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My Tuesday morning entertainment, I might have to watch some antique celebrity road trip house renovation programme 😂 until zwift season comes backDo you watch Alex's pain too to get a good recon of the course?
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I won't be doing any renovations this year
We've had a new boiler put in though. And I've scraped the moss off one side of the roof and sprayed with Copper Sulphate. Still got a slow leak to trace and fix, but that's the only project this year. Last year was a new shed. This year I'm more focussed on preparing for a 200km Audax in August.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Lads, is there a D team perhaps looking for an extra rider? Female and not very fast - probably only good to make the numbers. If so, what time are the races?
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Unfortunately that was the last race in the DRS series. I think the next decent opportunity for team racing isn't going to be until ZRL restarts in September.
After a bit of tech advice ,so last night I got DQed from a club ladder race for "sticky Watts" obviously my peddling style hasn't changed so it looks like it's equipment based . I run a tacx neo2t trainer which says it never needs calibrating . I have discovered the firmware is due for an upgrade so is there anything I should consider ?
There seems to something amiss with the data as the Strava AI training thinks says I hit 1200w or 17.5w/kg 💪💪. I can assure you this isnt realistic 😂😂 but in the power graph on strava I only hit 600w
There seems to something amiss with the data as the Strava AI training thinks says I hit 1200w or 17.5w/kg 💪💪. I can assure you this isnt realistic 😂😂 but in the power graph on strava I only hit 600w
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Strava power graph is crap - you need something with a much better resolution. Did they tell you the timestamp or distance? The ZwiftPower graph is quite detailed and you can zoom on it too. There is some odd flat bits on it, but IMHO not something which would warrant a DQ.
That said, I didn't find similar flat bits on any of your other activities?
My racing seems to be going backwards at the moment, so much so ZwiftPower has me back in old D cat
Despite winning the Green Jersey in the C Dev DRS league we just raced (my sprint is clearly still good, my 20 minute power is way off where it should be.
Q. should I go and beat up some D's in races now until ZP realises I should really be in C races
My last race (I did another after this same night so not fully rested) - this was a ZRS race, 350-520 (I was relegated below 350 after this).
I was using it as a workout mostly, hang on to the end (I did) but let the leaders go and not sprint. My ave w/kg is lower than everyone else, but then I'm a wheelsucker and this was a flattish course with the odd sprint/lump - my vElo score is probably about right, my ZRS is a little high at 350+ (now below that) but I'd say I'm a C not D in old money.
Unless there are hills involved, then I'm barely a D 
Despite winning the Green Jersey in the C Dev DRS league we just raced (my sprint is clearly still good, my 20 minute power is way off where it should be.
Q. should I go and beat up some D's in races now until ZP realises I should really be in C races
My last race (I did another after this same night so not fully rested) - this was a ZRS race, 350-520 (I was relegated below 350 after this).
I was using it as a workout mostly, hang on to the end (I did) but let the leaders go and not sprint. My ave w/kg is lower than everyone else, but then I'm a wheelsucker and this was a flattish course with the odd sprint/lump - my vElo score is probably about right, my ZRS is a little high at 350+ (now below that) but I'd say I'm a C not D in old money.
Unless there are hills involved, then I'm barely a D
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I've not chased up with ladder racing . They seem to run an auto algorithm which seems to pick up any small discrepancies and it's an auto DQ before a human looks at it if you appeal. I'm the 2nd in our team to get DQed for sticky Watts he did a calibration on his trainer and has been fine since . I had notice the trainer felt a bit laggy last night and my avatar seemed to be slow to react to me putting in more power . Just done a firmware update and will see how it feels . The 1200w is just mentioned in the Strava AI training description so no idea where that came from
mjd1988
Guru
I say make hay. As long as you aren't deliberately holding back. Only issue is if you find your fitness going because not challenged enough?My racing seems to be going backwards at the moment, so much so ZwiftPower has me back in old D cat
Despite winning the Green Jersey in the C Dev DRS league we just raced (my sprint is clearly still good, my 20 minute power is way off where it should be.
Q. should I go and beat up some D's in races now until ZP realises I should really be in C races
My last race (I did another after this same night so not fully rested) - this was a ZRS race, 350-520 (I was relegated below 350 after this).
I was using it as a workout mostly, hang on to the end (I did) but let the leaders go and not sprint. My ave w/kg is lower than everyone else, but then I'm a wheelsucker and this was a flattish course with the odd sprint/lump - my vElo score is probably about right, my ZRS is a little high at 350+ (now below that) but I'd say I'm a C not D in old money.
Unless there are hills involved, then I'm barely a D
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I think it's slipped for a number of reasons - the points races see me blasting sprints, then having to roll around to recover. My ave w/kg is probably in D range in those races. Hilly races I just get dropped, end up last, and crawl home and can't hold anything much more than 2.2/2.3 w/kg on climbs. I've had a couple of bouts of chest infections since November that destroyed my fitness until about March. Too many holidays and hence time off the bike.
I'll be sticking to C races because, as you say, D's won't challenge me enough and help my fitness.
If I can lose a few kg, keep the routine on the bike, I think I should be able to get back into Dev C by ZRL/DRS in Sept - that's my target. In vElo I'd like to get back into Gold.
N0bodyOfTheGoat
Ãœber Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
My racing seems to be going backwards at the moment, so much so ZwiftPower has me back in old D cat
Despite winning the Green Jersey in the C Dev DRS league we just raced (my sprint is clearly still good, my 20 minute power is way off where it should be.
Q. should I go and beat up some D's in races now until ZP realises I should really be in C races
My last race (I did another after this same night so not fully rested) - this was a ZRS race, 350-520 (I was relegated below 350 after this).
I was using it as a workout mostly, hang on to the end (I did) but let the leaders go and not sprint. My ave w/kg is lower than everyone else, but then I'm a wheelsucker and this was a flattish course with the odd sprint/lump - my vElo score is probably about right, my ZRS is a little high at 350+ (now below that) but I'd say I'm a C not D in old money.
Unless there are hills involved, then I'm barely a D
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There's no prizes for doing more than you have to in races, in order to get the finish position you're happy with, knock yourself out!
Being a D racer like me under Category Enforcement, I've no idea how many races besides ZwiftHQ TTs don't use ZRS and use oldskool CE instead.
If you fancy a challenge that won't affect CE or ZRS, try the Zwift Insider Micro Races (TTs) on Tuesdays, think you would have fun against Sarah (the almost undefeated D champion). I've been getting obliterated by Emma (who is a CE "B" racer in mixed gender races), the undefeated C champion, under the raw Compound Score pen allocation!
