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It was a shame as I thought I had a solid race and didn’t stand out way above anyone else in terms of power numbers! 👍🏻

I thought there were a couple others who also had a high overall power - look at the INOX person who didn’t get DQ’d? Could be the reason though if I was over the 3.2👍🏻

Good shout and funny you should mention this as my FTP got auto increased to 255 after this race. I’ll do a proper FTP test soon to get a more accurate reading as I do feel like I’ve progressed- I’d be happy with 270 👍🏻

Hi mate, thanks very much 👍🏻 It was good to see you there after the race had finished! I’ll definitely take the positives and will try a B race next week to see if I’m ready for that 👍🏻 You had a great race too, 4wkg for 20 is class mate, looking forward to seeing you smash ZRL soon!

Hahaha 🤣 I was waiting for that lol! Thanks mate, appreciate that - definitely happy with the progress, couple more weeks full on training and I’ll see if I can place well in ZRL 👍🏻

Mate you’re a very strong athlete though! I will definitely try a B race next week to see where I place, hopefully I’ll be able to hang on but I guess the good news is that the fitness is improving 💪🏻👍🏻

Thanks mate, I am going to try a B race next week and see how I get on - hopefully I’ll be ok to stay within the pack but it’ll be interesting to find out 👍🏻

Thanks mate, glad you agree 👍🏻 Yeah that makes sense, it did feel like it wasn’t aligned to the new CE. I’ll definitely give them a nudge tomorrow like you say and hopefully they’ll be able to have a look at it. Bit strange though how the INOX guy didn’t get DQ’d and it looked like he had the same happen to him - think he was at 3.3wkg 👍🏻

Haha thanks mate! I love that - I’ve been naughty but I’ve not been kicked out of the party 😂😂 I don’t understand it either mate - just glad the fitness is pretty much there ready for ZRL, I’m still crossing my fingers we’ll be in the same league 😀 have a great weekend mate 👍🏻

@@notpogi I hope so too mate! I've been looking to see if I can find out whos in our league. This season the team i'm in is called Army Coyotes. Have a great weekend Ollie, weathers crap here so will probably be Zwifting

Thanks mate! I didn’t think so either but glad you also think so 👍🏻

It’s a great course I agree! Love the finish too - I bet the B races are crazy fast, I’ll definitely jump into a B race soon 👍🏻

That’s what I’m most confused about the fact that others were similar or even had better numbers but didn’t get DQ’d? Seems very strange!

Yeah I just don’t understand when others were stronger on ZP and didn’t get DQ’d?

I feel your pain! So annoying when that happens especially when you’ve got half the race to go, fair play for completing it 👍🏻

Ahh the cone of shame! That brings back memories- used to make me laugh so much seeing that pop up in the old crit races 😂 You’re absolutely right Andrew, crazy how some C races you get the odd 3.6wkg and others 3.2 is too much, no consistency at all!

Hahaha I’m not a sandbagger 😛 I think someone must have flagged me which is a shame! I didn’t think I did anything too extreme like you say, but I’m glad you think I shouldn’t have been DQ’d - keep that pencil away! Hope you’re well Linda, looking forward to your return once fit, TH-cam is a sad place without you!

I definitely agree mate, I do want to keep progressing so jumping into some cat B races will help with that, maybe I’ll try that next week 👍🏻

@@notpogi drop me a note. I'll join you.

Yeah it’s funny though because a couple of others were also over and they weren’t DQ’d? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@notpogi not when you calculate 95% of 20min. Or if they were under 200W.

Thanks Paul, really interesting, I’ll ask the question I think because it’s strange how some of the riders got the WKG DQ and others with similar or higher power didn’t. It could have been an honest mistake though, I’ll find out 👍🏻

Ah ok that makes sense now, wasn’t sure why I was singled out there. Could have been one of the guys that fell off the back, I have my suspicions.. 👍🏻

Is it really that easy to get someone disqualified? All I have to do is complain?

@@torrellex7634 You'd be surprised.

It’s very strange, I definitely wasn’t the strongest rider there nor did I have the highest race wkg! Sad times! 👍🏻

Yeah I’m not sure why that’s happened but it’s such shame! 👍🏻

I think you mean wall...no Watt-hack 😂

Dez, if anyone’s hacking it’ll be you in rebirth island 😂 oh really Niles!

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Thanks mate, just took me a bit by surprise as I didn’t feel like I was out of place racing with that group. Yeah you’re right, hopefully I’ll get to b soon and would be great to race together 👍🏻

Thanks mate much appreciated 👍🏻 yeah exactly, if people want to win by not being honest then they’re only cheating themselves. Some people genuinely do stay the same weight though like you say 👍🏻

Zwift is an excellent training platform and you’re right, people should definitely know their limits and not overdo it 👍🏻

Yeah makes sense mate, just not sure why the person that won this one got demoted, seems a bit strange. I’m all up for the new system though - think it’ll be really good in the long run 👍🏻

@@notpogi I am sure I read somewhere that scores are only accurately amended the day after a race. I may be wrong

It was devastating mate! Won’t make that mistake again lol 👍🏻

Yeah you’re right, most of the moaning is done when a lighter rider starts to get away up an incline but it does even out when going downhill and must be annoying having to continue to pedal when everyone else gets a break 👍🏻

@@notpogi Yeah

Gutted that video wasn’t published as it would have been a very interesting one to watch! Really interesting results! It’d be good to actually find out the scale of the issue - I don’t know how difficult it’d be for zwift at the start of each race to ask riders to input their weight at the beginning. At least this way we’d know if people were being a bit lazy or just choosing to lie about it! 👍🏻

You’re an athlete though mate! 👍🏻

Hi Dom, I like it a lot, I would say though if you have the non-3d version then it’s probably not worth the extra for the 3d bit. I’d also say the fizik saddle has a softer 3d texture 👍🏻

Durian Rider agrees! Lol

@@notpogi doesn’t he absolutely hate disc brakes? He’s a moron tbh

I couldn’t believe it! New chain has arrived though so shouldn’t happen again! I will invest in the controllers, I’ll need to check compatibility though as I’ve got the kickr v5 👍🏻

Hi Andrew, hope you’re well mate 👍🏻 thanks very much, I’ve got the new chain now so hopefully won’t happen again! It was a tough course, those type of races really take it out of me, Zwift love a punchy course! I’ve been on the fence with the steering for a while (probably why I haven’t made the purchase yet) I didn’t like the fact I kept getting pushed out to the side - the steering does feel a little ‘pay to win’ and quite over powered. I’d absolutely love to see a slower start too - one of the main things that I liked about the original FRR series (back in the day) were the neutralised starts - it’d be good if Zwift could implement some sort of rollout - maybe a race where if you pass the marker before a certain point (if you start racing before you’re meant to) you get zapped? Would be interesting to see if something like that could work 👍🏻

Hi mate! It was great racing together, you were super strong and I was really looking forward to a little battle at the end there before the drop 😀 appreciate your kind words mate - hopefully I’ll see you again in another race soon 👍🏻

I couldn’t believe it mate! New chain arrived yesterday so hopefully it won’t happen again anytime soon 👍🏻

Haha exactly Frank! 😀 it’s actually a good idea as I reckon I’ll be back in B pretty soon 👍🏻

Hi mate, hope you’re fully recovered now, what a shame! There’s been a few times where I’ve wanted to pack it in and just do what I’ve always done because I do miss racing more than once a week! Hopefully I’ll keep it going 👀 Are you racing in ZRL in Sept or any of the FRR?

@@notpogi getting there mate, wrist and neck is still sore but able to get out and ride and just lucky it wasn’t any more serious, car failed to stop at a round about and just clattered into me, nothing I could have done! Keep going with the training it’s obviously playing dividends! Yeah I’m part of a team again so will be doing ZRL, along with my own racing been doing ladder races with them which has been really enjoyable. Will be racing A so will be tough but it’s all good training, not sure about any FRR, started the chasing red series but could only commit a week, but really enjoy the tour base racing does so much for fitness I find. Will you be riding ZRL for Rapha?

Mate that sounds horrific, glad you’re on the mend 👍🏻 I think I’m racing for Rapha again, probably start off in C and then change depending on how fit I am. I love the tour based stuff too - I really wanted to give the chasing series a go, I’ll maybe try and do the next FRR and another chasing if they have a week series before the end of the year. Good to see you’re in A mate, you’re an absolute machine! 💪🏻

Hi mate! I couldn’t believe it considering how long was left to go! David is very strong - decent win for him! I’ve enjoyed the training mate, it’s probably the most I’ve ever ridden, I’m actually looking forward to ZRL for a change 🤣 Interesting that you use the Zwift controllers, do you connect through Bluetooth via your phone? I do need something like this! Definitely hope to see you on Zwift soon mate - it’d be so good if we randomly get into the same ZRL group 👍🏻

@@notpogi That would be mega if we got put into the same league, ill let you know when I know what team i'm in as I think we have enough for two teams this round. So because Apple TV only has a few bluetooth channels what happens when you connect the Zwift play is it moves everything to either your phone or tablet on the companion app. Because phones and tablets have up to 7 or 8 bluetooth channels it can accomodate for everything. Zwift hasn't got around to splitting the channels so you can have HR, Power meter and cadence on Apple TV and the zwift play through the companion app. Hopefully this helps Ollie.

Mate that’s super helpful thank you 🙏🏻 I didn’t know you could split the connection like that - I’ll have a look this afternoon and choose a steering device 👍🏻

@@notpogi Apologies Ollie, they haven't got around to doing this yet so essentially what happens is as soon as you add more channels than what Apple TV can take it automatically switches you to bluetooth through the companion app. It still works great but it just means all you're using Apple TV for is just firing up Zwift itself

I clean and wax my chain often but haven’t checked if it needed replacing in ages - lesson learnt! I think I’d love Zwift sauce as I like all the data it provides, I just need to figure out a way to do it 👍🏻

@@notpogi I wax my chain as well so much cleaner. I always gauge it before I take it off to wax. I do in enjoy what you keep it up.

Thanks, thats very kind of you to say 👍🏻 I will definitely check every time I wax from now on 👍🏻

Nice! I know everyone is different when it comes to that sort of thing but that’s very impressive 👍🏻

I just can’t deal with the little punchy climbs one after the other mate! I look back and laugh at the drop now but at the time I was so upset 😭 hope you’re all good mate 👍🏻

I think I’d enjoy having the extra data on screen, it would prompt me to sit back I think as I’m often in the wind! I will have a look into sauce and the steering going forward 👍🏻 Thanks very much - happy that I’m gaining a bit now, I don’t think it’ll be too long until I’m a back racing cat B again 😀

It’s such a brutal course mate! I really find it so tough that way round also! It would have been nice to top 10 but lesson learnt - I need to check my chain more often 😆 That sounds awful mate, at least it happened at the start but still so annoying! Yeah I agree I think spend a bit more and hopefully it’ll last a bit longer 👍🏻 Looking forward to getting into some racing with you soon hopefully mate 👍🏻

A massive blow! Yes, as you know I was excited to race this one - no one convinced me to do it on such an enjoyable course 🤣

​@notpogi at least it was your bike and not your fitness. Looking strong 💪

A massive blow! Yes, as you know I was excited to race this one - no one convinced me to do it on such an enjoyable course 🤣