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 😜