Aleman
Knees are FUBAR but I don't like to mention it
- Location
- Blackpool UK
50:46 - I'm happy with that. Dropped to 308 after the lead in, but finished 235 in zwift, mainly made up lots of places on the climb.
hold on to your hat ! your gonna get bombarded by invitesHey guys! Lovely community you have here and it's great to see such an active Zwift thread. Probably 75% of my riding time is done indoor in the man cave with a longer, easier (and steadily increasing) outdoor ride at the weekend. I'm working my way up to a Yorkshire Dales sportive in the summer just over 70 miles which would be my longest outdoor ride ever (and pretty much equal to my longest Zwift ride).
I like the Team CLS rides on Zwift (sort of a group ride where the leader sets the pace) but I'm looking for suggestions for ways that I should be using my Zwift time. Any exciting racing leagues going on? Any training plans worth the effort? Any other wisdom?
If you've done any of the Tour of Watopia stages put your time up here there's a league going. Have you joined ZwiftPower? Even the Mammoth Slug slows are welcomeHey guys! Lovely community you have here and it's great to see such an active Zwift thread. Probably 75% of my riding time is done indoor in the man cave with a longer, easier (and steadily increasing) outdoor ride at the weekend. I'm working my way up to a Yorkshire Dales sportive in the summer just over 70 miles which would be my longest outdoor ride ever (and pretty much equal to my longest Zwift ride).
I like the Team CLS rides on Zwift (sort of a group ride where the leader sets the pace) but I'm looking for suggestions for ways that I should be using my Zwift time. Any exciting racing leagues going on? Any training plans worth the effort? Any other wisdom?
i made a huge mistake tonight -
i went on zwift just for a tootle and it gave me the option to ride with a friend
this said friend was averaging over 30 mph
all of a sudden stage 2 is all about damage limitation
well done Paul , cracking time !
Apologies James - I had you down as 'Jonathan' previously! All corrected nowHi Pete - any chance you could add me in please?
Thanks
Lots more good times posted yesterday on the Tout de Watopia
Updated table below. New boy Andy is setting the early pace at the top but a strong ride by @bridgy yesterday has him in his sights. Plenty of time for things to change up and down the table though.
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Hey guys! Lovely community you have here and it's great to see such an active Zwift thread. Probably 75% of my riding time is done indoor in the man cave with a longer, easier (and steadily increasing) outdoor ride at the weekend. I'm working my way up to a Yorkshire Dales sportive in the summer just over 70 miles which would be my longest outdoor ride ever (and pretty much equal to my longest Zwift ride).
I like the Team CLS rides on Zwift (sort of a group ride where the leader sets the pace) but I'm looking for suggestions for ways that I should be using my Zwift time. Any exciting racing leagues going on? Any training plans worth the effort? Any other wisdom?
Hey guys! Lovely community you have here and it's great to see such an active Zwift thread. Probably 75% of my riding time is done indoor in the man cave with a longer, easier (and steadily increasing) outdoor ride at the weekend. I'm working my way up to a Yorkshire Dales sportive in the summer just over 70 miles which would be my longest outdoor ride ever (and pretty much equal to my longest Zwift ride).
I like the Team CLS rides on Zwift (sort of a group ride where the leader sets the pace) but I'm looking for suggestions for ways that I should be using my Zwift time. Any exciting racing leagues going on? Any training plans worth the effort? Any other wisdom?
@LoneRider90This is a friendly forum with banter, but you may want to know some of the 'house rules' up front :
- Every ride is a race, even when it's not, and we take pleasure in beating people even if they didn't know they were racing against us
- If you do badly in a race, or don't feel you are going to hit your best in an upcoming race, then we welcome excuses
- Re point 2, all excuses will be judged by @TurboTommy . Unless you're dead, and come on here to confirm it, he is likely to rate your excuse lowly. @bobinski wrote the Big Book of Excuses - you will be doing well to come up with an excuse that Bob hasn't already used
- @bobinski has a bad knee. Well, he had a bad knee and had an operation to fix it, which was successful, but he'll still let us know frequently about 'twinges'
- @berty bassett has a propensity to crash out in the real world, but however badly he's injured he'll not come up with excuses.
- Some people on here are losing weight. They like to talk about it. Humour them as it makes them feel good, however boring they get
- @peterob controls the league spreadsheet .... best be nice to him at all times
- Befriend @bridgy (Paul Bridgman) on Zwift companion app - Paul organises meetup races (when we're not doing the ToW rides) - we try to organise these at 7pm (UK time) on Thursdays
- Some of the group meet up during the year for real life riding. This is usually organised in this thread (https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/turbo-club-meet-ups-events.224176/) Coming up there is a Double Devils ride in Wales and the Tour of Cambridgeshire. I'm sure as the year goes on other rides will be organised. Best not tell your partner though that you are planning to meet strange men, dressed in tight lycra, that you befriended on the internet
- We do this for fun (honest!