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I'm on Level 13 with 850,000 points and I dont have access to any different bike or wheels in my Garage? What am I doing wrong?
When I look at Zwift Insider Shopping Guide, it says I should have seen a bunch of frames and wheels by now?
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Your garage is the stuff you have. You need to go into the drop shop and buy stuff.
Also here's a list of all the routes you can sort by distance and elevation
https://zwiftinsider.com/routes/
Climbing will give you sweat points but not the mileage. I personally just rode like I was riding outside, pick a direction and takeoff for whatever my workout was. I did the Everest, then jumped to the California and Italy badges, that was probably a mistake and I just should have left it in the climbing challenge. I would have gotten the Tron bike faster. You'll unlock bikes with hitting levels, so chasing points/levels is also good. Route badges get you bonus points, so going after those helps. I think I went from level 24 to 29 just chasing routes last winter.
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Dude you can buy some pretty fast bikes and wheels at that level and amount of drops. Canyon just added the Aerode 2021 open at level 10, pair that with some Zipp or Enve wheels and you will notice a big difference. Drop Shop!
Thanks, that makes sense now. I alway saw "you earned new socks" and then saw them pop up in my garage. I assumed thats how new wheels or frames showed up.
I use AppleTV and the remote isn't the easiest to navigate the screen, and I never accidentally clicked on drop shop to explore that area.
I just bought the Canyon Aeroad 2021 frame, and Zipp 808 wheels.
Thanks, now I have no excuse to lose races :fm:
If you still have any drops, buy the Enve 3.4’s for climbing wheels, you can switch them out with the Zipps anytime you want.
Now I'm geeking out on the points to buy better bikes/wheels.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
I'm a few points short to buy those 3.4's but I'll get them by next week.
I should also top Everest next week and get (no points needed) the Trek Emonda for a climbing bike.
Recommendations for Zwift training programs for an MTBer who races Enduro?
I started the "Dirt Destroyer" and it has been a lot of low cadence grinding which Enduro is not. I need more sprinting/intervals.
I am having a consult with a local physio next week for enduro racing specific training and I hope I can integrate Zwift into the program because it super fun and way better than sitting on an exercise bike at the gym starting at crap TV on mute.
Just tried a race but got booted out, due to lack of hr monitor?
Whiteroom, maybe just an endurance program for base, but enter a race or two each week for intensity. Remember you need more base now, intensity in 5 or 6 months. The more base now, the better off for the future.
Wendigo, lots of races use HR to identify cheating. High placing with lowish HR is the tipoff. Get the Wahoo Tickr for Bluetooth, it works well.
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What race was it?Quote:
Originally Posted by wendigo
not sure - three sisters route.
started racing and about a minute or so into it was booted out. not sure if it was lack of hr or software issue - just curious. jumped in on a group ride which was fine.
will be outside for the next month, but the races seem like they may be fun come december.
I think a number of races require HR or you get kicked out. Not sure if there's a w/kg thing that actually works during races, but results on zwiftpower do filter unrealistic power numbers that come from either using a speed sensor on a regular trainer, lying about weight, etc.
Huh I didn’t realize someone watches races in action. Wendigo were you doing really well for your category when you got booted?
WRG they don’t do enduro stuff but I’m doing the off-season plan from here and really liking it: https://fascatcoaching.com/training-plans/ they have a really active forum there so a coach should weigh in on what plan you should buy if you ask. But I’d guess they’d tell you to do either their offseason plan or the sweet spot plan since you’re so far out from the ‘21 race season.
If you go with a plan from the local physio just make sure it can run through Training Peaks (or a similar app that’ll pair with Zwift). If they do, your workout will just appear on Zwift the day you need to do it. That’s how fascat works.
Good info guys thanks. Doing races is super fun and even doing "free" rides on Zwift I end up sprinting chasing KOMs. I love the short 30 second to like 3 minute ones where you just go balls out. Same as in real life. I just can't not go for PRs lol.
Another wed night "cx" race tonight, really fun again. I tried setting up my own livestream and the cheap laptop handled it, but barely. Have a few issues to work out like getting some sound going for me and not just the zwift window and also placing myself in a different corner. The organizer does a stream with a guy commenting and changing camera angles, although he seemed to have missed most of the interesting parts at the front of the race. Even got a discord chat thing going tonight
Racing starts about 15min in
https://www.facebook.com/12099946128...70590040055785
me racing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYcJPz3eGs
Pretty short and after the start you can skip to about 6.5mi/15min in and won't miss much
That’s awesome j! For sure you need to move your box to the lower left. Is that a group ride with your crew? We should all jump into a race with you steaming it. Ride On!
Ha! That look after your cross the finish line.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamal
Sweet relief!
That's awesome! Very cool and congrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamal
Also, very nice cornering. heh.
That was cool, thanks for posting.
Yeah this is a good portion of our usual wed night cyclocross group and we are doing these through the group ride/meetup thing which seems to work well. it gives race results and hides everyone else out on the course. I'd definitely be up for scheduling a couple over the winter if we can all come up with a time that works. With the "keep it together" feature there's a rubber band effect where everyone stays with the group as long as they're pedaling.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
Hilariously I think the reason for no sound is just that I had my mic muted. Other than that it's pretty straightforward with this free program called OBS studio. You add whatever sources you want, adjust the settings (like resolution, bitrate, audio levels), and then that sends the stream straight to youtube or fb or wherever. If I didn't want the camera overlay facebook will just directly stream a zwift (or whatever) window.
Ok, kids, I am almost ready to start Zwift. This may have been covered, but what is the easiest way to begin?
Got my Kickr, my Element, and my Tickr.
What’s next?
Is there a n00b program to get up and running without jumping into some really hard rides/races and whatnot?
You don’t need the head unit. Watts, HR, and cadence will be shown on screen.
Download the app, either on phone, tablet, Apple TV (my preference) or PC
Download the Zwift Companion app to your phone, using it while you have Zwift on another device is the way to go.
Hop on and start riding. Explore the various worlds.
Make sure that you are on the Everest Challenge from the start (menu, challenges (or something similar)
Don't worry about workouts (yet), just get used to the game. Learn about powerups and practice when to use them.
Will my tickr connect directly to Zwift?Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
I think it needs to pair with the Element or my phone or something first?
Sorry for the dumb q’s.
Just pop into Watopia and pedal around. Don't join a ride yet. Get a feel for up, down, find someone to draft off of, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Any of you mirror cast from your phone to the TV?
(Ain’t got no Apple)
heh - i'm just using my phone. set it down to sprint...
I like to pick a route. You can sort them by elevation or distance and see them all here
https://zwiftinsider.com/routes/
You get a little badge for each one you do and it lets you not worry about navigating to wherever you want to go.
Tickr should connect automatically. But it all depends on the number of connections being used and the device. For example, i believe my Apple TV only accepts 2 bluetooth connections, depending on the trainer, that could be power and cadence. So HR has to go thru phone via the companion app.
You'll have to experiment a little. I think I read that the Kickr sends power and cadence in two different channels. In my case, my trainer bundles power and cadence in 1 signal. So...it depends and can get frustrating until you dial it in
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Tips like this are exactly why I am asking, thanks!
I'd be up for a group ride sometime this winter if we organize one. I've literally only ever done the individual erg workouts, not free riding or group rides ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamal
We can create a meetup, choose the route, distance, or time.
I don’t mind setting some rides up, the only caveat is that you have to be on my friends/follow list for me to invite you to the ride.
Let me know if you’re interested in a ride, and suggest a time/day.
I’ll take suggestions and set something up.
I'm in. I'm EST and would prefer after work starting in Dec. 5-10PM EST would be great. I usually do 1 hour max. I race as a C but am fine with chillin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
I’d be down for some group rides. I’ve never done any races, I usually just pick a route that looks decent for my time/mood/energy and go givr the beans. Kinda how I approach road riding in general.
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Yeah I am always in for group rides. Usually after 4pm ish MST. I have done a few races in Cat C. Mid pack usually. It's pretty cool how real the draft is in Zwift. Lose the front group and you will never catch back up.
The amount of times I’ve buried myself to try to catch back on to that group 5-6 seconds ahead with no luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
I think our dirt season ended yesterday. I put my bike on the Tacx this morning, so now I need to figure out Zwift. The last week or so of posts have been helpful.
3 seconds is where the elastic snaps, anything past that, game over!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
I learned that lesson the hard way today in the 60-mile Zwift Gran Fondo race/ride. 15 miles in I was feeling good and with a strong group; we're going downhill after the volcano, I went to get into the super tuck, but either I wasn't going fast enough/the grade eased up because my rider got out of the tuck and I got dropped before I knew what was happening. I then pushed 5w/kg+ for a bit to try and catch up, but I was 8 seconds back so it was futile. There's just no margin for error.
I'm new to zwift so this was my biggest race in terms of distance and participants. Was super fun. Played lots of cat and mouse with another group, then had to hammer out the epic KOM to finish - which was hard on the legs after 56 miles of racing.
To supertuck in Zwift three conditions must be met:Quote:
Originally Posted by kathleenturneroverdrive
You must be travelling at least ~36MPH (~58km/hr)
The decline must be at least 3%
Your power output must be below 11 watts
Zwift will automatically place you in the supertuck if all these conditions are true.
You come back out of the supertuck once any of these conditions is not met – for example, if the road flattens out to a 2% decline.
I usually watch the gradient screen and when it hits 4% I start peddling again.