Zwift Chat

[steverob]

Another one here who does the big climbs when they only have the free 25km, as it guarantees a workout well over an hour, while on a flat course you’ll cover that distance far quicker.

You can get up Alpe du Zwift (course: Road to Sky) or Ventoux (course: Ven-Top) within the free limit as long as you quit at the top and don’t do the downhill afterwards.

 

[Legs]

Would the best workout for 25km be to ride up the Epic, then do intervals up the Radio Tower with manual U-turns?

 

[mjd1988]

Agh! You know the way the best part of any man's life is whenever you find a use for something you've been hoarding?

Having an issue with neobike for some time.
only happens when steering functionality is on - will use connection to screen and not being able to steer or shift. It'll automatically steer me to the left. Annoying but I can turn off steering and it's fine.

Garmin said they'll switch out the handlebar unit with the screen, all very good just pay for shipping. Then I remembered I actually have a spare I've been holding onto for 2 years when I was getting a replacement part and they accidentally sent the whole thing. Feeling very proud as I swapped it in and....it doesn't work. No power at all.

I can I suppose send back the dud unit and have a fully functioning one and a semi functioning one but I'm disproportionately annoyed for some reason 🤣

 

[Legs]

I'd got a chit from Mrs M to go out with my club this week on their monthly Sunday-morning jaunt to Llangollen and back. But the main fella who runs the ride can't make this weekend so is pushing it back to the following weekend (which I can't make). I think I'm going to go out and ride the route on my own, which will mean I can start as early as I want (and I'll get better training without any wheels to shelter behind). It'll be just over 200km, headwind out / tailwind back, probably a bit wet... character building!

128 miles, pretty much 7 hours on the nose, filthy weather. Got to Llangollen at 19.6mph, died a bit on the way back, the lanes home from Stone pretty much finished me off. 217W NP, firmly in the middle of Z2.

 

[Peter Salt]

128 miles, pretty much 7 hours on the nose, filthy weather. Got to Llangollen at 19.6mph, died a bit on the way back, the lanes home from Stone pretty much finished me off. 217W NP, firmly in the middle of Z2.

Nice one.

I did a short outside ride yesterday. It was cold, it rained and there were 30mph headwind. Should have stayed home

 

[Legs]

There really wasn’t much wind to speak of this morning. I rather optimistically put sun cream on at 4am but it had probably mostly washed off by the time the sun eventually came out in the last few miles!

 

[Norry1]

My coach set me a 2 hr Tempo ride with 10 x 8 sec sprints yesterday. The target power was 220-240W so I decided to aim for the top of the range which would give me my best ever 2 hour Power.

It got quite tough as the time went by - especially the sprint bursts but I managed it okay and averaged 239W which was 2W higher than my previous best which was in 2020. I averaged 20.3 mph for the 2 hours which is 2-3 mph higher than my usual riding.

Nice easy 90 minutes low Z2 planned for today. May be inside if the thunderstorms keep up.

 

[ktmbiker58]

Was going to go out on the Ibis Oso today, went to garage and front tyre flat again, it went flat yesterday after I had put a bit more air in it due to muck in the valve so I changed the valve and pumped it up. Flat again this morning so took the wheel out of the bike and found it was because the bead had unseated over a couple of inches so pumped it up to 3 bar and it seated. Hoped on bike, went off down the road and no gear change - mech battery flat - back home and charge battery, now it is pissing down - that's it I'm climbing on the Kickr bike for a spin on Zwift riding outdoors is just not going to happen today!

 

[alex_cycles]

Was going to go out on the Ibis Oso today, went to garage and front tyre flat again, it went flat yesterday after I had put a bit more air in it due to muck in the valve so I changed the valve and pumped it up. Flat again this morning so took the wheel out of the bike and found it was because the bead had unseated over a couple of inches so pumped it up to 3 bar and it seated. Hoped on bike, went off down the road and no gear change - mech battery flat - back home and charge battery, now it is pissing down - that's it I'm climbing on the Kickr bike for a spin on Zwift riding outdoors is just not going to happen today!

Those mechanicals saved you from getting drenched. 🙌

 

[IrishAl]

128 miles, pretty much 7 hours on the nose, filthy weather. Got to Llangollen at 19.6mph, died a bit on the way back, the lanes home from Stone pretty much finished me off. 217W NP, firmly in the middle of Z2.

“Character building” as one nutter once said 😜

 

[Norry1]

I'll be racing at MK Bowl tonight - lovely evening forecast. 7pm start if anyone wants to see how Masters Racing looks. (Bunch of old geezers chasing each other around a track )

 

[CXRAndy]

Shovelling aggregates with my lad, else might have popped over Martin

Good luck, may the cycling gods be with you

 

[alex_cycles]

Shovelling aggregates with my lad, else might have popped over Martin

Good luck, may the cycling gods be with you

He wasn't fit to shovel...
aggregates, from one place to another

 

[CXRAndy]

He wasn't fit to shovel...
aggregates, from one place to another

Just needs a bit of guidance. He's new to landscaping, saying that Im quite an amateur

 

[alex_cycles]

Just needs a bit of guidance. He's new to landscaping, saying that Im quite an amateur

I was misquoting a famous rugby song

Having said that, shovelling is an activity that I try to avoid as it aggravates the back.