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Gosh, the algorithm is on my side ;-) Thanks and have a great weekend.

@@themusette5894 thx you're a great Guy :D

Thanks! I was coming back from injury and the progress has been somewhat slow, but I hit 236 recently, which is probably the best I'll get. Ride on!

Hi Jay, try to be near the front when the 'climbs' start. You can always slide back as stronger riders come past and try to hang on all the way up the Sorpressa. Next weeks event is a different kettle of fish.

@themusette5894 thanks I will give it a good go 💪🏼👊🏼👍🏼

Thanks Jay, building up for an event IRL in March.

@@themusette5894 crits or endurance?

@@JayB9137-abc 115km event, hilly, so wednesdays and/or Thursdays will be a hilly race on zwift, basically I have tagged all the routes that have a 1km-ish hill for every 10 km. I'm hopeless at hills, but with training should do better than previous years.

@@JayB9137-abc doing all the tour de zwift routes in succession every Tuesday morning for endurance. ;-)

Thanks, it was great fun, I have an idea for the last stage next week, but that depends on the route. 😉

Thanks I hadn't realized it was possible to see a GC classification.

@@themusette5894 yes, these TIny races always give GC on zwiftpower. Next saturday new ones :)

@@brutalclimb You gotta freeze for your right... to paaaarty🤣

Hi, absolutely, I need to see which gears will give me around 75-80 rpm.

Huh, what?! I see the GCN "scientific " method was employed here, This should be reported to the authorities as self- abuse

That's impressive! Well done.

Hi, these were made in the north of France by STARNORD, a pre-chinese mass production unit owned by Bernard Dangre who made most supermarket outlet 'pro badged' bikes at the time. Given its weight I was under no illusions ;-) But its a fun thing to start off with.

Boy that was tough. If I did this again, I would have saved the anvil for the dip before the finishing climb.

Thanks Jay, I was close to cramping over Titans Grove. Thanks for being part of the team.

Thank you! 😁

@fighterbomberMiG27 thanks for the compliment. It was a great experience. I've often cycled on the roads watching those gliders, so was role reversal.

@@themusette5894 Yes, there is no doubt

@@CDethick thanks Chris, I was on the limit everywhere

Hi, this is in France, if you visit France, check out any brocantes and fleamarkets. Most old bikes have tyres and innertubes that need replacing, so remember to bargain down the price. You might find similar in Portugal. My biggest regret is not buying a Joaquim Aghostino bike last year. That regret started my passion for old bikes.

Thanks, sir! I have some testing to do ;-)

The bike was made my Nordstar in the north of France, they had a big factory rolling out steel bikes for whoever wanted them. Supermarkets etc. The aim is to keep it running as is, except I'll need to replace the tyres and innertubes.

Whoops, Starnord, not Nordstar. After the northern star. Company was run by Bernard Dangre.

Including me 🤣

Agreed. Basically, what I did was a 'first operation' was: Remove and degrease / clean the chain. Remove and service the bottom bracket. Disassemble the rear mech rollers and degrease and clean/grease/lubricate as appropriate. Adjust and regrease the wheel bearings. Next step is to ride the bike for a while and check exactly what needs extra work. The brakes and pedals feel OK, and have been lubricated. I'll need to replace the tyres as they are old and won't last much longer. Originally my intention to leave the rims and aluminium parts 'as is', but I've been cleaning and polishing in my spare moments 😉

I don't know which is worst: my PC or my legs 😂

Donc ce sera tes devoirs en Anglais pour ce weekend ;-)

@@themusette5894 vas-y 🤣🤣

I'm still up and down with my form, this one of 'those' days, but I'm figuring out where I went wrong.

In between battling with Zwift and struggling with the video software, I don't have the strength to open a beer ;-)

Thanks it was cool to race together and great to see you back.

Thanks David, I was convinced that I was never going to have that level of effort, but it happened, and I was overjoyed, believe me. I now need top lose 6kg if I want to do that again ;-)

Thanks, after a three months enforced layoff (knee injury), I started from a true zero on 1 jan, so what I've learnt so far is cardio respiratory is fairly quick to build up, but muscle strength is quite slow. Good thing is I feel or 'see' improvements almost weekly. But I really did enjoy this ride.

Definitely not my sort of circuit but I survived. Stage 2 should be better, but it wont be the same participants.

I didn't think the second group would bridge, but this series is going to be hotly contested. I was too concerned with letting Oscar get away early. He could have won this if he'd saved his attack for the second time up the hilly kom.

Thanks, I was waiting for that attack, but it came from really far out.

Thanks Simon, doing a bit better than expected, but I was toast at the end. Completely forgotten about how to sprint at the end. Too far back at 600m to go.

Hi, thanks. I think you're referring to the inserts ? Yep should really redo the comparison. Parameters from both events would have been interesting.

Hi there, thanks for the feedback. I'm currently 65, but only weeks away from my next birthday. Max HR is probably just under 165 as I'm coming back from 3 months total inactivity. I'd hope to see it up to 170-172 later in the year (gone are the days of 190). Three months total rest due to a knee issue leaves me unfit in all senses, no muscle definition, and definitely overweight (Zwift weight up to date). That's like a triple penalty. But I'm getting back into it.

@@themusette5894 the reason I asked is I thought you were doing quite well for someone your age. I'm 60 and have just begun zwifting a week ago and am not happy at all with my level of fitness. I thought I had a decent baseline coming into this but I'm completely struggling. My ftp was initially measured at 149 and zwift upgraded it to 154 the other day. I guess I'm worse off than I thought, lol. I really enjoy zwift though and plan to continue with it. I've used it 7 straight days now and really love it. I just wish my ass didn't hurt so much though. 😆 Ride on!

Well done on the recovery! Its actually reassuring to see Cat A and B racers suffering just like me. It's all relative in a roundabout way. It's all about fitness and fun (and trying). Cheers!

Thanks, I was a bit dubious about publishing full length as it's quite long. Doing this again tomorrow on the Concept, and should publish a comparison between Tron and Steel shortly afterwards.

@@themusette5894It's a shame we cannot see your HR in the stream as your video is over it.

@@MunkiiYebee I absolutely agree, I accidentally placed the video insert too high. When I checked the final video I realised my error, however, it took 35 minutes to generate, so I decided to suck up to it. Lesson learnt. I just looked: Out of the start: 134, after getting dropped and chasing 153 then settling in around 144. After the aqueduct, it got harder HR: 156, 164 at about 20k, then 148 - 152 as I tried to recover

I was saying to myself it was too late too. I didn't anticipate, but all of a sudden - never stop believing 😉

Thanks, that Petit KoM right at the start was tough, I saw 10 kph on the hill and didn't realise it was actually that hard. I thought I had a technical issue.

The train was leaving without the passengers 🤣