Cycled to the gym this morning, 5°C at 8am... wow, that's some chill! Do you guys wear a balaclava or anything like that when it's this cold? I think it might be time to get the trainer set back up and get back into Watopia...
This. One round the neck, one round the ears. £3 from Decathlon; eBay too I imagine.Buffs.
After most of the summer off the bike due to illnesses, holidays and recovery time I’m back. After a few rides I’m around 20watts down over 30 miles and probably more over a longer distance. Going to be pushing to start next year strong again.
Good to see Zwift have some new stuff to try out too
Cycled to the gym this morning, 5°C at 8am... wow, that's some chill! Do you guys wear a balaclava or anything like that when it's this cold? I think it might be time to get the trainer set back up and get back into Watopia...
Good to get some wind assistance on the way back! We'll hopefully get the same as the wind is predominantly from the West/NW this time of year. But it does mean the latter 5-10 miles will be a slog into a cross headwind and include this grind of a climb (that hurts me when semi-fresh, never ridden it empty!). The descent afterwards it to the finish will be welcome!It was damp and windy. Head wind on way out and it felt like it turned for coming in
Looks like a lot of climbing there, good luck with it
I hadn't really done anything much over 3 hours or so until the weekend before hand and it was one of those where you were just pleased to finish it. I'd done a fair bit on zwift prior to that though, but mainly 1-1.5 hour sessions following their gran fondo training plan. Dark nights coming in so going to see what else they've got on there to follow
Let me know what you think of Rouvy, I've always meant to give it a go. Same with RGT. Obviously in the Indoor thread.I’ve just started dabbling with Rouvy so if anyone has a code for that it would be most welcome. Currently on the 1 month free ( inc premium)
Yup chilly!Cycled to the gym this morning, 5°C at 8am... wow, that's some chill! Do you guys wear a balaclava or anything like that when it's this cold? I think it might be time to get the trainer set back up and get back into Watopia...
/seconded.Buffs.
One around the neck, tucked into jersey/jacket, tucked into rear of helmet, over ears and over cheeks to top lip.This. One round the neck, one round the ears. £3 from Decathlon; eBay too I imagine.
I have heaps and heaps of kit. Have tried all sorts but am mostly settled now on what I use during these shoulder and winter seasons. I still try out new stuff most winters but nothing really drastic. Main aim this winter is to get some more thermal shorts, probably S/H Rapha if I can get them for the right price (missed a few recently). My go-to winter shorts have been Sportful Fiandre NoRain but most of them are XL. I'm now M in summer shorts and L in the winter ones which I only have 3 pairs of. The XL's will be baggy so need to switch them out for L's to tide me over the weekly commutes.Nothing dramatic, no cupboards full of heaps of kit. Keep it simple. The above does me down to -8 without any problems. And I am one for REALLY feeling the cold. I am absolutely not meant to be Scottish.
20 watts is nothing! Welcome back!After most of the summer off the bike due to illnesses, holidays and recovery time I’m back. After a few rides I’m around 20watts down over 30 miles and probably more over a longer distance. Going to be pushing to start next year strong again.
Good to see Zwift have some new stuff to try out too
Well it's about 10%, which doesn't sound much but when I'm used to doing x watts and now i'm just hanging on and putting out less power, less it makes me feel bad20 watts is nothing! Welcome back!
I’ve followed Jeffers on YouTube for over a year and watch his videos regularly.
Yup looks like you're really struggling!
Wish I could do 20mph avg rides after several weeks of illness! Mine where more like -30% sustained power even when 99% recovered and a month back in. The return consisted on me blowing myself up a number of times when setting my targets a little high early on... But then that bout of a chest infection was about the 3rd interruption I'd had to my riding in 2019 from illness and holiday (with a slow return to training):
After low mileage/intensity at the start of the year (lack of group rides and no consistency to my Zwifting), when I'd got a couple of bigger rides under my belt in April I was on a nice upward trajectory of recovering fitness. Two bouts of illness and a holiday through May & June really put me back to (before) my already low starting point. Since then I've recovered well, trying to slowly build which has worked well to try and keep ahead of any illnesses and it has felt very manageable - even though I've struggled to get out for many club/group rides when I have, they've not utterly smashed me and I've felt strong. Throwing in a couple of big solo climbs/challenges in August/September and I'm now the 'fittest' I've been for 1.5 years... Although I'm carrying 5-6kg (or more) than I 'should' be to be at my best... Still nice little taper the last couple of weeks has got me some positive form for theSportiveChallenge on sunday... I hope!
Basically, in Zwift you could be a better, fitter rider but could lose because your bike is slower than the competition and/or you get duf power ups.
it would be like an F1 esports event, where one guy gets the fastest Mercedes car and someone else the slowest car, the Williams. Just give everyone the same equipment and let it be the best rider which wins.
His weight was briefly changed to 45kg in December to get the Tron bike quicker, where he gave someone access to his account to use ANT+ software to get the bike.Doesn't the article say he put his weight in as 45kg... doesn't that make you much faster in Zwift to the power you're kicking out?
yes, he got the Tron bike by cheating the system.So the main objection is someone else helped him get the Tron bike? Did the other person really weight 45kg?