248W View attachment 493469	-	16:33
20	Adam Morton	7 Feb 2019	42.0km/h	166bpm	270W View attachment 493470	-	16:39

Done that course 21 times and I think I'm 21st fastest 😭

 

[Breedon]

Has anyone in here had a problem with the fence on Zwift. Today was a second time when it didn't give me that 59sec to return to group, it was about 20-25sec. I was alone for a moment and suddenly yellow beacon appears far on a horizon. I was almost ready to log off from Zwift before i saw that, lucky me i did catch them but didn't need to sprint anymore after that

On my last group ride I was near the front and it was saying return to the front I dropped back to the leader it was still saying return to front but it was also saying that my position in the Group was 5th even though I wasn't, I dropped back even further almost getting dropped then it was still counting down with seconds to spare it stopped counting down.

I think it's down to connection issues as at first it wouldn't show any one riding in the 2 worlds, but I did find it quite frustrating especially when I got dropped and I had to hit 7 w/kg to get back on quite pleased with my self about that.

 

[Brendan Parker]

@bridgy might be some issues with segment tonight. We started after the banner

 

[mjd1988]

Yeah not sure what we do with that

I took a photo just before the banner but hard to know how much off the start we missed. Altho it was from a standing start. Doubt it can be calculated for anyone?

Edit: glad I took a photo anyway I think that's my new max HR!

 

[Whorty]

@bridgy might be some issues with segment tonight. We started after the banner

May need to create a new segment. Can't do that again tonight!