Zwift Chat

[bobinski]

53-42 on the banner.
52-06 for everything bagel
No idea what we are using.

 

[Whorty]

Probably going to skip this one, as my overtraining isn't going away and the sky roads are rubbish.
Even Watopia makes some sense - the courses feel like they were designed around the fictional geography instead of NYC's "hey we put a big hill here that serves no purpose other than to penalise heavy riders, wow aren't we fun"

Might do the "B" course when I feel well enough to try, since I do enjoy the park circuit.

Not my favourite course either. The glass sections are not for me. Would have preferred to have kept NY 'real', even if they had transported the riders from NYC to Nevada or something as they do in London. Shame.

 

[Whorty]

53-42 on the banner.
52-06 for everything bagel
No idea what we are using.

Zwiftpower 53:42 it is Bob.

 

[bobinski]

51:35 Had a sore throat, feel warm & rubbish. Thought I'd get it over and done with. I hate New York, I was bored and it felt like slow motion. At least the last two are decent courses.

😂
Milzy, you trying to make us slower peeps feel bad? Ill, bored, slow and still quicker.. have a heart- say it was tough!

 

[<Tommy>]

So nearly stayed with you on that first climb - just ran out of legs towards the top and you were gone! No complaints about the rest of the ride - I got dropped by my group again on second climb but always found an OK group to ride with. Knackered and starting to cramp by the end though.

52.12 for me

Whwn you went passed me I was genuinely thinking ‘sh*t I’m in bad shape here’. I was just clinging onto your wheel for a while. But then you ran out of legs literally a few meters from the top of the climb. And by the bottom of the hill the gap was already 17 seconds. It is crazy how it works out sometimes isn’t it. Because after that I really had nothing else to give and the course beat me up quite badly. But just being in that group at the top of the hill was the difference. These big group rides really can be quite flattering. Good for the ego if you allow it to be but the results don’t tell half the story.

 

[Del C]

TdZ Stage 5 56.48 for me @peterob

Like a few others, I really don't enjoy New York. It just feels really hard to get any rhythm on the course. The park just rolls and the gradients on the sky roads just break up any tempo I seem to get going.

 

[bobinski]

Good time Del👍

 

[Milzy]

😂
Milzy, you trying to make us slower peeps feel bad? Ill, bored, slow and still quicker.. have a heart- say it was tough!

It was tough, I tried to zone into the cheesey music I had playing. I feel like deleting The New York course file out of the Zwift folder tbh. That had to be the most rubbish stage ever.

 

[tallliman]

Felt like I had no power today unless I was grinding it out. 1:00:16 for me even though the banner said sub 1hr!

Agree with comments on the course, it's riddled with little 30 second climbs which normally are ok but had to resort to super-grind mode today. Was generally in a group at least.

As an aside, I drink out of a glass on the turbo, does everyone use bottles or glasses? Just curious really

 

[Edwardoka]

As an aside, I drink out of a glass on the turbo, does everyone use bottles or glasses? Just curious really

Bottle on the bike, with a second bottle just within arm's reach when I'm riding no-hands.
Tried keeping a glass within arm's reach when I was first starting but found myself gulping air and getting wind/hiccups drinking from it while riding.

 

[mjd1988]

New York was such an odd choice for a course! I get that they probably wanted an American course for marketing purposes but why not somewhere hilly like San Francisco or somewhere near mountains like boulder Colorado? It's pretty universally hated

 

[Del C]

As an aside, I drink out of a glass on the turbo, does everyone use bottles or glasses? Just curious really

I can recommend my home trainer set up

 

[bridgy]

Whwn you went passed me I was genuinely thinking ‘sh*t I’m in bad shape here’. I was just clinging onto your wheel for a while. But then you ran out of legs literally a few meters from the top of the climb. And by the bottom of the hill the gap was already 17 seconds. It is crazy how it works out sometimes isn’t it. Because after that I really had nothing else to give and the course beat me up quite badly. But just being in that group at the top of the hill was the difference. These big group rides really can be quite flattering. Good for the ego if you allow it to be but the results don’t tell half the story.

Ah but having the strength to not get gapped at those key moments is what it's all about. It's not flattering you, it's well deserved because you're doing those high power intervals when you need to and getting into the faster group

 

[Milzy]

Ah but having the strength to not get gapped at those key moments is what it's all about. It's not flattering you, it's well deserved because you're doing those high power intervals when you need to and getting into the faster group

You're right, there's pros too like having to push harder to get better fitness results. It pays off when you're out on the road.

 

[BurningLegs]

Crikey, seems like there is a consensus on this course being a poor one. Was looking forward to giving it a go on Thursday but not sure anymore!