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lilbeefer posted:ERG mode transformed my training totally. I apparently did not have the discipline to pull those minute long massive watt efforts before.... ERG mode is the best thing around to make you harden the gently caress up. Knowing the ERG death spiral is just around the corner if you let up is very motivating.
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Development posted:you should try Junction -1! it’s really...character building. Strange way of typing Blood +3
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Blood +3 group workout when??
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Knocked a good 2.5 minutes off my Alpe du Zwift time tonight! At 52.27, Sub 50 minutes is seeming achievable. Set ERG to about 220-230 and you can do it pretty easy.
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TobinHatesYou posted:This is almost certainly physiologically harder than just turning off the controller altogether and just picking a gear combo / cadence that averages X watts. That hasn’t been my experience. The little changes in grade are annoying, especially around the turns. You wind up losing quite a bit of power and then you have to bring the watts back up when the grade comes back in. Feels much easier to just stay at x watts, and you don’t lose time in the corners or have to shift.
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Nude Hoxha Cameo posted:Not sure what the right thread is for this question (if I should post this in the main bike thread please let me know), but I have a stationary bike that I use 5-6 days a week. The bike itself is perfect for my use case, but the seat is uncomfortable and numbing after about 20 minutes. I typically am in the saddle as opposed to above it (the bike is well made but I’m not sure was designed for extensive use coming out of the saddle) and my position is sometimes aggressive but probably more often upright. I *think* I don’t care as much about padding as the compression / numbing, so I’m guessing this will be more about construction and configuration than whether or not the saddle is firm. Can this stationary bike fit a regular bike saddle, with the two parallel rails? I highly recommend the specialized power saddle. I have 4 now.
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Any other app tying up the Bluetooth? Wahoo’s app on your phone, or Zwift, etc?
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colonel tom posted:Started a trial month of TR because I want to actually do some structured training and I must have over-performed on the FTP test because these sweet spot training sessions are killing me. Looking around it seems like HR should be between 65%-75% of max, and I'm definitely above that. Am I just being a baby or should I turn the intensity down for a while? Sweet Spot can suck. Are you able to complete them? If so, I wouldn’t turn down the intensity. They’ll get easier as you get further into the training plan as you’ll get fitter and understand how to pace them better. I wouldn’t rely on HR for training since you have power as it can vary day to day based on what you eat, drink, how much you slept, etc.
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I can’t imagine how many hours a week 20k is. I’m usually close to 15 hours but I won’t hit 20k.
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Sep 23, 2020 22:58
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Sep 23, 2020 23:42
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A guy I knew was struggling with indoor training, posting his HR that rose to max and stayed there. Doesn’t use a single fan. Has been doing this for years. I don’t understand how, I would be dead.
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Oct 15, 2020 17:59
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Please don’t buy that. It looks like hot garbage and you can get a wheel on trainer for less. Do you already own a bike?
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Oct 19, 2020 19:15
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Cugel the Clever posted:Nah, thinking more along the lines of an earthquake prompting power outages longer than a few days. So long as my building were still inhabitable, I would 100% be taking a break from helping out where I could during the day to rewatch some dumb poo poo I'd downloaded to my phone. Exercise + entertainment sounds like a nice way to stay sane during trying times! There are a few of those pedal things you put under a desk that supposedly will charge a phone. K-Tor is the brand I saw.
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Hiowf posted:I put my trainer outdoors during the first lockdown. It's not the same as a fan, the fan does cool better. You definitely need some air passing over your skin when on the trainer. Even a light breeze outside wouldn’t be enough, you’ll start cooking.
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TR controlling the trainer and Zwift just picking up the power data is what I usually do. More expensive but I’ve stared at the TR graphs for so long I need some sort of visual engagement. You can also try to line up Zwift KOMs/sprints with your upcoming TR intervals which gives me at least a little more motivation to pound out a tough interval.
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e.pilot posted:New PR up Alpe today Hell, same. Watched two guys ride off into the distance and snag 35 and 36 minute times. 
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Anyone have an interest in a goon Everest group? Looks like 6x up Ventoux will get it. Thinking before the year is out.
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e.pilot posted:I refuse to do a zwift Everest before I do a real Everest Doubleheader imo
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Development posted:a few of us were thinking of doing a punchy + chill group ride. Hammer up rolling hills, zone 2 between hills. This sounds like way more fun than torturing myself up Ventoux. Let me know the details whenever it firms up. TobinHatesYou posted:Looks at dis m'fuc just casually throwing down a 40:40. Team Hummingbird 
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:I got a new PR up the Epic KOM on Wednesday, and set myself an all time 20 min power record (251W) while I was at it. You have been added to TeamHummingbird.xlxs LRADIKAL posted:Got a Tacx flux s, and started riding zwift. My butt is still working up to the saddle. Can sustain 150 watts for thirty minutes so far. I am L RADIKAL on zwift, hmu! Added
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Where is this on intervals.icu?
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:If you go on the heart rate info for an activity, you can change the options on the curve graph to include the season and other periods you’ve set up. Ah thanks, I was looking for something like the power curve section. The site is useful but man some things are not intuitive.
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Vando posted:I hope all you 200+ people are tiny babies because if you're anywhere near 30 and doing that I'm gonna be very mad at your insane hearts 36 and can hit 210 hell yeah
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2M ft of vertical in a year, holy moly. I thought I rode a lot.
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Shadowhand00 posted:He's a nice guy, just a little obsessed with being #1 for stuff. There's a tracker for climbing Bohlman - On Orbit (https://pjammcycling.com/climb/1963.Bohlman-On-Orbit) and I think he's got #1 there by a good 200 climbs or so. I really admire him. drat the first half of that climb looks brutal.
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Anyone with a smart trainer (Kickr ‘14 here) have this happen? I finished a group ride and left Zwift running to go take care of my dogs and got back on the bike about 15 minutes later. I’m guessing my trainer went to sleep and when I turned the crank it woke up. It shows I dropped 2000w for 3 seconds and then tapered off. The weird thing is I never saw this in Zwift, and there isn’t any section of the Strava ride where I was doing unrealistic speed or power.  
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TobinHatesYou posted:Nice FTP bump. I’m waiting for my call from Ineos any time now.
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I Am Not Spor posted:Is this just a humble brag for 1000 watts only being 2nd? My sprint is garbage, so definitely not.
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LRADIKAL posted:My TacX Flux S came with 30 free days. Zwift itself gives you 7 days trial. I used the 7 day trial, then used the 30 day trial. Register on ZwiftPower and use the results there. Zwift’s results are garbage and don’t filter anyone.
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spf3million posted:I'm about to pull the trigger on a wahoo kickr core. Any reason I couldn't use a spare 10 speed cassette I have lying around? The bike I'm planning on using has an 11 speed drive train. This feels like a dumb question. Just buy a cheap takeoff cassette from eBay because otherwise MrL_JaKiri posted:You wouldn't be able to shift
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spf3million posted:Wahoo kickr core, 11 speed cassette, and floor mat on the way Put a towel over the top tube or get one of the sweat protectors
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Do I need anything else aside from an Apple TV hooked up to a spare monitor? Already have three decent fans at my disposal.
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Time posted:I have a kickr core and I installed an 8 speed cassette on it for my wife and it is loud as gently caress compared to when I put on an 11 speed one and my bike. I used the spacer that came with it but it still seems off. It’s loudest in the 11 tooth cog and gets more normal in the middle of the cassette. Is this an indexing thing? What size spacer did you put on?
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The standard ride for this stage ends on the NYC KOM which is great fun if your a tiny baby like me.
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LRADIKAL posted:Zwift defaults to ERG mode for the FTP test (all training?) I ran the 45 minute FTP test which closely matched a recent standard ride where I had a good 20 minute effort in the middle. I can’t hit as much inside as I can outside, simply because I can’t yank the bike around side to side. On the trainer I’m usually topping out around 900W. I’m betting a rocker plate may help to get a bit of that side to side motion.
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If you’re on a PC you can use ZwiftPrefs to ride in a non-featured world, which will be massively less populated. Not exactly the solution to your problem but somewhat of a workaround.
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Canyon eSports guy gets caught cheating on Zwift in the dumbest, most obvious way, catches a 6 month ban and gets booted from the team https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/zwift-cheating-pro-another-tampering.html Tl;dr: He created a secondary .fit file that was exactly 2% higher at all times and submitted that as his dual recorded file.
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The old kickrs are comically easy to deliberately calibrate wrong. There’s a small bolt that changes the belt tension. You can can adjust it, do a spindown, then adjust the bolt again and have an instant boost of 50-60w, probably more. The first time I put my Assiomas on the trainer bike and ran two Garmins I realized the trainer was over reading the pedals by a good 20w.
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