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[bridgy]

Yes but not completely if you look at the graphs you can see I am having drop outs on some occasions while still pedalling.

I'm genuinely not seeing that

 

[Venod]

I'm genuinely not seeing that

Compare the Orange Garmin bike cadence to the Blue Zwift power.
If you are comparing the Blue Zwift power to the Blue Zwift cadence, its the same because its getting the signal from the same source.

 

[bridgy]

Compare the Orange Garmin bike cadence to the Blue Zwift power.
If you are comparing the Blue Zwift power to the Blue Zwift cadence, its the same because its getting the signal from the same source.

Ah OK.

I don't know why the garmin cadence doesn't line up as well - maybe it's the way/timing that it's recording data and as your cadence changes are quite sudden and drastic sometimes it's just not picking up that your cadence went right to zero before picking back up?

It still generally tracks the peaks and troughs of power. And I think the bigger picture is your pedaling style going on/off from zero to 125RPM is causing issues - for racing where accurate power is important anyway

 

[mjd1988]

Yes I do that every time in DRS because I am really crap at longish steady-state efforts with no draft.

I really get found out on no draft events (unless they're all anaerobic like the 3 minute ones )

The nice thing is the way DRS puts segments in the iTT is that it gives people like me something to play for. Those 30 points were very helpful . It's pretty much impossible to get 1st FTS in sprints AND win the iTT and that is very deliberate by design.

I wasn't expecting to do very well in race 6, but I surprised myself with my best result of the series

I'm the same and hope to try and do something similar if my calf allows me, although I'll be pootling much slower for the rest of race and won't chance race 2, already a bit silly to try this one to be honest

 

[mjd1988]

https://zwiftinsider.com/princeton-wake-6560/

Fastest all rounder just dropped! Better than 4.5s on flats and climbs!

 

[alex_cycles]

https://zwiftinsider.com/princeton-wake-6560/

Fastest all rounder just dropped! Better than 4.5s on flats and climbs!

Bugger. I'll have to buy those then



I'm holding off for now

 

[mjd1988]

Aye does make me wonder if they've fallen out with specialised 🤣 does make sense newer wheels would be fast. The disc wheels were apparently the fastest disc wheels on initial testing but they have been brought back a bit since

 

[Whorty]

Bugger. I'll have to buy those then

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I'm holding off for now

4* on weight and aero? Doesn't this make them a one-shop wheel?

 

[mjd1988]

4* on weight and aero? Doesn't this make them a one-shop wheel?

The star system isnt great, but yes they pretty much are the all rounder to go on, you'd need a very flat or all climb race to use anythign else

 

[mjd1988]

Good tactics to just go all in for the sprints in the TT - especially as you got first in both! I see from ZP that tactic took you from 41st on time to 24th on points. And you presumably had more left in the tank than many for race 2.

Not how I'll be approaching it because my strengths and weaknesses are different but I can see how it worked well for you!

I basically did a less successful/more extreme version of Alex's but no major calf injury (at least no immediate response). Team did well so outside of the scoring 4 but I do like seeing my average watts against those around me when they rearrange 🤣

Well done @bridgy for organising our team! Was a fun series

 

[alex_cycles]

4* on weight and aero? Doesn't this make them a one-shop wheel?

They are the new best all-rounder surpassing the Enve 4.5 Pro which I have been using when I'm not going disc.
Anything with a climb more than a couple of minutes I'd go Enve (or now these). Anything flatter than that is disc.
Honestly I think they should restrict disc wheels to TT bikes. They look silly on road bikes