alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Having yesterday told Peter that I'm not free riding on Zwift much, I've just done 51km which leaves just 14 to complete the SL8 
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N0bodyOfTheGoat
Senior Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
My thought process on upgrades is...
You have to put work/time into climbing and mountain bikes, that need elevation for upgrades
Most bikes require distance, so use them on downhill and flat when you have energy to go at decent speed eg. 30kph+
TT frames simply require moving time, so use them on days you have little energy on flat routes, on mountains if you've upgraded your climbing bike
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
You can also use climbing bikes when you do a workout, pick a mountain route and you will be climbing all through the workout but the gradient is ignored (at least with respect to your 'feel'). You won't get free altitude, but the feel is different.
My strategy last night was Road to Sky - did the first flat 10 minutes to the bottom of the climb on the TT bike, swapped to the Aethos for the climb, then swapped back to the TT bike for the descent, so 20-25 minutes of TT bike time and about a thousand metres of elevation toward the climbing bike.
Started the climb inteding to just go at a steady medium pace, and then realised about halfway up that I was on target for a sub 1 hour time so my competitive side kicked in and I ended up having a much harder workout than I intended at the start!
Started the climb inteding to just go at a steady medium pace, and then realised about halfway up that I was on target for a sub 1 hour time so my competitive side kicked in and I ended up having a much harder workout than I intended at the start!
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I don't. Normally I would have seen some chat about it by now, but there hasn't been any. So I'm guessing we might not have a September series. But it is just a guess. I think they guys at DRS have all got a bit busy with life.
Yeah that's fair enough! I do like their race series so I hope they do get the chance to sort something out later in the year.
I'm contemplating looking for a ZRL team for that series starting in September. They use the old categories still and currently I'm a C, after having always been B. I don't know whether that's an accurate new level for me or just because of a lack of recent racing so I really ought to do some full on race efforts to find out!
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I've been considering it myself. But I would be looking for a morning team if I did it. Also currently a C but as soon as I do a 5m >4.2 I think zMAP will put me back in B. Not done one of those since probably March/April though. Not sure if I can still do it. Maybe not yet.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Blimey, I haven’t even thought about Zwifting in so long. Just coming to the end of a three-week holiday - just arrived for three days in NYC after 16 days in Costa Rica. I got out for a couple of runs in the mountains which might have kept some of the fitness from slipping away but I’ve had a cold, joint pain and a killer sore throat since the weekend.
Between gallo pinto for breakfasts and many a casado for almuerzo, I’ve eaten A LOT of rice and beans in the past few weeks so I dread to think what the bathroom scales are going to be saying when I get home.
Hill climbing season starts in just over four weeks so I’m going to have some work to do…
Between gallo pinto for breakfasts and many a casado for almuerzo, I’ve eaten A LOT of rice and beans in the past few weeks so I dread to think what the bathroom scales are going to be saying when I get home.
Hill climbing season starts in just over four weeks so I’m going to have some work to do…
mjd1988
Guru
Id be interesting. I'm currently a b but know I'll have lost fitness and suspect I've gained weight so will need to update that and enter some races to know
I suspect racing ZRL as "low B's" might be a bit brutal for us both, particularly knowing how dodgy those categories can be, but that doesn't mean it can't stil be some fun! I'll look into it and if I find a potential B team I'll definitely let you know Michael
mjd1988
Guru
Ugh eye issue turned out not to be an infection but a rare inflammatory thing. So on lots of drops which thankfully are helping but make it basically impossible to tolerate any sunlight in that eye.
Currently going up col de la Madelrine at 2mph with eye mask on for the majority of it listening to podcasts. Not the worst experience on a bike to be fair!
Currently going up col de la Madelrine at 2mph with eye mask on for the majority of it listening to podcasts. Not the worst experience on a bike to be fair!
Should be good for the weight, no?
Did my first one this year in the Midland HC League. Bit of a shock to the system.
ktmbiker58
Well-Known Member
Virtual purchasing help needed!
I've been using Zwift on and off for a while and am currently level 41 on the bike and level 5 on running, I seem to have amassed 5,080,000 drops, at the moment I tend to ride climb portals, I have also enjoyed the occaisional crit race so how would you fellow Zwifters spend my drops?
I've been using Zwift on and off for a while and am currently level 41 on the bike and level 5 on running, I seem to have amassed 5,080,000 drops, at the moment I tend to ride climb portals, I have also enjoyed the occaisional crit race so how would you fellow Zwifters spend my drops?
