Virtual Zwift Rides

Outstanding!

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I was looking at the Alpe myself the other day to try and work out what I need to do to break the hour IRL, my PB was also 2020 on NYE! 54:21, AP was ~270W so not flat out but a hard effort.

I’m going to try and have a few goes to work out the splits for different bends if I can get round to it, I think 270W IRL would maybe get me 58:xx depending on conditions.

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I have never managed it IRL, think 1h02 was my best aged about 35 but was not 100% of the finish point and possibly stopped a hundred metres early, maybe more. There was no Strava back then of course.

Great challenge :+1:t2:will watch with interest

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Just remember that when you ride back down you can’t take the hairpins at full speed IRL

:roll_eyes::rofl:

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If anyone fancies 2.5 minutes of fun :lying_face: this weeks iTT is a single lap of the dolphin, I was hanging on with 500m to go, surprising how much the legs can burn in a short race :nauseated_face::joy:

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Used an old bug\feature tonight and think I’ve found a second bonus one!

I was late getting into the TDZ ride, they’d done about 11k by the time I’d joined but kept going. I still got the route badge :grin: I’ve had this before but before you try joining PRL full after 4 hours I don’t think it lets you join that late :joy:

The new bug.

I’ve been doing some of my easy rides on the Cadex to try and level it up so it’s my default bike. When I joined the TDZ tonight it demoted me to the Zwift steel or something rubbish, but when I finished I selected to leave the event but stay on the current course, it then changed me back to the Cadex. Once I’d finished I got credited 45 minutes towards the next Cadex upgrade despite only using it for a few minutes :grin: not bad for a steady event like that but you wouldn’t want to be racing on the steel bike.

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tried mywhoosh today. Not sure.

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Tron level 5 :white_check_mark:

@jeffb the Original TT hack was much easier and involved no effort :grimacing:

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What was that? Let your Mrs use your account :joy:

I got to the top of the Tarmac and was going to move onto the Tron but it says you’ve got to have 3 standard bikes before you can start on that so I’m working on the Cadex and S5!

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What was your issue with it?

It just felt unfamiliar

On Zwift I mainly enjoy short races and there’s usually a few to choose from when I hop on, not sure how mywoosh compares there.

Will give it a go though. Not really using Zwift enough to justify the subscription right now

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You could just join an event and it counted as time…regardless of if you were pedalling. So could just leave it over night and fully upgraded TT bike.

Tron needs 3 zwift frames. I did zwift TT :eyes:, carbon and aero. One of them was pretty bad.

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Balls, I thought it was any three frames before the Tron :roll_eyes:

I might check that TT bug, I did wonder if that might work :thinking:

Where is your sense of adventure? I’ve been upgrading the BMX and the Cruiser, all while using the TdZ as workouts. Amusing how annoyed people can get when you sprint out of the 4th pack in a TdZ easy ride on the Cruiser.

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I might do ADZ on the BMX :joy:

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Closed down long ago.

I never do workouts - hated being on slower bikes tho.

Now the Tron is done I have nothing else I want. No interest in the other Halo bikes, all race variants are done including gravel. So I can re-stock my drops for future bikes.

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Crapola :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

I think “late join” is only available in the first 30 minutes of an event

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Good to see the Cat B sandbaggers out in force tonight! Almost TT like power in a group race, absolutely hammered it to stay with the pack up the long drag. Lots of connection issues and vanishing riders didn’t help as I think I kept dropping out of the draft.

Dropped on the final dig and cruised the last 2 minutes, haven’t seen a HR of 175 much recently!

Also managed to complete the Cadex stage 2 upgrade, long way to go for the next one.

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Finally got the Lightweight’s :grin:

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