Zwift Chat

[alex_cycles]

Next week, to further the Aethos upgrade, the Friday Smash will be visiting Bologna for race 2.

1 lap of Dolphin https://www.zwift.com/events/view/5405996
then up and down at Bologna https://www.zwift.com/events/view/5406007

The Epic race tomorrow is up Epic KoM, which should help a bit too.

 

[Norry1]

Hi @Joffey

 

[Norry1]

I've mentioned several times my frustration with my lower indoor power vs outdoor.

This year I have been focused on doing a few max effort sprints on my indoor endurance Z2 rides. Today I hit my max power of 945W - approaching the magic kilowatt and better than the 874W which was my best indoor in the whole of 2025.

I also hope this translates into higher outdoor max power as well - just waiting for some decent weather to find out

 

[ColinJ]

I've mentioned several times my frustration with my lower indoor power vs outdoor.

This year I have been focused on doing a few max effort sprints on my indoor endurance Z2 rides. Today I hit my max power of 945W - approaching the magic kilowatt and better than the 874W which was my best indoor in the whole of 2025.

I also hope this translates into higher outdoor max power as well - just waiting for some decent weather to find out

That has me curious about what I could do.

I have done low 600s outdoors but those were not absolutely maximal efforts because I worry about falling off. (I did that in one catastrophic teenage sprint which mangled my left shoulder!)

I would feel safer sprinting on the turbo so I think that I could maybe (briefly!) top 700 W?

I will have a go in the springtime once I am free of winter bugs.

 

[alex_cycles]

Nice to share the Zwift roads with you again John!

Hi everyone, it’s been a while, hope you are all well.

Hi matey. How are you doing?

 

[cyberknight]

Session this morning with yumi 2.9 w/ kg which started out badly as my phone i use for giving ride ons fell off the worktop just as ride assist ended so i was scrambling off the back for a while trying to catch up then i needed more cooling so i thought i could reach the back door but i nearly fell off !
Just a 38 minute session but my ftp went from 193 to 200 during the session so im happy considering a month ago my knee was still hurting until i tried single leg deadlifts at home , not sure if it is the thing the exercise that sorted it or it magically got better in the space of a week but i have added them to my weight routine permanently.
The old elite qubo is still going strong and has been a game changer for more accurate and make the workout more fun

 

[CXRAndy]

I think we mentioned that a smart turbo give a far better involved experience, glad you're enjoying Zwift

 

[cyberknight]

I think we mentioned that a smart turbo give a far better involved experience, glad you're enjoying Zwift

indeed , i was lucky to pick one up cheap

 

[Legs]

Maybe having a bit more weight to put on the pedals hasn’t been entirely bad..?

 

[cyberknight]

 

[alex_cycles]

In the last few hundred metres everyone was looking at each other and it became a game of chicken.
Eventually someone cracked and we "went" at about 250m, which I thought was far too late, but we were all dead after doing Epic and Jungle climbs.

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/-5IeUAyD_4Q?si=sFwsb_C7dkGubxIp&t=6208

(I couldn't be arsed to chase that D though as my race was with the blues )

 

[Peter Salt]

Maybe having a bit more weight to put on the pedals hasn’t been entirely bad..?
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Put a bit more on the barbell too 😉

 

[honeybadger]

Normally do a big outside ride on a Sunday but was at work this morning so when I finished I dashed home to do the NoPinz R3R - 60km Race this afternoon. Only managed a 12 min warm up (not ideal, this old diesel engine takes some time to get up to temp ) so wasn’t confident when I got into the pen alongside 19 other B riders with just 20 seconds to go. Thankfully the start wasn’t to manic so after the first lap of the six of Watopia’s flat route I was feeling pretty good. Hid in the group for most of the second lap, only covering a couple of attacks when needed. At the end of the second lap an opportunity arose to have a little dig so thought I’d test both mine and everyone else’s legs. No one decided to close me down (I think people thought it’d be suicidal to try an attack that far out and I’d blow up) so just pushed on. By the end of the third lap I had a 50sec gap so just kept pushing on, keeping an eye on the rest of the riders and making sure I was pushing just above what their W/KG was to extend my lead. By the time we got to the last lap they’d given up, giving me the win by over two minutes. The race gave me my best 20min power over 90days and 1hr power in the last 12 months so bodes well for when the TT season starts in a couple of months

 

[ColinJ]

Some of us own Assioma Pro power meter pedals. I just found out that the latest firmware update increases the battery life from around 60 hours to... [dramatic pause]




... a whopping 160 hours!!

That is very handy in itself, but for me the main positive is that it should increase the longevity of the rechargeable battery by reducing the number of charge cycles that it has to go through in a given period of use.

My power pedals are currently hibernating on my best bike but I am going to switch them onto the turbo bike for a month or two so I can confirm that the Victory trainer is giving accurate power readings, i.e. that I actually am as unfit as it says that I am!

 

[alex_cycles]

Some of us own Assioma Pro power meter pedals. I just found out that the latest firmware update increases the battery life from around 60 hours to... [dramatic pause]




... a whopping 160 hours!!

That is very handy in itself, but for me the main positive is that it should increase the longevity of the rechargeable battery by reducing the number of charge cycles that it has to go through in a given period of use.

My power pedals are currently hibernating on my best bike but I am going to switch them onto the turbo bike for a month or two so I can confirm that the Victory trainer is giving accurate power readings, i.e. that I actually am as unfit as it says that I am!

Actually that's a good idea. My Assiomas are on my gravel bike and haven't had much use in a few months so it would probably be a good idea to swap them over for a while to both check the kickr and cycle the batteries.