They post the same data as a bike computer would record.
In erg, if you shift, you’ll get a different speed for the same power. You want to impress you friends with high mileage? Ride on the big ring.
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Oh ok. So anyone not riding TR in small chainring and big cassette is speed doping. 
Kidding of course.
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I tried fixing the “bad speed data” reported by my Kickr using the erg speed simulation option but Wahoo hadn’t fully implemented the feature to work with 3rd parties. So it was flaky and didn’t always work.
Nowadays I use TR to control with PowerMatch, and my Garmin bike computer only records HR and power from Stages power meter (plus I get temperature and some interesting training data from Garmin). No fake speed or mileage data. Realize some of you want that, but you really aren’t going anywhere no matter how good the physics engine in Zwift.
TR doesn’t display speed when viewing completed workouts.
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And by the same token, three Zwift racers in our IRL club of around 120 members scored more points on the road than the whole rest of the club put together. And we were the only people in the club to win any races.
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It states that your FTP should be in the appropriate range.
I just registered for and may be racing in the January pro-am series. Curious to see how they handle verification. All they asked for now was expected weight on race day +/- 2kg.
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Nice one you’ll be taking part! You have some very strong guys on your team! The invitational races are a lot of fun!!
Verifying everyone will be far to much work, but I do suspect it’ll be more strict than the Zwift Classics given the format of the races.
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Does anyone know if Zwift allows “pay per event”, i.e. you can participate in single races or events? It might be interesting just to change up the winter routine, give a little extra bite to the training. I feel the same way when the Ramp Test comes up as it sort of gives that goal to look forward to, as possibly could a fun one-hour virtual race.
That’s the extent of Zwift for me though, as I love TR and couldn’t see myself looking at an avatar for more than an hour. Much rather cry at Coach Chad’s instructions and focus on hitting the Power Targets!
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This is an excellent idea! I struggle badly with motivation on endurance rides, if there’s a regular TR zwift ride I can time it to join I’d be in every wednesday!
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Zwift, no. CVR World Cup? I used first person view, view 3, so I never see my avatar. I stopped using Zwift through.
@mcneese.chad, Chad, maybe this has been discussed or you know how to share through the right channels!
And this is actually why Zwift buying (or whatever that would be) of ZP would be a terrible thing. Right now you have an independent third party who actually wants things to be better administering things, albeit with its own set of flaws (mainly after the fact). Bring them in house and they’ll end up having to fall in line sooner or later to what ZHQ wants.
I’m hoping to fit at least a couple into my schedule but will have to shift my training a bit. Just finished a base block and I’m sorely lacking any snap at the moment.
We’ve got some really strong Southern Hemisphere guys that are flying, and our zwift focused contingent is strong. I just cracked the zp top 100 overall again so I’ll take it as a sign I might be able to sharpen up in time.
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I’m not really familiar with the requirements to hosting ‘Events’ on Zwift proper. There was an official Zwift contact (Charlie something?) that you need to work with to get events on their calendar.
There is the ‘meet up’ feature that can work reasonably well for doing self setup rides and workouts. That is what the guys did earlier this week.
I don’t race or do group rides often, and not sure what amount of effort it takes to really make this happen regularly.
We can use the MU feature to start and go from there. I am not too bothered by the race issues as I don’t do them often, and only participate for the workout.
I lead my training with TR and use the fondos and a few races for some variety through the winter. We can see if a TR group makes sense as we move forward.
Meetup sounds like a great option for now
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Here is the current thread.
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I’ve done about 150 zwift races over 2.5 years. I started as mid pack C. I just tried like hell to stay in front pack of C’s. Yes there were always a few c’s who stayed in A or B groups but you just let them go. The point was there was always a group of riders to try to hold on to, then possibly break away from or sprint against. Then I moved up to B’s and at first it was tough. Most of the time I would get dropped 15 minutes in and then the c group would catch me, but trying to hang on was motivating. Now I’ve progressed again and can podium regularly in B races, but can’t quite stay with biggest group of a racers if the hammer really falls - that’s the next goal, but I’m getting closer. It makes no difference to me if my opponents are cheating because it doesn’t change my experience as long as there is a wheel to try to hang onto or another rider to try to beat, that’s all it takes to be fun.
I will say that it is way too easy to skip productive workouts and go zwift race - not a good idea. You will quickly stall if you’re zwift racing too much. Once a week is probably all you really want to do if you’re trying to actively improve fitness
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Did he know he was racing you wife when she held him of for 30 mins ? Whats their wpkg ? If your wife is “tiny” and has a FTP of 200w, why wouldn’t she hold him of ?
You will still show up in the results even if you are not on ZP. Generally if you go over cat limits they move you to the correct cat.
FWIW, I ride on Zwift every single time I’m on the trainer, and do all of my TR workouts while on Zwift. I can’t imagine using TR without it, personally.
I also dabble in some racing on there. For me, it’s great way to have a set time, place, and motivation to get on the bike. I find racing on Z super engaging and fun. Don’t really care if anyone around me is cheating or not (can’t really tell anyway).
Yes, the categories get kinda messy with sandbaggers, and that pisses me off. Whatevs. I have more fun using tactics and seeing how the people I beat were averaging much higher w/kg or avg power in the results.
FWIW, I can consistently finish in the top 10% of just about any race or event. I have not podiumed anything though. So when you’re 112th out of 2500 riders… who cares about categories or whatever?
But to be honest, almost all of my power PRs on TR have come from Zwift racing (I don’t use a power meter outdoors), so for me, it’s great motivation to just go crush some fools when a workout just sounds awful.
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