VSALON: Zwift Thursdays P/B NixFrixShun @ 9:10 am

[Too Tall]

We will meet at the Start/Finish line @ 9:05 wheels up @ 9:10 am.
See you at the S/F line @ 9:05.
My name on Zwift is my real name.

The VSalon Thursday Zwift Ride will be announced here each thursday NLT 8am perhaps the day before by myself, speedychix or (looking for hands).

Expect to ride 2 hrs.

Until we have a Vsalon jersey use: Code BICYCLINGMAG or not it is cool either way.

Proposed Pace(s) comment welcome
Endurance pace on flats and rollers @ approx. 2 to 2.5 w/kg
Subthreshold all hills > 3% (you set your own place)
Threshold all hills > 6% (you set your own place)
Sprints > Noope. Let's not. This may change. For now let's build some bonhomie with hard endurance group riding.
Texting during the rides > Nooope.
Groupspeak during rides > Noooope.

What did I miss?

See you at the S/F line tomorrow Nov., 10 @ 9:05.

[Too Tall]

Schedule for Nov 10 is the London Course.
Choose "Hilly".
See you at the game start (just don't move after the game drops you in) at 9:05 am and we go at 9:10am

[SpeedyChix]

I'll be missing the ride this week : (
Looking forward to rolling out on the 17th

[Too Tall]

I'll be missing the ride this week : (
Looking forward to rolling out on the 17th

Thanks Anne. It will be good old fashion steady suffering.

[Too Tall]

Update: Choose "london 8", drop in to the game and wait. We take off at 9:10 am sharp. I'm wearing the Bicycling Mag. jersey.

[Too Tall]

Well, that was fun (ouch). The "London 8" loop has some really good hills. IIRC two laps takes me 1 hr. and 4 mins. so we should be able to nearly complete 4 laps than just quit...in a puddle.

Spread the word.

[LarryA]

Will make those changes to my name.

I was in the game at 9:05 and stayed where they put me until 9:11. I was watching the board for names I recognised but didn't see any. Should I have moved forward?

Rode the two hours solo and still got my butt kicked;-). Managed just over 3w/kg first time up Box Hill, then steadily downhill from there.

[SpeedyChix]

It is a bit random on how far away from the start/finish line it drops you. I roll up to find Josh, today I rolled up to get w/in 50m of the line. Was likely just ahead of you when we rolled out.

Adding NFS to our names will make it easier to find each other at the line plus the jersey.

I got in 2.25 hours of very solid work today, even snagging or chasing other riders, it's all good. Glad you stayed on and crushed it! You probably passed me the first time up Box Hill.

[Too Tall]

Ding ding ding. We meet at the star finish line / Sprint and add "NFS".
What could go wrong?
I am just now realizing that the game drops people into slightly diff spots

[hidayanra]

I'm about to get this Zwift thing rolling... on a "dumb" trainer or rollers, but eh, what can you do.

I can't tell what timezone you are in.... I'm assuming EST?

[Tom Kellogg]

Finally set up and getting tech help from the Chix. Thank you Anne, by the way. I'm doing a reality based ride tomorrow to take care of some errands, but I'll try to get away from work for the 9:10 ride ... is it still 9:10 or is it now at 8:10 est?

[LarryA]

I'm in for tomorrow

[Too Tall]

I get that Andy. Just now realizing there is a actual retired rush Hr. Yikes

[LarryA]

Thanks Josh, Anne, and Tom for the company and guidance today - that was awesome!

Sorry for the abrupt departure, but the lever holding my bike to the trainer popped open the third time up Box Hill, and the bike fell over (and me with it.) Now have a nice goose-egg on my right eyebrow where I whacked my forehead on the window sill, and a bent derailleur hanger.

Might be safer to ride outside;-)

[Tom Kellogg]

That was my first group ride in the VS virtual London. Loved it!!! I did have some difficulty going through the subway the first time and as you noticed it took me a while to figure out which turns to make. Chasing back on is just as hard in the virtual world as it in the real world.

Larry; put ice on that goose egg. At least you didn't get a bunch of road rash.

Anne: I see that you are sporting the post chemo look. Can't Zwift give you some hair?

Josh: I had some difficulty drafting you because in London you aren't 6'8" tall. Grow up!

Let's get a bigger group next week. That was a blast!

[LarryA]

Even in a virtual world you disregard Josh at your peril;-)

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[LarryA]

I'm using the the Suunto dongle - works a treat. Laptop is 5 ft from the power Meyer.

[SpeedyChix]

Picked up an extension cord for his Garmin ANT+ chip so it can be closer to the KICKR. The Suunto one I've been using has been great.
Want to give the iPad & bluetooth another go but will reserve that for a solo ride.

[Too Tall]

Tom what happens when you ditch ant and only use Wahoo for power?

[Tom Kellogg]

Tom what happens when you ditch ant and only use Wahoo for power?

I'm using the Ant+ dongle to communicate between the Wahoo Kicker and Zwift. I only use the Bluetooth between my phone and the Kicker for calibration, firmware upgrades and if I am doing something Wahoo specific like directly controlling the trainer without Zwift. Since my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth, I have to use Ant+ with Zwift anyway. The other advantage with using Ant+ is that it not only picks up the Kicker, but also reads my heart rate monitor and cadence from my cranks. In the Zwift pairing screen I can see which devices are being used for each data stream. If I wanted to, I could use my cranks for reading power output, but I figure that I may as well use the Kicker for that since it is being used for speed and resistance as well anyway.

So in direct answer to your question ... I can't ditch Ant+ if I want to use Zwift. I can however if I just want to use the Wahoo App to do one of their workouts or an FTP test or some such. For that sort of thing, Bluetooth seems to work without a hitch. Helps?