Any Zwifters out there?

I just entered my first Zwift race. Bonkers. Zwift has me in ‘B’ category and I could hang for the first 10 or so kms, then there was a random surge and I got dropped from the group. I crawled back from 11 seconds down to rejoin but was completely cooked and got dumped again as it wound up for the final 10 kms. I ended up in no man’s land, finishing 10/21, about 1 minute behind the first group and about 2 minutes in front of the rest, weird. Anyhow, it was a lot of fun for the moments I was with the group and I would recommend anyone give it a try if you haven’t already. Decent workout, if nothing else!

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Jabubu said:
Sooooo what's a cost effective indoor training setup including a bike? Would I need Zwift or can you get free cycling apps to relieve the boredom?
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Many ways to skin this cat:

1. Cheapest would be an old mag trainer and t.v. off Marketplace. Watch whatever you want for entertainment whilst turning the legs over, total budget $100 or less.
2. Second hand roller trainer and cheap roadie with said tv. Budget $200-$400
3. If your budget can stretch I'd go for something like a second hand Kickr Core with a cheap roadie. I managed this for a $500 outlay, plus a $22 per month Systm X subscription. That's a fair bit cheaper than a Zwift subscription and aside from 'competing' with others I think their training setup is just as good.
 
j0w1s said:
I just entered my first Zwift race. Bonkers. Zwift has me in ‘B’ category and I could hang for the first 10 or so kms, then there was a random surge and I got dropped from the group. I crawled back from 11 seconds down to rejoin but was completely cooked and got dumped again as it wound up for the final 10 kms. I ended up in no man’s land, finishing 10/21, about 1 minute behind the first group and about 2 minutes in front of the rest, weird. Anyhow, it was a lot of fun for the moments I was with the group and I would recommend anyone give it a try if you haven’t already. Decent workout, if nothing else!

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I remember those days too... then it was pointed out to me that I was riding at my sons 50kg when I was 85kg 🥳
 
ozzybmx said:
I remember those days too... then it was pointed out to me that I was riding at my sons 50kg when I was 85kg 🥳
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Hauling 90kg here. Zwift definitely punishes you for it.

Not really sure how the categories work though. I got smoked and my ‘Racing Score’ went up 75 points?
 
Just hit level 42, it's going to be a slow slog to the fire socks.

Was making some good progress on finishing off all routes in watopia, then noticed they keep adding new ones haha.
14 left to go, with the only big ones left being the quatch quest and the Zwift games epic.
 
AppleTV updated today.

New HUD seems kind of meh but that coloured bar that shows time in each zone is genuinely useful, for training anyhow.

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Chriso_29er said:
Interesting, I wonder if that is a setting or it's because I'm not using a hart rate meter. But mine acts as tachometer for power zones. I also have kj instead of w/kg.

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Yeah, it’s power for me too. Each colour ‘grows’ depending on what proportion of the ride you have been that zone. The lightning icon also changes colour depending what zone you are currently in. The four number readouts below it can be customised in settings. I set one to W/kg.
 
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j0w1s said:
Yeah, it’s power for me too. Each colour ‘grows’ depending on what proportion of the ride you have been that zone. The lightning icon also changes colour depending what zone you are currently in. The four number readouts below it can be customised in settings. I set one to W/kg.
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I hadn't noticed the growing part, will have to take more notice next ride.
 
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