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I've won races before where I'm first in ZwiftPower, but today is the first time I was first in Zwift App itself
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Feels good don't it.
Yeah, ERG seems perfectly fine. The power graph is not as smooth as the NEO, so can easily spike on the Atom, but I'm finding because the Atom is smoother pedalling than my old road bike where the gears slipped all over the shop, that I can more easily hold the correct power and my pedalling style feels better - less 'clumpy'.
I've not tried any sprints yet in ERG on the Atom, mostly steady power rides .... I need to try intervals to see how the Atom works.
Not looking for sympathy, or having a pity party, as I'm in an Ok place now, but I do want to say that the CCC Team (in our private thread and on discord) really got me through the first few months of this year after Rach died. I had some really dark days, but being able to get on Zwift and race with the team was one of the few positives I had. The guys were awesome and all I can say is we are lucky to have such a good, supportive team on here - I've never met any of the CCC Team in real life but I will be eternally grateful to them for letting me be me in the early days of losing Rach (sorry for the swearing, I'd like to blame that on grief but I'd lying!).
CCC have such an amazing team spirit
CCC have such an amazing team spirit
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steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Admittedly I've got the original Atom plus the firmware updates, whereas you've got the newer model so your mileage may vary, but I find that sprinting isn't too bad on it, although it sometimes can take half a second or so to get the watts to register when there's a HUGE jump (e.g. from steady to sprint all of a sudden). It's one of the reasons why I tend to slowly build up before unleashing my full sprint. And then collapsing from exhaustion two seconds later!
Not looking for sympathy, or having a pity party, as I'm in an Ok place now, but I do want to say that the CCC Team (in our private thread and on discord) really got me through the first few months of this year after Rach died. I had some really dark days, but being able to get on Zwift and race with the team was one of the few positives I had. The guys were awesome and all I can say is we are lucky to have such a good, supportive team on here - I've never met any of the CCC Team in real life but I will be eternally grateful to them for letting me be me in the early days of losing Rach (sorry for the swearing, I'd like to blame that on grief but I'd lying!).
CCC have such an amazing team spirit
I learned some new swearwords back then!
I do like to educate where I canI learned some new swearwords back then!
@mjd1988 's family did too, until he learned to wear head phones and not have me blurting out the speakers 
The men's sprint was a big mess, but I guess that was in part caused by the pressure of the opposition who were on fire. Can't help watching it though and thinking ... in Zwift, the draft would be a big more sticky
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
And on Zwift the Danish rider would have ridden straight through the back of the British guy instead of crashing in to him!The men's sprint was a big mess, but I guess that was in part caused by the pressure of the opposition who were on fire. Can't help watching it though and thinking ... in Zwift, the draft would be a big more sticky
Johnsop99
Veteran
- Location
- Bude, Cornwall
Zwift classics update. Entered the NZ time zone race as usual this morning, Richmond UCI course. Autocat put me back in class 4 so was expecting a tough race. First time that mens and womens races were both visible to each other. Entry numbers were disappointing, only 14 men and 5 women. A lead group of 5 broke away and I spent most of the race in the group 6th-8th until I got dropped on the final climb. Finished 8th/19 on the road but 7th/14 in the mens race both on the road and on points so overall quite happy. Autocat does seem to be working quite well, it's definately better than the 3R races where you finish somewhere like 15th-20th otr and Zwiftpower puts you 3rd-5th!
BurningLegs
Guru
Sounds like the IOC need to work on their physics engine for these events if they're going to be more like actual races?!The men's sprint was a big mess, but I guess that was in part caused by the pressure of the opposition who were on fire. Can't help watching it though and thinking ... in Zwift, the draft would be a big more sticky
Or his breaks would have slammed on, and he'd have lost 3mph in speed, but stuck to his wheel.
I need to look out for those races, although as a 'nearly b' I don't think I will fare too well 🤣🤣
