Darryl Gunson

For about £600 i'd be looking at direct drive (so rear wheel off and you attach bike to a cassette on the turbo) .
No experience of either of these but Tacx Flux S and Elite Suito are in that price range as are a few others.
 
You can get wheel on smart trainers for a bit cheaper

Before the event is due to start make sure you have opened up the game and can see your avatar and bike -can ride about on any course or just sit waiting. When it is 5 minutes to the start of the meetup a dialogue box will appear on the bottom left of the screen (plus on the companion app i think) - select that and it will take you to the start of the meetup.
 
Anyway was a hard route today - 5 of us and at the end Conal and myself opted to continue to the top of the Alpe after the meetup...another 30 minutes of climbing. 😭

Yeah, I use the zwift companion app on my phone to link the turbo to zwift on the laptop. I think the phone uses Bluetooth to talk to the turbo and then it uses the WiFi to link to zwift on the laptop. Usually works smoothly. 

For me the easiest way to set up was via my Ipad - my turbo (which is a tacx neo) can connect to that using bluetooth and it is very straight forward pairing that (open the zwift app and then there will be options for connecting).
A laptop will also be enough (assuming it meets the minimum system requirements) however it may not be able to receive a bluetooth signal in which case you may need to do it via ant+ which will require an ant+ dongle to plug into the usb.
It's possible also to use some phones connecting via bluetooth and an apple tv 4k (also bluetooth) too.
I think most smart trainers can use either bluetooth or ant+ these days but i'm a little out the loop on what the current models are.

China and Europe in lockdown, millions in quarantine, borders shut, airspace closed, panic buying hitting the shelves of supermarkets...but  only now seeing Paul cancelling a trip to Arran did i realise the gravity of the situation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

My mistake “Chris Biggins”

This was a terrible ride today and I feel I owe it to you all to share my view:
1.  Too much focus nuero  muscular,  VO2 max, and threshold. Too many sweet spots and not enough zone 2. Just maximum rubbish with minimum gain.    
I was knackered by inverkip 
2. Riding in a slow cadence is almost universally accepted now as silly. You want to grow your quads - sprint flat out for 10s. Churning for 3 hours is like going to the gym and squatting the bar for 3 hours
. Really!!!. Slow cadence and wheel sucking is my mantra but could the fit dudes please stop increasing the pace. I not getting enough time to get out my banana.
3. This ride was not just time inefficient (we spent half our time free wheeling when we could have been on the sofa practising our duolingo Spanish) but more, now my legs are semi shredded for tomorrow.  
 
Think we could  have done with a bit more free wheeling.
4. Not even the social benefit of riding in a group. Either semi puffing or waiting for Billy in his big ring.
 
Billy was smart and stuck to turbo on this horrid day. But you right. Only chat I got was from Andy when we got pumped off bunch in to Largs
We all have different goals I know. But this ride is ill conceived  I appreciate some guys like it. I wondered why Lynsey Curran refused to turn out - I’d told her we were touring round the lanes  - now I know. It was a testosterone fix.  C’mon guys. We can do better than this.
 
Lynsey Curran Was smart enough to look at forecast to conclude that this was madness
My suggestion is to stick to a long zone 2 ride. Throw in a few 10s sprints and if you like, 30mins at sweet spot.
if only !!!!
I appreciate this will involve reprogramming our very own Duracell toy,  Charlie.
Never mind reprogramming I need a total reservice 
I guess the forum is not for this type of comment. Won’t take offence if the moderators take it down. Honest 
And for those looking to hire a car from Alicante airport try Rentalcars.co.
Naw Billy giving me a lift.

Well, stone me. Won't forget that one in a hurry, torrential rain, sleet and hail with gusting winds blowing it through, also some sunshine
Echelon up the coast was bonza. Overall it ticked two boxes, Epic and Multi Habble
Cheers lads, gonna miss this next weekend in 🌞🌞🌞🌞 Espana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

State of play:
Archie has spent all winter at various hot weather training camps so should hit the spring in peak form. However he has also spent the winter annoying everyone so every breakaway attempt will be chased down by eager volunteers.
Gregg is now a wheeler so will that mean everyone is racing for 2nd in the sprints?
Billy is knocking out 1200watts standing starts at the track...if he could just wait a bit longer to unleash that power with about 100m to go he could be a contender
Richie, Darryl and Paul are all flying and about to get faster again after their trip to Spain
Marc, at the start of the ride will be telling everyone how he not been doing much and is really unfit...but then over the next hour will rip everyones legs off
Charlie back in form and as a wheelsucker par excellence will be difficult to shift along the Georgetown
Stuart has been getting some good results at cx so he could be the bunches van der Poel and van Aert
Jess will find out if giving birth is the equivalent of taking EPO in terms of the impact on red blood cells
George has promised to be utterly dominant and I have no reason to doubt his word
Not seen Galeb, Robbie, Paul and Sam out on the bike for a while, i can only assume this is due to lots of secret training!
 
The rest of us? well the only positive i have to say is that we've still got 6 weeks to get fit
 

We should have taken more KoMs. Missed opportunity. Hope for big wind again next week

Myself, Darryl, Tommy, Iain McT, Paul McD and Ian Archibald has an invigorating spin in storm Dennis, (clubrooms/ Bishopton/ Langbank/ Clune/ the wall and back to Kilmacolm for coffee! Tough winds but Good to get outside and stayed dry!!

Good run today. Wind was very strong but things felt pretty safe with the alternative route being a bit more sheltered
 

Yip found that tough today. Think I was getting too anxious with my garmin telling me I was over 200 bpm. On a positive note had a word with Bagel Basket owners about coffee complaints. They were grateful for feedback and were going to review their coffee but meantime provided extra coffee shots for those that wanted. Lovely gesture. It’s always better to give feedback to a coffee house that has supported club for many years rather than abandon ship

Good ride today 👍
 
 

Estoy trabajando en un plan

Pie Ella 

I’ll be at the club for the 9.30 start. Looking forwards to a right good soaking 😁

I’ll be at the club for the 9.30 start. Looking forwards to a right good soaking 😁

Pleasant tour of the shire today with Ian and Alan. Coffee at Kilmacolm and then home. Not bad considering the rain earlier.

Pleasant tour of the shire today with Ian and Alan. Coffee at Kilmacolm and then home. Not bad considering the rain earlier.

Pleasant tour of the shire today with Ian and Alan. Coffee at Kilmacolm and then home. Not bad considering the rain earlier.

Will leave Bishy at 11 and head up Georgetown, catch youse on the road... 
 

Proof, if you ever needed it that the BBC lies. I'm looking out the window at a distinct lack of rain. See you at 11.

Well it’s stopped raining here and forecast looks ok ish. I plan to head out at 11. Could meet at bustop at Top of Georgetown Road at 11.15 for 2 to 3 hours steady pedalling and maybe a quick coffee in Kilmalcolm?

I would. Forecast is to be dry at 11. I’ll post up at 10.30 to let you know what I’m doing.