Zwift meetups and social rides ?

Cheers for the invite. I’ll be there. Looking forward to it.

Cheers for the invite weeksy, see you all later.

Hi weeksy, I have just followed you on Zwift, if there are any spare places could you add me as well please? Thanks Simon

Spaces being freed up now.. Invite sent.

I've freed up about 13 spaces.... If I've removed anyone by mistake please shout.

I'm in - thanks!

Well we currently have 24 riders attending which should be a pretty decent group.

I'm hoping for chat, sweat and banter.... 🙂

ok..chat...howee doing dat??

text AKA auld skool?
Or voice thingy??

DrP

press M on the keyboard...

I don't fancy the Discord thing myself as i like riding with music and i'm a hard breather once we get going a bit...

Bit sad I am going to miss out by being at work!

Sorry Robbo.. I thought the majority would be at home so would be able to make it.

If anyone has any preference for a day/time etc then we can do Round 2 on say Saturday over a longer/shorter/flatter/hillier route etc.

Stick up any preferences and we'll get it done 🙂

May be better to wait until after tonights ride first.

Don’t worry weeksy. Everyone is going to have different things on at the moment. Sort out the first one and see how it goes.

Just followed you Weeksy (I think!).

I supposed to be running errands for Mrs Dubs folks today, but hopefully can make it if there’s any room left...

coolio Weeksy..

I'm on iOS so will message with companion...

Sat pm sounds like a plan too..me and my partner are going to be shacked up for the week (no kids this weekend) so can make sometime in the afternoon I guess with 100% concentration...no "daddy...I need a POOOOOOO!"

DrP

added you Jim.

What tyres?

the fastest ones possible... I'll be riding like a lunatic 🙂

@Weeksy I am now able to join but my invite has disappeared, I guess you were clearing space! Any chance you can add me back in as I'd love to join you all.
It's .Craigpin[STW] on Zwift

Cheers!

Done.

Yayy, I'm in!

Cheers, see you all later.

I had an invite but was too slow, can I have another please

Scopping

Of course you can sir 🙂

Cheers, see you all later.

Hi Steve

I think I follow you on Zwift - will try and do the ride if you send an invite.
I'm Simon B [STW]
Tx

EDIT: invite through and accepted - tx again

@Weeksy - just followed you from "O.Smith" feel free to add me in to the ride invites 🙂

Done matey.

Bit sad I am going to miss out by being at work!

Call in sick, theres a virus going round I heard!

DrP is voice available on IOS or is it just typing messages? I’m only on an iPad so not sure what will work....

AFAIK Zwift itself only supports typed messages (I believe you can set up shortcuts for common messages but not done that personally), if you want voice you need to use a 3rd party service, most people seem to use Discord

the fastest ones possible… I’ll be riding like a lunatic

I’ll change from Canyon Lux to tron bike then. 😉

Hi Steve - Any chance of a re-invite?
Paul Bayles STW

2 min

Cheers - see you there.

And me, still hoping to make it thought think I need to calibrate my trainer first.

Some eejit has scheduled a con call just before this. If it doesn't overrun I'll join you but I might struggle.

I think I've followed you - invite please if there's space

@weeksy
I can see you've followed me back (thanks) - but no invite yet
Should I be looking at email or notifications?
Thanks,
Phil

YOu're invited mate, honest... It's got a green tick next to your name.

Where you see it, i have no idea lol

I'd assume in the Companion App.

@phil56. Look on companion app under events. It will give you details and time to start. Mine is there with a tick next to it.

Was well up for this but then I got asked to run some reports for work, so made sense to get on now while the reports are running and then get back to working afterwards.

Great idea by the way Weeksy. I'll hopefully be able to make the next one.

@weeksy @teamslug
found it - thanks!

I'm in but join isnt showing yet, not sure what timeout is on it

I’m assuming I will diverted to start of ride if I start riding around now?

now...

**** knows!

Sorry couldn't make it. Had problems getting mums meds as the local chemist is totally overwhelmed.

Have a good one guys.👍

Edit: Yeah, I think you can join mid ride if you are little late.

Apologies, couldn’t get back in time.

That was actually cracking fun!

Had to hop off to get the youngster some strawberries, then lost the group ride bit and got bored!

Good bants though!
Saturday again???!

DrP

un disastre here - missed you lot as you set off, couldn't find you & ended up closing down, restarting & following weeksy. 15 min later, phone call from work (sort of COVIDy) so I jump off to take it: "just wanted to say thanks for sorting that earlier"

Nice of them, but - Bah!!

My internet borked at 5:25

Tried several times but Zwift wouldn’t then load kept hanging at the login

Ended up finding you lot but not part of group and on my iPhone but the screen was so small I couldn’t hold the group

Missed a turn and gave up ☹️

That was enjoyable...

First time I'd ridden not in "ERG" since I got the Kickr. Nice.

What I also learned is that Copping's tempo is definitely not my tempo!

Great fun , I’ll put messenger on next time!!!. So many riders. Never been on with 13,000 before. Enjoyed that. More please. Tried to grab some pics too. I’ll edit my name as well!! I was t. Which was supposed to be teamslug

Well I did it rode with Copping and Pidgeon for a bit but couldnt work out if others were ahead or behind or how to talk. Looked down to do a sweat wipe and they disappeared.

Enjoyed that, thanks weeksy for organising.

Lol copping is a beast for sure, I've raced him a few times and been beaten by him. He was 400w all the way up Titans for a time 30s better than my best ever.

Tempo, Sheesh.

It got fruity at then end but my legs said now after riding for 9 days straight including lunchtime today with my boy.

I'll set another up and try for a quieter route if that's possible, but the virus thing means everyone is on Zwift

Jungle layout on MTB?

I thinking Copping was closing me down rapidly as it got to the end of the hour but I have no idea how he was behind me!! Even the bloody hill was hard!

Good fun - I ended up off the back trying to fight my way through a crowd of assorted Europeans, managed to latch on, upped my PR on Fuego Flats and up Titan's Grove, upped my FTP and still couldn't hang on at the back. Think I may have been the lanterne rouge!

Maybe next time we'll have to form a grupetto for the 'sprinters' at the back.

Bah, wish I'd made it, when is the next one?!😁

Got stuck on a call and then internet issues in the shed. Didn’t get on till 1833 and the invite had disappeared. Hope to make the next one...

Sat 11:30 road to ruins.
MTB only !!!

Invites sent, I'll revisit in a day or two and re do it.

Need to find a team strip - presumably one that anyone can get but nobody wants to wear. Does the bumblebee fit that descrition ?

@teamslug - I saw you off the back at one point, looked like you were adrift so I dropped back and you came by like a ****ing tgv !!

How do i get a mtb?

alex I think I "followed" you at one point, trying to find the group but when I saw I was in NY I assumed I'd followed a stranger and ducked out (weeksy and his merry men/ladies were in watopia)

That was just the motivation to get me riding cheers Steve.
I was typically 5 secs late couldn’t see the green blob so shot off to catch you. I was with the front 3 for 10 mins then just eased off to a non Stw group. By the time I realised the main group where just behind I just kept the same pace as I’ve had bad experiences in the past with easing off and then getting dropped. So many people on right now it’s practically impossible not to find a wheel.

It wasn't my night for zwift...just before we set off and I was sat with you all on the side of the road I got a works skype call, which I had to answer...40 minutes later I jumped back on but couldn't join you (how do you do that mid ride??)

So I did the route anyway on my own and got a couple of PR's on the flats...then Zwift borked as it was saving..I think everything was lost! Bahh!

EDIT - Oh no, it saved ok 🙂

I'll join the next one if possible.

anagallis: menu -> garage -> frames

Cheers

Tempo, who mentioned tempo, I was balls out up titans Grove, thought P Bayles was catching me at one point.

Yes, picking matching kit would be a good idea for next one. Start was very confusing as we seemed to be caught up in a big group.

Sat 11:30 road to ruins.
MTB only !!!

Not sue I can make that. This is obviously going to be regular though so I'll see you guys on there soon!👍

Road to ruins..... you evil bloke Weeksy.😁

Tiger6791
Subscriber
My internet borked at 5:25

Tried several times but Zwift wouldn’t then load kept hanging at the login

On Windows mate?

Someone mentioned about riding kit?

I usually ride in bumblebee as it's the noob kit and so consisted unfashionable but easy to spot in amongst a load of other riders.

A good workout that. We had a good group there before that cheeky bit of tempo. MTB sounds good but do I need to win it by doing a route or will it be in my garage?

Tiger - I definitely saw your name (unless somebody else uses magnetosomething in their name) about 25 minutes into the ride

... and then you disappeared

alex I think I “followed” you at one point, trying to find the group but when I saw I was in NY I assumed I’d followed a stranger and ducked out (weeksy and his merry men/ladies were in watopia)

I ended up doing a workout. My heart wasn’t in in though. Neither were my legs!

I’ll hopefully make Sat. Never ridden the MTB but have one in the virtual garage.

What do we need to do to get our own kit? I'm thinking four golden/orange squares (2x2) on a blue background with white detailing?

I got the time wrong and joined too late and couldn't find the invite, did the Cat C TdW Stage 5 Race instead, was good fun. Will try to make Saturday!

I assumed the virtual custom kits are paid for in some way, expensive I would think? Never even googled it though.

A bit of advertising for Singletrack on a packed zwift might be good for the mag/forum though.

No idea how to get a kit, didn't someone sort a kit on the Zwift thread.

Bumble bee is fine for me, I'll change next time on.

Oddly, Google doesn't say much at all about custom jerseys etc, other than an old thread with people requesting the feature?

Curious.

How were you guys communicating? I stayed with you for about 30mins, then lost you somewhere on the rollers, it was so busy I was struggling to figure out what was happening. A couple of guys pinged of the front so I went after them, just had no idea if that was a plan or not.

In game text chat amongst our group appeared in green msg boxes. Not sure if non group riders could see that.