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Oh and speaking of spreadsheets I entered my XP points into a spreadsheet after the TGR meetup and realized I was “only” 18kms (with double XP in a TOW route) away from the next level and a new bike.
So I joined the 7:00 TOW B ride. I didn’t get the XP power ups I wanted and it turned into 21kms to get my level up, and then it was only 7kms away from the end of the ride, ( and a route badge).
So bottom line I pounded out another 27kms of the Jungle after our TGR meetup.
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Ha nice work!
Cervelo for you? That’s my goal this month.
I’ve learned you can farm XP (if you’re shy of leveling up) by getting on a time trial bike and alternating back and forth between
1) watopia “fire and ice” route - gets you 10xp right away and then you get an easy downhill to get to 1km for another 20 XP
2) choosing another route that has a 10xp banner close to start - Yorkshire has one right at the spawn but others like Innsbruck or Richmond are at 500m and France is at 1km (which gives you 30xp when you cross under it)
You don’t have to save these short rides for the XP to count.
In Innsbruck you can also go back and forth through the flat sprint banner for 10xp without having to bike too far away from it to reset. Good way to cool down after a TGR ride if you’re looking for extra XP
Maybe you guys should just log in as me for a while and get me stuff.
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We saw Wendigo crack 10 watts/kg earlier in the ride, so I wasn't feeling too optimistic coming to the finish line in a 3-person group that included him. As expected, he pulled away with a strong kick, I spun like a windmill and maybe made up a little bit of ground before the finish, but couldn't catch him. It's almost like I need to lift some weights or something, that or lose 40 pounds without losing any strength.
I did the TOW-4 short ride this morning and was totally demoralized when I finally figured out why so many people were on mountain bikes.
Sorry I haven't been around, but I haven't been on zwift in over a month and cancelled my subscription (although it hasn't actually ran out yet).
I'm probably slower than I was a month ago too. Between a lot of work and weather I haven't been riding quite as much as I'd like. Did do alright in our quick little local TT series though.
Yeah, I saw lots of mountain bikes as well... what's the deal with that? Would it have actually been that much easier or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
This is old, and so is this, but mtn bikes are way faster on dirt. Personally, I'd pay a little extra one month for them to pave the jungle :biggrin:
So on the Stage 4 long route you hit the Jungle Section way late in the ride, can I switch to mountain bike mid ride and then switch back?
edit: I just went a practiced picking bike mid ride and knowing where mtn bike was in the lineup.
that will be a trick in itself doing the quick switch, I guess do it on the DH into jungle and then again on the DH once back on pavement
You have to be completely stopped moving to switch bikes. It takes 10 seconds to roll to a stop, so switch on a slight uphill and you’ll stop faster. Or use the A key (stop/brake) on your keyboard if using a laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by carpathian
Yeah what Dee said. You stop pedaling and simultaneously hit the “A” key which brings you to the pairing screen (which you don’t need - this is just the quickest way to stop your avatar - your avatar has to be stopped before you can switch bikes).
You then hit the Ok to get out of the pairing screen and get yourself into the menu - once you click into the bike frame selector start pedaling before you choose your frame (Mtb or back to road frame). Choose your frame and exit out of the menu all the while pedaling your bike. This gets you back moving asap. With practice you can do it in 10 seconds.
There are good YouTube videos that explain it better than I just did. Truth be told it probably doesn’t save you tons of time if you have to switch to mtb and then later switch back to road. But the psychological benefit is big to me.
For the TOW short course “Serpentine 8” I think I will just try using mtb from the start rather than switch from road bike on the first flat.
*Correction - you have to choose your frame BEFORE you start pedaling otherwise it won't let you change the frame even if you are in the bike frame menu (it will grey them out until you stop pedaling)
I'm going to miss today's ride after all. One of my coworkers scheduled an I-can't-miss-it meeting in that time slot, even though I have it blocked off in my calendar.
I never should have un-retired!
RE: Age of our TGR meetup group.
There are 14 "core riders" that have made to at least 25% of the rides.
The average age is of these 14 core riders is 46.9 years old.
The oldest core rider is 58 yo
The youngest of the core riders is 35 yo.
Maybe this information will be some motivation....
I will do a full analytic evaluation on April 30th after the last official TGR meetup. That will include the data from the 42 meetup rides from Dec 1st to April 30th.
I am terrified of the results.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
I dont have any "race" results, or w/kg numbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Just attendance numbers, average number of riders per meetup, number of individual riders. Stuff like that. (and maybe a list of who broke the uniform/sock height protocol).
Shit, I better start showing up so I can make the 25% cutoff for core riders. :biggrin:
Per our discussion during the Tuesday ride, I moved my external speakers. I'm using a metal prep table for my setup; I put the speakers on the bottom shelf, so there's a layer of stainless between the speakers and the laptop that I'm using. Hoping that makes a difference.
I got lucky today and joined TOW late, landing at the top of the Epic KOM climb... which meant I got to cruise downhill earning 40xp / km!
So does that now make you wizard, a paladin or an elf?Quote:
Originally Posted by XtrPickels
I also won’t make today’s ride. It’s tropical weather outside.
Just Full Trucker and Dee Hubbs tonight.
We were having a fun spirited ride when my internet service dropped.
Not even time for a photo tonight.
Sorry dude.
Updating from my phone data.
Wondered what happened... I finished out Lap 2 and then called it. I got Pfizer #2 yesterday so I'm not feeling all that spry today but still wanted to get some blood flowing. Mellow pace for the most of the ride, grabbed a screen capture after Dee dropped. For some reason, if I get in the start corral for the ride less than 5 minutes from the start time, I get the annoying "Finding Riders" message on the screen for the entire ride.
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Sorry I haven’t been making it. Been all goofed up since the weather is getting nicer here...starting to mix in outside running, still playing hockey, and riding the trainer a couple of days. I’m probably a no show for the remainder of the season till next fall...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
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squeezed in the short and long routes as I think tomorrow is the last day for this stage?
Need to correct what I said in my earlier post about switching bikes - you cannot start pedaling when you enter the frame choice menu - you have to pick your new frame first and then start pedaling (you can start pedaling before you exit out of that menu) - I flubbed this on the way out of the jungle but I was all by myself from there to the finish so didn't cost me any places nor could I have caught the riders in front of me
You had two more days, it goes through Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
Stage 4 is 13th to 17th.
Stage 5 is 18th to 22nd.
ok good to know Thanks! I may repeat the short route tomorrow for those sweet XP.
Saturday is for fatbiking in the snow before it melts.
Is the only way to get credit for doing a TOW route, to ride a group ride? Any chance one of the TGR group rides could be a TOW ride and count for it? Not that that would be fun, just curious if a person can set up their own ride on a TOW route and have it count.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
The Tour of Watopia “event” is what gains you the double XP points. You can’t create a meetup inside an event.
You can create a meetup on any route, and can also make every other rider in that world visible, but it would negate the purpose of riding TOW for double XP points and the TOW badge.
Feather hoarderQuote:
Originally Posted by Full Trucker
Zwift aside, congratulations on vax #2, I'm still waiting to be eligible for #1 out here in OR.
Stage 4 Longer ride is a tough one.
Climbing Bike, then change to MTB once I hit the gravel, and back to an Aero Bike once I left the Jungle.
I was not in the lead pack (or any pack) so it didn’t loose me a wheel.
Nice work Dee - I saw you listed in Watopia at 47km so knew you were on bigger mission. Smart using climbing bike then aero. I regretted not picking TT bike after the jungle as everything was so spread out. But maybe would have lost that advantage on the short fishing village climb.
The road bike penalty wasn't as clear as it was in the stage 4 short ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
I failed again to make it a recovery ride. I had a goal of keeping my heart rate below 140, which lasted through the pre-start warmup, so I moved my HR cap at 150, which lasted about half way up the KOM. Then I went as hard as I could to the end.
I just shaved 10 minutes off my previous Alpe PR. And before you ask no, I didn’t change my height or weight :) Same bike setup as well.
I actually haven’t weighed myself since starting zwift because I wanted to go sub 1 hour first.
You didn’t just beat it. You crushed it. Nice work!!
I have 18 routes left to get badges for.
My goal is to have only 16 routes left by the end of the month.
With Zwifthub web page closing at the end of the month, I can print a 1 pager from there with the 16 routes on it, to track my badges the old school way.
Benny the Beast! What, you got nothing to do in the frozen wasteland so just crushing watts on Zwift all day?!
Nicely done Benny, that’s no joke time. New goal 45min?
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Thanks guys. There were many factors but living in a frozen wasteland in the middle of a pandemic was definitely one of them :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkCNtfDC1VU
Small steak dinner 38 minutes before start is the secret!
Well done!