Zwift spins

dahat

Once it doesn't throw me out mid rwce/effort.

Now to source one from China or beyond.

iwillhtfu

dahat wrote: »

Once it doesn't throw me out mid rwce/effort.

Now to source one from China or beyond.

Nah everyone finishes and you'll likely get a finish position on screen but dropped from official results/points etc.

dahat

I've actually managed to get one from a mate, wonders of a main on Instagram.

CramCycle

You can still figure out where you would have come fairly easy via zwift power or just getting your time and checking the CI results later in the week. Any chance your JR monitor is a newer model with Bluetooth, might be an option, apparently alot do both nowadays.

dahat

Ah yeah loved that even without a smart trainer.

Roll on next week!!!

andy69

That was tough!! Great to have the hill in there, but hurt watching all the front runners flying back down as I struggled up.
Managed to keep in the top 800 places...just about! Ha!

dahat

Where are the results?

Found them.

CramCycle

dahat wrote: »

Ah yeah loved that even without a smart trainer.

Roll on next week!!!

I seen you there, it's comical watching the numbers jump up and all the riders outside Ireland who don't know why we are all there

dahat

CramCycle wrote: »

I seen you there, it's comical watching the numbers jump up and all the riders outside Ireland who don't know why we are all there

Yeah it's odd alright. I tried to hold steady around the placing I had but need to learn more about the game rather than the ride. All in an enjoyable spin even without the full effect of Zwift.

I ended up 2 watts off my all time 20min effort for the race, well earned feed after it.

uncle-mofo

Got DQ'd from this mornings race on zwiftpower for being above the W/KG in my category. On the results page though, there is people with a higher W/KG for the race who are placed in the results.

Anybody know how they calculate this?

CramCycle

uncle-mofo wrote: »

Got DQ'd from this mornings race on zwiftpower for being above the W/KG in my category. On the results page though, there is people with a higher W/KG for the race who are placed in the results.

Anybody know how they calculate this?

If people are new and they ahven't enough races done or if they are a Junior, there are also some other rules about the other info, so you can occasionally get someone with high w/kg in a lower group. Give Zwift power about a day for the results to be finalised.

nordicb

I think cats are based on 95% of 20 mins power

CramCycle

nordicb wrote: »

I think cats are based on 95% of 20 mins power

Basically but there are exceptions, they are changing the rules at the end of the month, if you look at your profile, you can see where you will be on May 1st, as they take into account 20 minute, 5 minute and 1 minute from then on.

nordicb

DQ can be very discouraging after all the effort...

dahat

4th for my efforts in the B race if standings hold.

ckeego

Tough fast race.

Really enjoyed it -second race after second in my cat last week.

Was really disappointed though when I went on to Zwift power to see a DQ for UPG..

Is it just me or is it a shortfall in the application that it allows you to register for the wrong cat?

I just went straight to Zwift to register for D cat last night without looking at ZP which had obviously upgraded me from last week..

Bit miffed as I gave it my all knowing the mid course lump was going to see me going backwards...

CramCycle

Since it was a mass start you could message the rganiser on Facebook and see if he can merge you into the C results. I got DQd for my HR failing last week but I was 50th so didn't actually care.

ckeego

CramCycle wrote: »

Since it was a mass start you could message the rganiser on Facebook and see if he can merge you into the C results. I got DQd for my HR failing last week but I was 50th so didn't actually care.

Thanks for your suggestion CC.

I’m not that serious about it all-it’s good craic and it keeps me sane...

My point was that if they can DQ that easily from the data and the category, surely Zwift/Zwiftpower could stop you logging into the wrong cat it at the very least let you know you have been upgraded..

Quick one for you-my Garmin HR strap doesn’t seem to link with Zwift. Will that also DQ me as a Cat C?

Thanks for your help

Bambaata

ZP has me 16th overall and i count as 8th Irish so am in the points again have managed points in all races so far. Feels good as i had hoped to peak for Easter racing and it certainly worked! New FTP again today! Up another 18W! I knew today was all abut that climb and was comfortably staying alert for most of the race but got caught out into the main climb and missed a split with the top 11 escaping to settle it amongst them. Ttied to recover but stil push the grup on here and there on the decsent as i didnt want others joining! SPrinting is not my strong point and i opeed up a little late but happy enough to finish 5th in the sprint in the bunch of 12 or so i was with, i saw McGlinchey go and at the time i hadnt started and knew immediately i was late getting going. Was never going to beat him but might have managed beating 1 or 2 of the other Irish riders. Was only 0.075 of a second off McGlinchey so happy enough! I had set a 5s power record on Wednesday but was 138W off it today!

https://www.strava.com/activities/3315394419

CramCycle

ckeego wrote: »

Thanks for your suggestion CC.

I’m not that serious about it all-it’s good craic and it keeps me sane...

Unless your top 10 you won't get points, so you can just look in the filtered results, get your time and when CI release results, figure out where you would have been

My point was that if they can DQ that easily from the data and the category, surely Zwift/Zwiftpower could stop you logging into the wrong cat it at the very least let you know you have been upgraded..

Zwiftpower is unofficial, and essentially just a data filter, so can't do anything. Zwift on the other hand don't want too as they are worried about it annoying subscribers. So you can't trust the Zwift results, and you have to keep an eye on Zwiftpower before every race, no simpler way round it for now.

Quick one for you-my Garmin HR strap doesn’t seem to link with Zwift. Will that also DQ me as a Cat C?

Is your HRM ANT+ or BLE (or both), if it is older it might be the former only and you need a dongle, if its newer, it might be too many Bluetooth devices, I'd have to know more about your set up.

Thanks for your help[/QUOTE]

iwillhtfu

ckeego wrote: »

Quick one for you-my Garmin HR strap doesn’t seem to link with Zwift. Will that also DQ me as a Cat C?

No HRM in any organised race will have DQ'd you see all the pros talking about their finish once all the no HRM DQs are filtered.

I assume it's the old garmin strap as the newer ones are Bluetooth and Ant+, do you have an ANT+ dongle.

ckeego

iwillhtfu wrote: »

No HRM in any organised race will have DQ'd you see all the pros talking about their finish once all the no HRM DQs are filtered.

I assume it's the old garmin strap as the newer ones are Bluetooth and Ant+, do you have an ANT+ dongle.

Have the ANT+ dongle on the turbo itself (Elite Turbo Muin 2018)

amjon.

Quick question to all you Zwift riders. I have a non smart trainer (Elite Tubro Munin) but a wireless SRM with a PC8 which is ANT + and a Garmin ANT +HR strap. Will this allow me to race on Zwift if I get a ANT+ Dongle for my laptop?

dahat

amjon. wrote: »

Quick question to all you Zwift riders. I have a non smart trainer (Elite Tubro Munin) but a wireless SRM with a PC8 which is ANT + and a Garmin ANT +HR strap. Will this allow me to race on Zwift if I get a ANT+ Dongle for my laptop?

Yep, I used same turbo with a Stages this week. Just watch the gradient on the right of the screen & know your climbing watts to react as we won't have resistance increases on the turbo.

Delboy007

Got kick out of Zwift on sat 1 min into the race (2nd race it happened), so that was the end for me, so annoying as i have done a good few races on Zwift and it is only the CI races it happens. My internet ect is good, i was in the race 20min before the start to see if that helped.
Does anyone know if there is anything i can do to try and stop this from happenning, or is there a way i can get into the race again once i am kicked, when it happens i am kick out of Zwift altogether and have to log back in again.

irishrover99

Would the 105 4iiii power meter work on the Claris cranks?.I have them on my winter bike which I use for my turbo and it’s going for about 270 now on various sites. I can always transfer it to my good bike when the time comes to get back on the road. Also would this connect straight to my iPad or iPhone on zwift.

iwillhtfu

irishrover99 wrote: »

Would the 105 4iiii power meter work on the Claris cranks?.I have them on my winter bike which I use for my turbo and it’s going for about 270 now on various sites. I can always transfer it to my good bike when the time comes to get back on the road. Also would this connect straight to my iPad or iPhone on zwift.

If they're the newer claris cranks, hollow tech 2 they should be fine. It seems to be both blue tooth and ant+ so should connect to you ipad or phone through blue tooth

€253 on mantel. FYI - I've never used the site before

https://www.mantel.com/ie/4iiii-precision-105-r7000-left?spec%5B%5D=8917&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwkPX0BRBKEiwA7THxiEvEh9Ttr7eUMYsMfAbKyg8tcGEUK7RRH-HZuf6VLoIyyc1Y_u7abBoCZEIQAvD_BwE

irishrover99

iwillhtfu wrote: »

If they're the newer claris cranks, hollow tech 2 they should be fine. It seems to be both blue tooth and ant+ so should connect to you ipad or phone through blue tooth

€253 on mantel. FYI - I've never used the site before

https://www.mantel.com/ie/4iiii-precision-105-r7000-left?spec%5B%5D=8917&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwkPX0BRBKEiwA7THxiEvEh9Ttr7eUMYsMfAbKyg8tcGEUK7RRH-HZuf6VLoIyyc1Y_u7abBoCZEIQAvD_BwE

Yes they are hollow tech 2. Seen it also on mantle and seen to have plenty in stock, so looks like a good deal at the moment since all the affordable smart trainers are gone. Thanks for the info

yop

Seems to be an ever increasing number of power drops and kick outs, but to be expected. Great platform to be even running at all considering the numbers into 30k's at once stage!!

As one of the original beta testers its amazing to see how much its taken off.

I wasn't gonna race this year at all but thankfully these have kept my sanity in the last few weeks.

dahat

https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=613935

This week's CI Race, nice hill pretty much from the get go it seems.

9.5km @ 4% or so, that's a long old effort starting after 3-4km.