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[mjd1988]

Sure it has been covered before and apologies if this isn’t the thread for this but..
Treated myself to a wahoo kickr with Zwift cog and play. Primarily so I can get into Zwift rides after the summer.

can anyone point me in the direction of a good YouTube video or guide that will tell me all I need to know about getting set up on Zwift and racing?

I’ve searched online but just too much choice!

Welcome! Zwiftinsider is a good starting point with lots of resources

https://zwiftinsider.com/how-to-race/

I'm not actually sure about the best YouTube videos. Gcn had ones but they are surely a bit old at this stage

 

[Whorty]

Sure it has been covered before and apologies if this isn’t the thread for this but..
Treated myself to a wahoo kickr with Zwift cog and play. Primarily so I can get into Zwift rides after the summer.

can anyone point me in the direction of a good YouTube video or guide that will tell me all I need to know about getting set up on Zwift and racing?

I’ve searched online but just too much choice!

As Michael said, ZwiftInsider is a great source.
Enjoy the pain

 

[Whorty]

Ours ended up being wall to wall pain! Was hoping for a nice chill start but one guy attacked the downhill and stayed away for ages putting out 5w/kg for over 5 mins despite a strong chase. 1st in FAL seemed a poor return for someone clearly stronger than the field, I think he ended up 14th overall. This was from the team that dominated the ttr. Again they had another rider break away at the end but other teams played the segments smarter and took the team win.

Course should have suited me but bit disappointed, scored in all segments but best was 2nd fts and was gassed at the end finishing 20th on the road, Paul a few ahead. Strong league

The sprints were hard but thankfully the run in to the first sprint wasn't too bad. I was at about FTP, but at 2.5 w/kg that's not too hard for a C race lol
I had the Green jersey from the first race so I had to work to keep it this week given a much stronger sprinter from another DIRT team was racing.
I won the FAL sprint, with my tried and tested tactic of going early and making it a 45 second sprint I think I caught the others sprinters out and I made it to the line in 1st.
The next FTS I went from the back of the pack and thought I'd taken the win, but the strong sprinter used my draft all the way and pipped me into second.
Sprint 3 was a mega lead out by @steverob - we started from the back and he cranked it up to sprint pace as we hit the start banner. Unfortunately my legs gave up just short of the finish but Steve flew on and took second place (the strong sprinter again nabbed 1st as he surfed our wheels).

As a team we came 3rd on the night.

I rolled in 22nd but with prime points placed 8th (Steve podiumed 2nd 🏅

 

[steverob]

The sprints were hard but thankfully the run in to the first sprint wasn't too bad. I was at about FTP, but at 2.5 w/kg that's not too hard for a C race lol
I had the Green jersey from the first race so I had to work to keep it this week given a much stronger sprinter from another DIRT team was racing.
I won the FAL sprint, with my tried and tested tactic of going early and making it a 45 second sprint I think I caught the others sprinters out and I made it to the line in 1st.
The next FTS I went from the back of the pack and thought I'd taken the win, but the strong sprinter used my draft all the way and pipped me into second.
Sprint 3 was a mega lead out by @steverob - we started from the back and he cranked it up to sprint pace as we hit the start banner. Unfortunately my legs gave up just short of the finish but Steve flew on and took second place (the strong sprinter again nabbed 1st as he surfed our wheels).

As a team we came 3rd on the night.

I rolled in 22nd but with prime points placed 8th (Steve podiumed 2nd 🏅

I honestly can't believe that I did as well as that. 3rd across the line (ruining the Mojo's attempt to claim the top four spots; they got 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th!) and with my sprint points added, ended up second overall.

I knew in advance I was not going to contest the FAL and while I had thoughts of doing the first FTS, I started my attempt too early and was already at the front of the pack when we crossed the start line, so I backed off and saved my powerup for the second FTS in an all or nothing attempt, which it turned out was the right decision.

Then when the Mojo's launched a full team attack with 2km to go, I decided not to try to chase but instead to TT it to the finish at about 3.5 w/kg with the aim of reeling in as many of the other riders who had tried and failed to catch them with a sprint and now had tired legs. And amazingly that left me perfectly placed in 6th with 500 metres to go and from there I pushed hard and just stole 3rd.


View: https://youtu.be/FpW169CIqZ8

15:55 to watch Carl's FAL win (he's the dot disappearing off into the distance!)
32:20 to watch the 2nd FTS sprint
44:00 to watch the attack from 2km out and my slow but steady chase back on

 

[mjd1988]

I honestly can't believe that I did as well as that. 3rd across the line (ruining the Mojo's attempt to claim the top four spots; they got 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th!) and with my sprint points added, ended up second overall.

I knew in advance I was not going to contest the FAL and while I had thoughts of doing the first FTS, I started my attempt too early and was already at the front of the pack when we crossed the start line, so I backed off and saved my powerup for the second FTS in an all or nothing attempt, which it turned out was the right decision.

Then when the Mojo's launched a full team attack with 2km to go, I decided not to try to chase but instead to TT it to the finish at about 3.5 w/kg with the aim of reeling in as many of the other riders who had tried and failed to catch them with a sprint and now had tired legs. And amazingly that left me perfectly placed in 6th with 500 metres to go and from there I pushed hard and just stole 3rd.


View: https://youtu.be/FpW169CIqZ8

15:55 to watch Carl's FAL win (he's the dot disappearing off into the distance!)
32:20 to watch the 2nd FTS sprint
44:00 to watch the attack from 2km out and my slow but steady chase back on

You really reeled then in at the end, great result

 

[steverob]

Well it's getting real now. Today I finally got the GPX files for my LEJOG ride from the organisers and they also set up the WhatsApp group so everyone can chat before the tour. If the nerves hadn't already kicked in, they definitely will now!

In case anyone's interested, the route they've got us doing is roughly as follows:
Day 1 (28th June) - Land's End to St. Austell via Penzance, Devoran & Tregony - 60 miles
Day 2 (29th June) - St. Austell to Moretonhampstead via Looe, Plymouth, Yelverton & Dartmoor NP - 70 miles
Day 3 (30th June) - Moretonhampstead to Wookey Hole via Exeter, nr. Taunton, Glastonbury & Wells - 82 miles
Day 4 (1st July) - Wookey Hole to Much Birch via Cheddar, Bristol, Chepstow & Monmouth - 74 miles
Day 5 (2nd July) - Much Birch to Shrewsbury via Hereford & Bucknell - 68 miles
Day 6 (3rd July) - Shrewsbury to Leigh via Hanmer, nr. Chester & nr. Northwich - 80 miles
Day 7 (4th July) - Leigh to Carnforth via Blackburn, Whalley & Cross of Greet - 69 miles
Day 8 (5th July) - Carnforth to Gretna via Windermere, Keswick & Carlisle - 86 miles
Day 9 (6th July) - Gretna to Larkhall via Lochmaben, Moffat & Lesmahgow - 77 miles
Day 10 (7th July) - Larkhall to Tyndrum via Hamilton, Glasgow, Loch Lomond & Inverarnan - 82 miles
Day 11 (8th July) - Tyndrum to Fort Augustus via Glencoe, Fort William & Invergarry - 81 miles
Day 12 (9th July) - Fort Augustus to Evanton via east side of Loch Ness, Inverness & Dingwall - 56 miles
Day 13 (10th July) - Evanton to Bettyhill via Bonar Bridge & Altnaharra - 77 miles
Day 14 (11th July) - Bettyhill to John O'Groats via Thurso & Castletown (though I'm hoping to add on Dunnet Head and Duncansby Head if there's time) - 50 or 62 miles