The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread

Is anyone having issues logging onto the Makuri ilands map on Zwift?
I've had the issue for some time now. Tries to load then a black screen & returns to the desktop.

Reinstalled several times, new drivers etc but nothing seems to sort it out.
All the other Zwift maps load fine.
 
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Robzere31 said:
Is anyone having issues logging onto the Makuri ilands map on Zwift?
I've had the issue for some time now. Tries to load then a black screen & returns to the desktop.

Reinstalled several times, new drivers etc but nothing seems to sort it out.
All the other Zwift maps load fine.
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Makuri is the most demanding world in zwift.

Turn off video recording if on in game.
See if there's apps running in the background that you can close.
Turn down zwift resolution.
 
UTmaniac said:
Makuri is the most demanding world in zwift.

Turn off video recording if on in game.
See if there's apps running in the background that you can close.
Turn down zwift resolution.
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Thanks, I'll give it a go.

It was working fine a few months ago & I've not changed anything.
 
AndyCr15 said:
I feel like they've been available for £2,200 at one point?
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They must be following this thread as yesterday I had an email from Wahoo with an offer of a reconditioned Kickr Bike V1 for £2,199, which I think I may take them up on. Can anyone tell me how small they fold up? (If at all?)
 
AndyCr15 said:
They must be following this thread as yesterday I had an email from Wahoo with an offer of a reconditioned Kickr Bike V1 for £2,199, which I think I may take them up on. Can anyone tell me how small they fold up? (If at all?)
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I’ve not used one so likely no help but I have the tacx and I’d be surprised if they are too dissimilar. It doesn’t fold up at all, it’s super sturdy and very heavy. It’ll be all of 50kgs, maybe more. Suppose you could pull the bars in as far as they adjust and drip the seat to minimise it but floor real estate is the same.
Just get it man :D
 
Vandle said:
I’ve not used one so likely no help but I have the tacx and I’d be surprised if they are too dissimilar. It doesn’t fold up at all, it’s super sturdy and very heavy. It’ll be all of 50kgs, maybe more. Suppose you could pull the bars in as far as they adjust and drip the seat to minimise it but floor real estate is the same.
Just get it man :D
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If similar to SB20 then again 50-60kg and no folding. For moving long distances you can take off bars/pedals and the feet it it sits on, but not a quick process. When I moved house I just kept the bike fully assembled.
 
@Roady I see you have signed up for the 0900 Tiny Races tomorrow, first time trying them? If so lots of luck, pace is often very close the ~10min W/Kg limits for Category Enforcement!

You're currently doing races 1-3 in the 0900 quartet, but race 4 is down for the evening 2145 event (for which you will be DQed by Eric due to "no sniping rule," you must do race #1 and any further races in a quartet after a break don't score as you don't have the accumilated race fatigue.

Info on this week's quartet https://zwiftinsider.com/tiny/
 
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Mostly do zone 2 stuff on zwift while fasted, and the occasional workout but today I thought I'd try a race for the first time and managed to win! (Cat D).

I stayed in the pack from the start but at around 3/4 distance there was a short climb, I didn't really push here but at the top I was about 5sec ahead. Had to decide quickly to push harder and extend the gap or wait for the group to catch up, decided to push and got to about 10sec ahead. Cue a further 12 mins of suffering trying to hold the gap outwith the draft, managed it without anyone closing but I think next time I'll be more tactical.

Chuffed to bits though, was a great workout
 
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How do you race in Zwift now, with everyone being held to their correct levels? I've not raced in a LONG time, but when I get my new wheels, I might have another go.
 
AndyCr15 said:
How do you race in Zwift now, with everyone being held to their correct levels? I've not raced in a LONG time, but when I get my new wheels, I might have another go.
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Zwift now uses any single activity on the app to allocate you to a pen, not just races and TTs.

ZwiftHQ gives you a "zMAP" value, predicting your W/Kg for 4-6min efforts. The limits for men iirc are...
D 3.2
C 4.1
B 5.1
A 5.1+

ZwiftHQ also gives you a "zFTP" value, predicting your W/Kg for 40-60min efforts. The limits for men iirc are...
D 2.625
C 3.36
B 4.2
A 4.2+

Limits above only apply if your zFTP is above following minimum Watts...
C 150
B 200
A 250

So you can have kids weighing ~30Kg that can do 4.5W/Kg up climbs for 20mins+ in pen D!

If you marginally break your current pen's zMAP limit, you are then racing others who can do your ~6min effort for up to 60min.

zFTP is crudely based on the 2-point Critical Power as found at the donate-ware site https://intervals.icu/ and alike (but an approx 3-5min improvement will lower zFTP).

Somewhere on the Zwift forum is a link explaining Category Enforcement.

Using power, at least alone, is supposed to be getting replaced by Racing Score Mk 2 some time very soon. Mk 1 was a shambles and was scrapped after a few weeks of going live last summer, after flaws were pointed out in the forum.
 
iGiDK said:
Mostly do zone 2 stuff on zwift while fasted, and the occasional workout but today I thought I'd try a race for the first time and managed to win! (Cat D).

I stayed in the pack from the start but at around 3/4 distance there was a short climb, I didn't really push here but at the top I was about 5sec ahead. Had to decide quickly to push harder and extend the gap or wait for the group to catch up, decided to push and got to about 10sec ahead. Cue a further 12 mins of suffering trying to hold the gap outwith the draft, managed it without anyone closing but I think next time I'll be more tactical.

Chuffed to bits though, was a great workout
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All that training putting you in a spot to win races. Who’d a thunk it!
Congrats :D
 
AndyCr15 said:
Last night I may have accidentally purchased it...

I watched a video where someone said how it was just a much closer feel to a real bike than even DD turbos. That swung it.
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Congrats. Everything about it is better in every way. Above that though it will give you more motivation to get on it. That was what I told myself when I persuaded myself to get one but it’s still true. I think from past posts you’re a bigger guy, like me. I struggled to really put the power out I wanted on the DD, didn’t really feel stable. These things don’t move a mm, I feel more of your energy is transferred to it resulting in bigger outputs. I hit all the high wattage badges in my first few weeks after the change.
They are basically zero maintenance although your sweat will quickly corrode any exposed screw heads. I’ve got a set of disposable wipes in the draw in the unit next to it, 5 second wipe down after each session and she’s good to go again. :)
 
AndyCr15 said:
Thanks, so basically just join any ride and it will assign me to a cat? I google'd ZwiftHQ and couldn't find links. Is it a site where I can see my ratings?
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An honest effort ride of 2Km+ , ideally ~12mins long, will put you in a pen A-D for races. If you perform better in a race, you might get promoted. You do a purposely very easy effort and get assigned to D to start with (iirc you can do ~3W/Kg for 20mins, which would be mid-low pen C).

ZwiftHQ is just my way of describing the Zwift team.

https://forums.zwift.com/ is the forum.

You can see your zFTP and zMAP in the feed/profile section if you log into https://zwift.com with your Zwift app details.

Your pen category is shown at Https://zwiftpower.com in your profile if you've registered there (very simple these days to do if you haven't yet), but it doesn't always update to changes unless you click "refresh profile" under your profile photo.
 
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www.zwiftracing.app

Event Schedule

www.zwiftracing.app www.zwiftracing.app

This is the new system likely to arrive. It is not part of zwift at the moment, but likely to be the way zwift works in the future based on rumours. The previous point system just gave an inverse of your zwiftpower score and skewed by race size rather than finish position. It wasn’t popular and was binned quickly.

The racing.app uses your rating against the competitors and you score more points for beating those rated higher than yourself and lose points for loses. In a way it is a fairer system as you separate on results. There is one race series that uses your category on this system for the racing pens.
 
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I just did the tiny race series. The pace is brutal. Mostly finished mid pack, could have done well in first race if I was positioned better. Started the legsnapper 80 something and finished 39th - 45s KOM and new PB by 40s! Unfortunately think I over did the first two races and then it became survival for the last 2.

38/103, 44/101, 39/101, 54/99.

Feels more like a leg day at the gym than a cardio workout!
 
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Well done, a good result! I've wondered about giving the tiny races a go, just to see how I'd fare with the 4 x 10 minute full-on efforts. I have a horrible feeling that I'd be massively outsprinted at the end each time.

Edit: just looked at Zwiftpower, seems you need to average over 350W to be at the pointy end in Cat A. Hmmm.
 
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