Virtual Zwift Rides

Me too, did a ramp test before the new year and the first programmed ride last night, felt very hard for a 35 minute ride.

I noted it was designed by Kristen Armstrong, Lance’s ex-wife. Not sure how qualified that makes her.

Edit: As you were, it’s a different person all together.

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I was going to say that Lance’s first wife had nothing to do with cycling, so would have been surprised if she was setting herself up as a coach :roll_eyes:

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Yeah, I probably need to do that to see where I am. Might go to tri-club spinning tonight as well, don’t normally get to but Mrs isn’t working so it’s possible today.

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She’s an Olympic TT Gold Medallist iirc?

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Well I know that now

:sunglasses:

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3x in fact! Age 42 the final time :open_mouth:

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Zwift hub arrived yesterday, but was in work and didn’t get back until quite late. Was then too tired to go mincing about in a dark, cold shed. Hopefully will get a chance at the end of the day to at least set it up, if not have a proper ride.

Hopefully can then kick on from there and actually do some cycling!

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I’m aiming to be on at 4:30pm ish … join me :joy:

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See above!
:rofl:

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Home grown chickin?

Surely marinade is dump the bird in a bowl of stuff and leave it for a few hours while you run/zwift?

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Well that was the start. Kids are home now and need attention. Plus now I have to prepare the rest of dinner.

Still - Hub is built, in position, bike on, firmware updated and linked to Zwift with everything working.

Much smaller footprint than the Saris I was borrowing and the Tacx I’d tried previously which is a positive for space poor people like me. It’s not as heavy, which I don’t think will be an issue as I’m not gonna be sprinting at 1k Watts any time soon! Overall, the packaging, tools, instructions etc were all spot on. Very beginner friendly. Kudos to zwift there. :+1:

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Is the Zwift Hub the one without a cassette?

How does gear shifting work with that?

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I think it’s just virtual gears by changing resistance?

That’s what I assumed, but I was curious to know how you adjust the load to simulate changing gear

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Little electronic buttons that you attach to your bars to simulate changing gears. :+1:

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Yeah, that didn’t happen :joy::face_with_peeking_eye:
Had to make some pasta :spaghetti:

And I’m not one for exercise after supper.
Or even 7pm :face_with_peeking_eye::joy:

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You mean tea :roll_eyes:

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Had another go at the flat fast race, smaller field and generally a slower pace but a few people chanced breakaways. One stuck at the end as someone dropped nearly 7W/KG for at least a minute and won by about 7 seconds!

Got a few points though after a better than usual timed sprint.

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Zwift Power is showing me as 50+ already; that’s a bit previous. Is it done on age at end of calendar year?

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Kind of looks like birth year, or age on 31/12

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