Zwift Chat

[Norry1]

I expect to be there. Never raced that course, so it should be interesting.

I've never raced it..... but I did go watch the Women's World Championships there this year. My viewing spot was half way up Parliament Street (the hill leading to the finish line) so I can picture myself cheering me on when I pass it today

 

[Norry1]

Done a 51 mile in the sun. Sorry to miss you guys but I need to make the most of the good weather. Good luck all.

Understandable

 

[Norry1]

Suits me , gonna have a recovery week this week, we’re on hol this week so will have a few days away.

Your earphones working now? Gonna be on Discord tonight?

 

[Alongo]

Your earphones working now? Gonna be on Discord tonight?

I’ve got a new pair, not used them yet but they connect up ok , so will give it a go . I rode the 2 lap Yorkshire course on Sat , put in a full beans race effort , it’s a tough course. I’ve been doing a bit of VO2 work and over / under intervals recently and it really paid off well . The course is up and down all the time and seems like you’re above threshold going uphill and at threshold trying to hold on to the group on the downhills . It was an open category event so didn’t matter if I went over w/kg , so I went full gas and ended up with 4.2w/kg , will have to watch average tonight if I’m going well .

 

[Whorty]

3 sandbaggers in C now plus a lady at 4 w/kg (but classed as C). One is the rider Winthur who rode the race last week. Looking at their numbers they will lose us easily on the KoM - question is I guess, will they take some genuine C riders with them and give them an advantage?

 

[Norry1]

I’ve got a new pair, not used them yet but they connect up ok , so will give it a go . I rode the 2 lap Yorkshire course on Sat , put in a full beans race effort , it’s a tough course. I’ve been doing a bit of VO2 work and over / under intervals recently and it really paid off well . The course is up and down all the time and seems like you’re above threshold going uphill and at threshold trying to hold on to the group on the downhills . It was an open category event so didn’t matter if I went over w/kg , so I went full gas and ended up with 4.2w/kg , will have to watch average tonight if I’m going well .

Nice work. Sounds like you are borderline A now. Thought you had been going well in recent races

 

[Norry1]

I’ve got a new pair, not used them yet but they connect up ok , so will give it a go . I rode the 2 lap Yorkshire course on Sat , put in a full beans race effort , it’s a tough course. I’ve been doing a bit of VO2 work and over / under intervals recently and it really paid off well . The course is up and down all the time and seems like you’re above threshold going uphill and at threshold trying to hold on to the group on the downhills . It was an open category event so didn’t matter if I went over w/kg , so I went full gas and ended up with 4.2w/kg , will have to watch average tonight if I’m going well .

Did you use supertuck much? Some of the downhills are quite steep.

 

[Alongo]

I've never raced it..... but I did go watch the Women's World Championships there this year. My viewing spot was half way up Parliament Street (the hill leading to the finish line) so I can picture myself cheering me on when I pass it today

I watched it on the Otley Road section , did you stay for the mens race @Norry1 , we went home due to the horrendous weather forecast . Managed to have a casual ride round the course and I ca t imagine how hard it must have been to do as many laps as the male pros did in that weather .

 

[Alongo]

Did you use supertuck much? Some of the downhills are quite steep.

I found that it was taking too long from stopping pedalling to going into the tuck that I just kept pedalling . Not sure how this works , does the flywheel have to lose all its inertia before it registers zero watts ?

 

[Norry1]

I watched it on the Otley Road section , did you stay for the mens race @Norry1 , we went home due to the horrendous weather forecast . Managed to have a casual ride round the course and I ca t imagine how hard it must have been to do as many laps as the male pros did in that weather .

I was staying an a hotel right by the start in leeds - so I watched them roll out then watched the rest sat in my hotel room Weather were horrendous

 

[Milzy]

3 sandbaggers in C now plus a lady at 4 w/kg (but classed as C). One is the rider Winthur who rode the race last week. Looking at their numbers they will lose us easily on the KoM - question is I guess, will they take some genuine C riders with them and give them an advantage?

Sadly it's just a game. Ask Thomas Dghent what he thinks. There will always be more cheating than real life. I bet if I entered a C I'd have no chance of winning.

 

[Whorty]

Sadly it's just a game. Ask Thomas Dghent what he thinks. There will always be more cheating than real life. I bet if I entered a C I'd have no chance of winning.

I did see his comment the other day I've also watched Alex Dowsett's Zwift races on youtube - worth a watch if anyone is interested. Always nice to see that the Pros suffer in these races the same as we do

 

[Norry1]

Many of the pros are not primed for races this short and don't all have superhuman FTPs. Their strength is often the ability to ride all day long, then hit the big power not one hour Wattbomb fests.

 

[Whorty]

3 sandbaggers in C now plus a lady at 4 w/kg (but classed as C). One is the rider Winthur who rode the race last week. Looking at their numbers they will lose us easily on the KoM - question is I guess, will they take some genuine C riders with them and give them an advantage?

One of the B guys signed up to C has now moved across to B

 

[Freelanderuk]

Signed up for tonight,it was touch and go if I would make it as we had a bbq lunch but I managed to remain of the juice 🍻🍻🍻. See you on the start line