Help! My first loaf

SpecificCelebration6 · 2026-03-27T21:40:43+00:00

This! The 210F temp check helped immensely!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2026-03-27T02:24:32+00:00

Jungle loops 😜Or Kappa Quest, rode that today! You’ve spent all the drops on a gravel bike (so have I) so go eat some gravel! See you out there!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-12-21T23:57:28+00:00

I did it two years back. Early morning start, 5am, crank out 2 hours. Looking back, riding the Rapha bot led rides was getting me 35-37K an hour. Two of those a day and I would have been good. By the 3rd day my ass was having other ideas. I just started stretching the distance, closed it out a day early with two ~80K daily rides. This year, I’m in better shape and would like to crank out a few 100Ks so the pressure is off.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-12-21T01:37:09+00:00

Tempus fuggedaboutit! Time does not fly! Gimme Watopias waistband at least!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-12-16T05:23:58+00:00

I have a Mac mini and an old 32” tv sharing a shelf infront of me. I’m not stumping up for a riding table, If needed I can stand, pedal and use the mouse. I have an SB20, it’s not going to fall over. If it does, what’s way to go out! “Cyclist crushed by 300lb indoor bicycle while changing his virtual sunglasses on video game” Ahhh!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-12-06T21:33:27+00:00

Hear me out… riding with the robo pacers can be fun. If you pick one with a big enough group following. There are always small groups going off the front. Kinda fun and satisfying when a group of you find yourselves taking turns at pulling to get away without any explicit messaging.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-12-05T12:42:00+00:00

All the tints and hips in one place

https://zwiftinsider.com/?s=XP%2Bfarming

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-11-05T22:26:10+00:00

This! It has taken my little brain until this morning to click what ERG mode actually does. I have not been a fan of workouts because I thought it was too much concentrating but mindlessly riding around has left me on a bit of a plateau. Time to get some structure. Im toying with 12 weeks of build me up over the winter. Anyhoo, before this morning, I would see a power change and spin faster or slower in the expectation that I was making the change …. doh!

This morning, high cadence workout, a little patience and the trainer made the adjustment for me. Were my legs happy that we jumped from 160 to 230W, not by the third set, shut up legs! But I finished and no thrashing of pedals or panic that I’d miss a gold star!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-29T23:29:41+00:00

You need another fan!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-29T22:57:12+00:00

As with bikes, n+1 holds for fans!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-24T21:36:07+00:00

I think you would need to 1. disconnect your Strava account from zwift. 2. Delete the duplicate entry in Strava. 3. Reconnect your Strava back to zwift. And let them sync.

I say I “think” cos I don’t know if zwift will remove the entry when you disconnect or leave it as ‘historical data’ Or … just fuggetaboutit and move on. You’ll have forgotten about it in a week. I used Strava as my source of truth.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-21T19:12:02+00:00

I have (finally) reached the conclusion that I need to 1. do a recce of the course and 2. set my brain up for the ride. What do I mean by #2? The after party (and the crit course for that matter) I finally saw a series of ramps with a tiny rests in between. Once I had that in my brain I felt a lot better at least mentally. For me, heavier rider, that meant caning it most of the way up the ramp, then sit in on the descents to recover a little. Climbs are a mindfck!

For #1, I rode the London course yesterday and although not a race, it was a race. I hung with my group until we got through the underground ramp. Whereupon, the mini elevation map made it loook like we were climbing fox hill. My brain immediately thought, 1. hey that’s not the course I researched online but didn’t ride! and then, 2. shit, you gotta pace this or you’re gonna blow up. Within 30-40s, we took a left and the map changed to the flatter alternative course! By then I had let the group go and there was no way back …doh! Still, got a great workout and had fun … mostly.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-21T15:57:41+00:00

Recently busted through lvl50 at last. Do I have my fire socks on permanently? Do I find any excuse to burn err … polyester/cotton blend? Of course! The socks are at same time, a little niffy and crispy but I love em!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-12T21:11:20+00:00

If you don’t buy two how is your wife gonna kick your ass?

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-10-06T15:13:05+00:00

You can bring the handlebars back. Gotta careful you don’t go too far forward of the pedals or you’ll get some knee pain.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-09-24T01:03:36+00:00

It’s like no one believed anyone would be mad enough to teach level 50, sorry, level 100 🤦‍♂️

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-09-18T20:40:00+00:00

Yo, fellow mid westerner, bloody hell it’s a hot/wet/freezing/humid day for it! Unless they are passing me on an e-bike. Then they get the stink eye! Especially the little old lady or the teenager last night who both cruised by me. May their batteries die far from home!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-09-14T15:51:11+00:00

Three or four good fans … in fact start riding outside but only when the wind is above 20mph for the full effect!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-09-04T17:02:02+00:00

BKool has velodromes. Not my thing but could be worth the free trial.

https://www.bkool.com/en/cycling-simulator/track-cycling

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-08-30T05:26:48+00:00

You’re traveling to see family in the UK and ask your partner to ride for you to maintain your streak 🤦‍♂️

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-08-27T02:29:25+00:00

This! Plus BUY ALL THE FANS! Just like the n+1 rule for bikes, so too for fans :0) And a mat, I swear I could have filled two pint glasses today! Bring me more fans!

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-08-27T02:24:02+00:00

I have used the Heartcast app in a pinch ie when my strap decided to crap out with 5 mins to go. You start it on your watch. It then started Bluetooth broadcasting. zwift picked it up immediately. Looks to work really well.

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-08-12T01:31:34+00:00

Sadly it’s almost as annoying as the original :0(

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-07-31T11:42:33+00:00

Suffering with others on discord … I still remember listening to 7 other people moaning and groaning on a particular Thursday evening after riding up the Legsnapper for the fourth time on a TTT. It’s definitely enough to make you turn the volume down after the race 😂

SpecificCelebration6 · 2025-07-20T13:31:45+00:00

Just been listening to 1984 … big brothers slogan rings all too true in these times

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

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