The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread
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Yeah, but that was a celebration/group ride with the WKG team. He's been up there twice since, one of which is his second fastest and much more what I'd expect - https://www.strava.com/activities/2161220163/analysis/554/3279
A 45 min ascent @ 240W. Impressive. He must be quite light, although check out that RPM. OUCHY!
Couple of volcano efforts tonight, matching time/power for each.
First one left it in the big ring which made me suffer with gear gaps/cadence occasionally.
Second time little ring, much better but went a little hard and went flat last couple of minutes.
Nothing to shout about power wise but it’s going in the right direction! Few kg could come off and a few more watts and it’s all good, just increasing the duration slightly.
First one left it in the big ring which made me suffer with gear gaps/cadence occasionally.
Second time little ring, much better but went a little hard and went flat last couple of minutes.
Nothing to shout about power wise but it’s going in the right direction! Few kg could come off and a few more watts and it’s all good, just increasing the duration slightly.
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I'm gutted that I lost connection to Zwift during my Everesting ride. I'm sure that 9000m of climbing would have helped quite a bit.
Maybe another go is in order
Maybe another go is in order
Good work, good steady improvement is always good!
Good stuff, some good willpower for that - self judged efforts/intervals/segments etc. The times I go to do that I really struggle, needing distraction and guidance(!).
Had a pretty wasted session last night as I was a few minutes late to jump in any of the real good races and the one I settled on was only a 1 Lap Richmond Sprint. Entered B as figured I could hold those power levels for such a short duration. Was totally wrong! Utterly burned myself trying to hold the front group, eased for chasers and worked far too hard to keep in the group, then as it was all splitting up I just couldn't close any gaps. Going too hard into the finish to recover anything with gaps too big to close in the sprint. Did nothing more than maintain a little fitness I guess...! Ouch!
https://www.strava.com/activities/2165671166
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=155632
Check that avg HR! Top of my HR Threshold for me - 13 mins 27 at Z4. 31s at Z5 (Anerobic). Nothing lower!
Good work mate, well done! I'm at 90% myself so really not that far away. Although to be fair I've done very little hunting of climbing to drive it, just racing and preferring hilly courses when the opportunity/choice arises.
You lost connection & the climb/elevation towards your total? Hadn't realised that. Thought you just got disconnected & reconnected so it wasn't all in 1 ride?I'm gutted that I lost connection to Zwift during my Everesting ride. I'm sure that 9000m of climbing would have helped quite a bit.
Maybe another go is in order
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It just lost all interactivity so to speak about half way round. There were no other riders on the road, it counted up my XP but reset when I connect the next time. I didn't get the prizes at the top of each ascent.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE EVERESTING ACHIEVEMENT!!!
New blog post covering round 2 of the KISS Community League -
https://dcun.co.uk/kcl-round-2/
Plenty of drama this week!
https://dcun.co.uk/kcl-round-2/
Plenty of drama this week!
New blog post covering round 2 of the KISS Community League -
https://dcun.co.uk/kcl-round-2/
Plenty of drama this week!
Interesting to read that, thanks.
Dumb question alert!
Seeing your top speed of 70km/h, how does that work on Zwift? Looking back through my TT sessions, I clocked 43km/h giving it everything for the 5 second power test on a Sufferfest Full Frontal session. Are you pedalling down hill but are thengiven more speed based on your power and weight?
Thanks for reading pal.
With zwift and controllable smart trainers they provide downhill assistance. It doesn't boost you down the hill so to speak it just tries to mimic real life downhill pedalling via the controllable trainer and results in speeds you would see out on the road in a bunch/giving it bean's!
Guess it shows my addiction to Zwift
I too unlocked it on Tuesday after nearly 2 trips up the Alpe to finish the challenge. Only joined Zwift in about October.
On another off topic note going outside to ride tomorrow, my first one this year.
Yeah, but that was a celebration/group ride with the WKG team. He's been up there twice since, one of which is his second fastest and much more what I'd expect - https://www.strava.com/activities/2161220163/analysis/554/3279
A 45 min ascent @ 240W. Impressive. He must be quite light, although check out that RPM. OUCHY!
I guess that makes me a fat knacker as my last Alpe ride was 58 min @ 293W only excuse was I'm recovering from a month off in December. I'm 85 kg at my lightest these days.
Nice!
I've just done the same and got a 4% increase — went from 222w to 231w and now at 3.2w/Kg.
Think my Kickr Core has turned into a Clickr Core again though.
Will try it again tomorrow and see if I'm going to have to send it back for a second time…
Under an hour is a pretty decent time
Suffering from another bout of lurgy, chesty cough and running nose I settled into a group ride. HERD. Quite a low number of riders (300?) and a 2 hour session rather than the usual routes/laps. Good friendly bunch of regulars so after late joining I did some early keeping. Settled into many miles of closing gaps, dropping and charging back up, or off the front trying to drag groups together. I found if I settled into the groups 2.0w/kg pace I would stiffen/cramp up so was riding easy at mostly my own pace early on. Settled in well with around 100 riders finishing mostly together with the usual 100 solo/scattered off the front (with no intentions of easing up). Put a couple of sprint efforts in I was happy with the feelings of. Even threw a KOM effort into there for a nice 2019 PR I'm quite chuffed with considering my current fitness levels.
A good base 2 hour session, nothing amazing training wise, just volume.
Most of them probably using it as a final test before the Nationals yesterday? Looking on ZP Cameron Jeffers won it, although there's some confusion? ZP results put him at a solo win, but his Strava data really doesn't show that - points more towards a sprint finish?
The majority of trainers can only go to zero resistance, there's only a couple with a motor inside to actually simulate a downhill (minus resistance?!) - I believe the Neo is one of them.
I'd consider anything under an hour 'good', for most of us
A good base 2 hour session, nothing amazing training wise, just volume.
Argh! Did you fill in a support ticket? What did they say?It just lost all interactivity so to speak about half way round. There were no other riders on the road, it counted up my XP but reset when I connect the next time. I didn't get the prizes at the top of each ascent.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE EVERESTING ACHIEVEMENT!!!
Wow, hadn't realised that happened, haha! Any feedback from Zwift?New blog post covering round 2 of the KISS Community League -
https://dcun.co.uk/kcl-round-2/
Plenty of drama this week!
Most of them probably using it as a final test before the Nationals yesterday? Looking on ZP Cameron Jeffers won it, although there's some confusion? ZP results put him at a solo win, but his Strava data really doesn't show that - points more towards a sprint finish?
As mentioned it's all calculation based over your power output, height, weight, momentum and draft. Can see some huge peaks!
The majority of trainers can only go to zero resistance, there's only a couple with a motor inside to actually simulate a downhill (minus resistance?!) - I believe the Neo is one of them.
Weight has a huge impact on the Alpe due to the length of it. My best up there is slightly quicker - 56 mins at 256W and around 74kg. Was actually a 20 minute FTP test where I rode tempo afterwards to recover a little and just continued.
I'd consider anything under an hour 'good', for most of us
Gutted! Hope it's not or/and they sort it out quickly for you.Think my Kickr Core has turned into a Clickr Core again though.
I've cancelled membership for now until this gets fixed, if it ever does. The people at zwift are very friendly, email response is quick but ultimately they have no timescale for fixing it and seeing "ride on" at the end of each email is taking the ****Actually missed this, but a guy I've ridden with a few times completed 100 climbs of Alpe de Zwift. Not sure if he's the first?! Brutal!
Really sounds like it's Zwift screwing the data, not a communication/upload issue between Zwift & Strava, or Zwift app crash like I saw (think it was basically interrupting the Strava upload with an app crash). Fingers crossed they get to the bottom of it quickly and fix all your data, you might then have to re-download the corrected data .fit files and upload them yourself. But that's no hardship really.
Not normally a UK problem however with the recent warm weather.
Condensation! I noticed a fair bit on my Neo today, with the metal parts obviously getting cold overnight and a significant temperature difference in the shed now.
Not covered under warranty, and if it was inside the body of the trainer, something you couldn’t detect before using....
I wiped it all off and opened a window since I am home which will solve it temporarily... not the best though.. thoughts?
Condensation! I noticed a fair bit on my Neo today, with the metal parts obviously getting cold overnight and a significant temperature difference in the shed now.
Not covered under warranty, and if it was inside the body of the trainer, something you couldn’t detect before using....
I wiped it all off and opened a window since I am home which will solve it temporarily... not the best though.. thoughts?