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Yes I do a zero reset frequently, but thanks for the link.
mjd1988
Guru
Yes our team leans on Alex's video in lieu of proper recon rides as well! Good last ditch sprint as well. Not that disappointed to be missing the climb today if I'm honest
Yeah just to be clear I'm in no way suggesting you're doing anything wrong intentionally - just pointing out that the power graph supports that something's not right
No I realised you are just trying to help and its very much appreciated.
Thanks for the suggestion, email sent to Zwift support.
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
That is an excellent idea and the best solution. They were very quick to do it for me when I made a mistake with some bot testing back in October. They can nuke the power curve for a specific ride. @Venod I suggest you write them a detailed email with race IDs and everything - give all the pertinent information and it will get you round the AI responses very quickly.
The main problem you have with ZRS now if you DON'T do this is that it thinks your maximum effort now is very high. So any "normal" efforts you now do will not meet the minimum effort requirements for anti-tanking. So your score will never reduce unless you have like 6 months off.
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I'd say it really depends how far in front you are of the guys behind. Personally I wouldn't bother. I got sprint FTS points with the ENVE wheels instead of a disc. On a short climby sprint I bet there isn't much difference. The thing you can do to help yourself the most is ramp up well before the start of the sprint. It's only a 10s sprint, so you can afford to be maxing your speed by the start line. I left a bit of time on the table myself. If you watch my sprint on the video I was increasing speed during the sprint. Ideally you want to hit the start line at maximum speed and then try to maintain it. You can do ANYTHING for 10s right?
For me running apple TV with is clonkie remote it's not an option the senerio was raised in group chat and I thought I'd get other opinionsI'd say it really depends how far in front you are of the guys behind. Personally I wouldn't bother. I got sprint FTS points with the ENVE wheels instead of a disc. On a short climby sprint I bet there isn't much difference. The thing you can do to help yourself the most is ramp up well before the start of the sprint. It's only a 10s sprint, so you can afford to be maxing your speed by the start line. I left a bit of time on the table myself. If you watch my sprint on the video I was increasing speed during the sprint. Ideally you want to hit the start line at maximum speed and then try to maintain it. You can do ANYTHING for 10s right?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Do what I did - bodge a games controller onto your bike. It is a massive improvement to that wretched Apple remote!
(I went for a simple DIY wooden mount but you could probably come up with a much more elegant solution!)
Dorset Boy
Senior Member
- Location
- North Dorset or a mountain
Stage 6a today - I hate ITTs, but banged out 4.5 wkg for the 15 min 32 seconds it took me. Ended up in 7th of 89, and a ZRS increase to 595
Dorset Boy
Senior Member
- Location
- North Dorset or a mountain
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Ooh nice. It'll be interesting to see that. New levels coming in April as well. Very timely for me
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You know it's been a hard race when you get an FTP upgrade 😁 231w now . 7th over the climb got outsprinted by someone who dropped a 10w/kg sprint after the climb 😵💫 .Did the downhill with 2 riders from another team got the impression 1 was leading the other 1 out for the sprint as he sat on the front at decent power ,I went for the sprint from behind and they didn't respond and I got fastest through after 8 riders but it went down after that but scored a few that grovelled to the finish for 8th but looks like 5th on points . Spoke to the 2 other riders and they had forgot about the sprint 🤣.
Oh and by the way I was quicker up the climb than Alex so I claiming victory
Looks like I got 9 points for FTS and 20 Kom points for 5th place which puts me 2nd on GC tied with 3rd place and 3rd place in the sprint cat . Next week looks complicated with a ITT with sprint points then a point race to follow
Oh and by the way I was quicker up the climb than Alex so I claiming victory
Looks like I got 9 points for FTS and 20 Kom points for 5th place which puts me 2nd on GC tied with 3rd place and 3rd place in the sprint cat . Next week looks complicated with a ITT with sprint points then a point race to follow
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