Zwift Chat

[ColinJ]

My HRM strap has gone dodgy though so will try the new Coospo I bought as a spare for next time

I got a Coospo HRM as a Christmas present. It has been very reliable so far.

 

[alex_cycles]

I got a Coospo HRM as a Christmas present. It has been very reliable so far.

Excellent - that's encouraging.
@N0bodyOfTheGoat needs advice about the Victory. Have you used yours yet? It must be almost out of warranty

 

[steverob]

I also switched from a Scosche HRM to a Coospo (or Goose Poo as my wife has nicknamed it) and am also happy with it. To be fair, the Scosche monitor itself was also reliable, it was the charging cradle that kept on failing (went through three in a year) which persuaded me to go with another brand.

 

[bridgy]

We got third in the TTT today

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/KxvJ4osgp3c?si=49TIroUP4hR0KU8C&t=408

My HRM strap has gone dodgy though so will try the new Coospo I bought as a spare for next time (Friday, I guess).

Well done Alex. I'm doing it later this afternoon - TTT isn't our strong point in this team as we have quite a mix of abilities so are usually down to 4 riders quite quickly but I'll treat it as a good workout!

 

[bridgy]

Update to drafting effect on Zwift - https://zwiftinsider.com/drafting-u...ODY4S3fhbeREYKSt1r_aem_dZZrpFoH92l8i57K4vPb4A

 

[mjd1988]

Well done Alex. I'm doing it later this afternoon - TTT isn't our strong point in this team as we have quite a mix of abilities so are usually down to 4 riders quite quickly but I'll treat it as a good workout!

How did it go @bridgy? Guessing it may have been an uphill battle with the drop outs

 

[bridgy]

How did it go @bridgy? Guessing it may have been an uphill battle with the drop outs

Yeah it didn't go great! Firstly Bert didn't get off the start line for some reason so we started with 5, and Greg had already said he was feeling ill and wouldn't be doing any turns! Greg then dropped off I think about halfway, leaving 4. Then shortly after that, Bram has to go to do Dad duties so we had to wait for Greg who was still riding but 30 seconds back. Then it was just a matter of getting 4 of us to the line - with me and John doing 99% of the pulling.

So I can't imagine we got a very good time - but I did get a good workout!

 

[mjd1988]

Yeah it didn't go great! Firstly Bert didn't get off the start line for some reason so we started with 5, and Greg had already said he was feeling ill and wouldn't be doing any turns! Greg then dropped off I think about halfway, leaving 4. Then shortly after that, Bram has to go to do Dad duties so we had to wait for Greg who was still riding but 30 seconds back. Then it was just a matter of getting 4 of us to the line - with me and John doing 99% of the pulling.

So I can't imagine we got a very good time - but I did get a good workout!

Nightmare. Although yes I'm sure a good workout and at least we aren't at the very pointy end of the league

 

[ColinJ]

@N0bodyOfTheGoat needs advice about the Victory. Have you used yours yet? It must be almost out of warranty

Ha ha! I have done a couple of rides with the Victory on MyWhoosh, but last week I decided that I would take the 25% off Black Friday offer on a year's subscription to TrainingPeaks Premium/Virtual, and have done a few decent zone 2 sessions on that.

I have had a few teething problems with my setup but I don't think that the Victory trainer was to blame.

I haven't given the trainer a really severe test yet, but at least so far it has been good.

I will be using it a lot over the next 3-4 months unless we have a really benign winter.