Wife was at a work event, so wrangling kids to bed etc.
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Wife was at a work event, so wrangling kids to bed etc.
Excellent- will hopefully join in tonight provided I don’t burn all my matches riding this afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
Sorry I missed tonight, one of my athlete picked up her her new gravel bike tonight, and we packed it into a flight case for her to take it to Mexico for a first ride/vacation/killer ride.
Looks like nobody else rode the group ride, sorry if you showed up and nobody was in the starting pen.
Yeah last week I went skiing and then didn't get home until after 5. Could have hurried up and got on I suppose. Going to try to ride outside with some people tomorrow.
Tour of watopia is fun. Liking that extra xp and new route badges. Stage 1 was hard. Took a lot of watts up volcano and I still got slightly dropped over the crest but a group of 5 of us caught back up to the top 10ish. Called that good enough and didn't really try to sprint.
Also had two more local races. Week 3 was london triple loops, which does leith then box hill. Went for it up the top of leith and had a small gap and then it was a question of whether I'd make it to box hill
Last thrus was the day after tour of watopia on dust in the wind route, so 32mi, titans grove reverse, over to a jungle loop, titans grove again, fuego flats. I knew this was going to be a race where the group just got smaller and smaller but didn't expect so few of us so soon. But Jake was there so I didn't make it to the line solo this time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZGQfZSDk9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfiliRIiM8
Two more of those then I can cancel zwift until november. Starting to get some nice days and have two real races at the end of the month.
Just Zhem and I at the starting line.
We both dumped the TGR ride at the last minute and went for double XPs over in the Tour of Watopia.
Kinda hard to turn down the double XP rides this time of year!
70* at home and a bit sick, still rode wheelies around my driveway/neighborhood w the kids.
Think my Zwift season may be cut short quickly.
FYI to those looking to dip into it or upgrade - the zwift store is running 20% off smart trainers right now.
Not many participants the last week or so. A few times it was just me and one other, so we changed worlds and rode a Tour of Watopia event.
I'm going to hold off creating TGR Events until ToW is done, and see if there is any more interest, as we are getting closer to outdoor season.
Was just thinking of this - anyone riding Zwift tonight? I’m in if others are downQuote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
Yeah it's a nice sunny day here and doesn't get dark until 8. Going to dust the road bike off this afternoon. I haven't really ridden it since last summer.
Out for tonight, heading outside for a dry dirt mountain bike ride momentarily. Probably not going to be attending until Nov/Dec now. Thx for scheduling these again though Dee Hubs!
i popped into the group ride last week, someone left right as i was coming in - nobody else there so just went and rode stage 3.
grrr - wanna ride stage 4 (group a) tonight? - usual group ride time works for me
Imma ride the C group tonight - need an easy recovery gravel spin
Sorry guys, I’m skiing in Utah, so out.
Sounds rough!Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
got convinced to ride outside tonight for the first of the season - brisk out still - ski season still far as I'm concerned
Ha. It’s working my legs even more than our TGR zwift rides, so there’s that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
Took the plunge on a smart trainer. Zwift store has Kickr Core for 25% off and free shipping if anybody is looking.
Prepping for indoor riding during smoke season already.
Anyone still riding or are we closing it down for the season? I am out this week (garage is torn apart) but will be in for a ride next week.
Lol, you live in Northern California too? Last couple of years the smoke has been horrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falcon3
Eastern WA. We tend to be a choke point for smoke from NorCal, Oregon, and BC as it finds its way across the northern Rockies. So it’s not always acrid smoke but much of the summer the AQI isn’t great for being outsideQuote:
Originally Posted by Zhem
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New bike day!
Nice job!
Now change the Challenge to Italy for the Pinnerello or to Cali for the Specialized.
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Good damn work.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
New bike? I can't see past the mid height socks.....Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
Well done Benny. I ticked over to Tron w/ ~2k to summit of the Alp and haven't done it since.
Thanks guys - I got it on the last leg of the alp so cruised it across the finish line. The mid height socks is for weight savings on the climb!
I’ve been using RGT (now owned by Wahoo) for a little while and just started a Wahoo SYSTM training plan. I like RGT better than Zwift. I don’t have the connectivity issues and it doesn’t lag running on my old devices, I’d guess because it does the physics calculations on a server, not on your machine. It doesn’t have the same video game rewards as Zwift but for just getting some indoor cardio, I like it better. There’s also a couple free rides you can always do even if you pause your membership, which is great for outdoor riding season.
Just picked up the Wahoo snap. Going to set it up tomorrow and will see how I like it.
Looks like fun
Just got a saris H3. Hoping to get my ass kicked on zwift this fall with the tgr group.
After I ask a ton of stupid questions about how smart trainers work.
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So, there gonna be any meetups again this season? Between Covid and injuries I’ve had a shit two months, and with the season right around the corner trying to rebuild my fitness.
Last year was great as I had Friday off but this year it’s Monday. I doubt a TGR Sunday night meetup (if you’re East coast) is in the cards, but riding with others would be nice.
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I about to jump on for the first time in a long while this evening, cold and wet back east today.
I’m out of town working until Dec 4th. But I have some time to get things setup/sorted now.
I was hoping to have the first TGR ride set up for the beginning in Dec.
Last season we did:
Tuesdays at 6:00pm MST
Thursdays at 6:00pm EST.
45-50 minute ride.
Willing to take suggestions on a better time or better day.
There is a TGR club on Zwift where all who join will see all the events/rides we publish.
I’ll log into Zwift Companion App and get familiar with the system again.
Here is the link to join the TGR Zwift club:
https://www.zwift.com/clubs/99e7aed5...f1d2e88b1/home
I’ll answer any questions here, I’ll also douche my inbox if you want to PM me.
I’m in for Tuesdays, but Thursdays usually won’t work for me.
Looking forward to it.
im still doing ~100mi/wk, been doing a bunch of the workout routines which i find a lot more engaging than races, on the wet coast so later more better for me but my schedule is sporadic at best and will join when i can
q for those with wheel on trainers, how long are tires lasting you?
ive been going through 4+ a year... which seems excessive, but if i run less tension on trainer it slips and my gearing is already way low for top speed compared to other riders which is frustrating when not in egr mode :cussing:
Just got a Zwift Hub in an effort to get back in shape. If anyone is riding early morning US time let me know - I'm based in NL for now and will mostly ride between noon and 3pm during the week, a little later on weekends.
When the hell is that in Freedom time?Quote:
Originally Posted by HellgateBasement
between 6 and 9am on the East coast.
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I ride a few times per week (generally) at 5am Eastern. I usually just pick an "event" and hop on at 5.