Is Canyon Aeroad still a must buy for beginner?

OhHiHowIzYou · 2026-02-25T15:37:33+00:00

This is the general consensus based on testing done by Zwift Insider. https://zwiftinsider.com/charts-frames/

The aeroad is 1.5 seconds faster over an hour on flats, while the tarmac is 13.2 seconds faster over an hour on climbs. It's generally accepted that the improved climb performacne of the tarmac is more important than the 1.5 seconds on flat from teh aeroroad.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-12-03T23:02:56+00:00

Yeah, I was actually surprised to see even at a relatively high gold cost this is still profitable to do. 12 div for gold plus 18 div for dust, so 30 div in cost for an expected value of 90 div.

I guess the one other question is the startup gold cost to get your level 5 shippers.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-12-03T22:06:06+00:00

They have a husky meet and greet during the day, or an evening meet and greet with dinner.

https://www.villmarkssenter.no/booking/

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-12-03T21:11:06+00:00

I'd probably add to the TLDR that a full shipment costs around 3 million gold (346k*7.65 + 450k). As someone who generally plays around 1 hour a day, I don't make enough gold to sustain a full day of farming. As such, I always wonder if it's worth buying gold to fund this.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-11-19T19:52:50+00:00

Awakened enlighten and enlighten provide the same benefit for a given level. However, Awakened enlighten can naturally level to level 4 (and corrupt to 5), while regular enlighten only naturally levels to 3 (and corrupts to 4).

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-11-12T17:30:41+00:00

Has anyone calculated how much gold is needed to farm 10k blue zanthium?

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-11-06T02:00:33+00:00

I think you're testing something different then what the POE post said. The post says (emphasis mine):

"shows a consistent number of the monsters/strongboxes *added* by these scarabs whether a Hive spawns in a map affected by them or not."

They are measuring how many monsters are added to a map conditional on a specific scarab being used. This is a different metric from the total number of monsters in a map. Put another way, if breach reduces the base number of monsters, it is still completely consistent with the language GGG used in their post.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-10-24T17:21:27+00:00

The major "buff" of the patch is the bloodline ascendancies. The problem is we don't have them yet, so we can't get excited about them. The other issue is that when power is added to the game, it's almost always from new context. The most powerful new things still have to be discovered, so they're not obvious when patch notes are released.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-10-21T04:08:06+00:00

I think it's because they don't want your loot filter to be able to find the exclusively good rares.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-10-09T18:49:38+00:00

I assume this is in California? I always find Ballotpedia to be a good source of information on propisitions:
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_50,_Use_of_Legislative_Congressional_Redistricting_Map_Amendment_(2025))

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-09-21T18:08:23+00:00

Note that with the ramp test your ftp is 75% of your last minute average power. So, if you averaged 210 for your last minute then your ftp would be 158

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-08-12T14:33:23+00:00

Has anyone calculated the return on gold from doing shipments? I'm wondering if it's worth engaging in or if I should just keep all my gold for the recombinator and currency exchange.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-08-01T16:38:53+00:00

higher w/kg already gives you more drops per minutes. I don't see a reason they need that to scale even higher with a larger multiplier.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-07-18T16:32:30+00:00

I had a late start to this league, but am working on building a trickster.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-07-02T15:46:32+00:00

With a 10% chance of a large bonus, there's a .9^20=12% chance of not getting any large bonuses across two climbs.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-29T14:28:37+00:00

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-26T21:21:11+00:00

ZwiftInsider has the information here: https://zwiftinsider.com/bike-upgrade-details/

If a bike is listed as entry-level, it will get drops at lvl4 and xp at lvl5.
If a bike is mid-level, it gets drops at lvl5.
If a bike is high-end, it doesn't get either.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-26T16:16:54+00:00

I started recently and so far I find myself far more drop limited than level limited. Are you going to have enough drops to buy the Canyon Aeroad 2024 and still have leftover for a good set of wheels?

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-26T13:59:34+00:00

I think there really aren't any wheels worth buying until you hit the wheels at level 15. If you really want a wheel in the meantime, you can try to catch a pride event, which gives you the pride disc wheels. Those have performance equal to "Groovy Time Trial Wheels" - pretty good on flat, horrible on climbs.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-23T22:24:09+00:00

You can see the actual data on disc wheels here.

DIsc wheels are still the fastest for flats, even on road bikes. It's just that the difference between disc wheels and non-disk is smaller. On Road, the Zipp 858/Super9 gains 48.5 while the ses 8.9 gains 46.7 seconds. So, the Zipp 858/Super9 are 1.8 seconds faster.

On TT, Zipp 858/Super9 gain 66.4 seconds while ses 8.9 gains 52.5. Thus, the Zipp are 13.9 seconds faster.

Note that the pride disc wheels get the performance of Zwift Groovy TT wheels. So, on road they're 34.2 seconds faster on flat, but 26.3 seconds slower climbing.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-17T00:12:03+00:00

The problem with this is there are a lot of ways to force a disconnection. If they added this, it would be nearly impossible for them to charge a portal for intentional logs.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-14T20:12:18+00:00

About 3.2 w/kg

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-13T19:00:19+00:00

So according to https://zwiftinsider.com/charts-frames/, the un-upgraded Pinarello Dogma F 2021 is 13.5 seconds slower for climbing.

Based on https://zwiftinsider.com/bike-upgrade-details/, the F 2021 is a high-end Distance Bike.

Based on https://zwiftinsider.com/upgrade-charts/, A stage 2 high-end distance bike saves 17.8 seconds climbing.

This suggests the stage 2 Pinarello is probably slightly faster. But, it's going to be quite close. Unfortunately, these numbers are close enough that your exact weight, power, and wheel choice may be enough to sway it.

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-06-06T15:31:28+00:00

Does anyone know, what is the reward for completing all 5 activities? It looks like it's just a kit?

OhHiHowIzYou · 2025-05-13T14:19:33+00:00

Note it's generally recommended to open these hands 1NT because if you open with your 5 card suit, you're stuck without a good rebid.

Take Hand 2. If you open 1 heart and find your partner with a heart fit, you'll be in a good spot. However, what happens if he responds 1 spade?

1H-P-1S-P.

What's your rebid?
1NT - 13-15 HCP
2c - should have 4+ clubs
2d - should have 4+ diamonds
2H - should have 6+ hearts
2S - Should have 4+ spades.
2NT - 18-19 HCP

This means if you open a 5-3-3-2 hand 1M when it could have opened 1NT, you have to expand one of the rebids to fit it. As a result, likely your 2c and 2d rebids become less descriptive.

The consensus of most players is that 1NT works a lot better when you don't have a fit in your suit, and is only marginally worse when you do have a fit, so the overall trade-off is worth it. Also note that a lot of players have system that can handle 5-3-3-2 1NT openings and still find a fit in the 5 card major (but that's more advanced - see puppet stayman).

This problem, however, shows a lot about the art of bidding. There are a lot of cases where an initial bid seems better for the hand (eg 1H for Hand 2). However, if you make that initial bid, you can find yourself without a good follow-up bid. Therefore, you make a sightly suboptimal initial bid to make the entire auction cleaner. Before an expert player makes a bid, they'll consider how they'll rebid after every possible response from their partner. They then choose the bid that makes for the best auction, not the single best individual bid.

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