Roberto

45 minute group ride, sticky draft on so no-one will be dropped for this. When the 45 minutes is up then if you want you can race to the KOM banner.
Remember to follow Johnstone Wheelers on the companion app if you want an invite
Before the event is due to start make sure you have opened up the game and can see your avatar and bike - you 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  - select that and it will take you to the start of the group ride.
The circuit is London Loop, i've tried to estimate the event time to mean the sticky draft will turn off about half way up Box Hill on the 2nd lap.

Good session except...I got a flat rear tyre. Still chuckling.

Their race is about to go live @ 
 

Michael is running an APR meetup on Tuesday. It's 30km in total and the first 5 km is easy as a group, then the scratch group will stop for 2 minutes and let the rest carry on. Then it will be a chase to the finish on the watopia flat course. Will be a  mix of Wheelers, Ivy and Gales taking part.
Follow 'Michael Burke Ivy' for an invite

50 minute group ride, sticky draft on so no-one will be dropped for this. When the 50 minutes is up then if you want you can race to the KOM banner. Will be about 5 minutes left of the climb  by then i think
Remember to follow Johnstone Wheelers on the companion app if you want an invite
Before the event is due to start make sure you have opened up the game and can see your avatar and bike - you 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  - select that and it will take you to the start of the group ride.

50 minute group ride, sticky draft on so no-one will be dropped for this. When the 50 minutes is up continue riding as a group, then when we get to the climb for the second time it is a race to the top should you want to do that.
Remember to follow Johnstone Wheelers on the companion app if you want an invite
Before the event is due to start make sure you have opened up the game and can see your avatar and bike - you 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  - select that and it will take you to the start of the group ride.
 

Thanks for that Chaps, always good fun to suffer with others!
I think the Junior took it! So 1 up to the wheelers..or is it more like 1 up to the Jets haha
Interesting try it without the sticky draft...aka full suffer mode. Maybe make it abit longer so longer workout?

Think the Sticky Draft was missing tonight (see Iain's post above) If not mistaken I held about 285W for a while early on with messrs Provan & Gumley before running out of gas
Be good to leave the SD off 1 or 2 times a week, definitely

Sorry about the mix up with sticky draft, was playing about with the settings and while doing so i automatically joined the start pen so didnt want to edit anything incase it lost the meetup!
Anyway great effort by David and Karen getting back onto the front bunch by the top of the hill in the jungle....Billy tantalising close only 2 seconds back. 
 
The bunch flows a bit more naturally without the sticky draft on, however its obviously not so good for keeping group together. So i’ll keep it on most of the time but maybe have a ride  each week without it. Or perhaps do back to back shorter meetups - say 45 minute ride with it on then a 10 minute break then a 30 minute ride with it off.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/team-ineos-announce-group-ride-and-race-on-zwift-453762

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/team-ineos-announce-group-ride-and-race-on-zwift-453762

Did anyone watch Zwift Flanders on Eurosport? Thought it would be nonsense but actually very good. Scary wattage and amazing to see how powerful the pros look on their turbos 👏

Of course whenever possible! Obviously I didn't mean Zwift only🙄

Of course whenever possible! Obviously I didn't mean Zwift only🙄

Echoing David's comment, big thanks Iain. Looking ahead (post-Covid19) maybe it's possible to have club Races put on Zwift at some point, I noticed GGCC have a few 🙂

Thanks Roberto. Good to see you virtually in the bunch the other day.

Hi all, spotted this on fb today. Our favourite post ride watering hole is closing for the foreseeable. But even if you can't buy their beer you can still order pizze for home delivery. 
Just ask Alan McLean for recommendations. 
Have just ordered 4 myself. 
S

Decent turn out for the first ride...keeping riders together feature worked pretty well meant everyone could work at their own level and get a good workout. 
 
Next ride probably Saturday morning i’ll post more details later

The Hoody order has been placed.
If you would like to pay by bank transfer my details are
acc no 01151523
sort code 80-47-55
I will post when they arrive to arrange collections, 
 
cheers
Stuart

Drumlanrig challenge 2020 will be Saturday May 2nd . Entry open at www.tearfund.org/drumlanrig 

great turn out today, fab to have so many supporting the hill climb. Jets are too light and don't have to work night shift.
 

 

If no takers for my Arran Monday I aim to join your Tuesday band 🙂

David B, David C and myself returned to Galashiels for another Audax, this one was the last one we needed to qualify for PBP. David B had decided not to go to Paris and was just doing this for the craic.  Davie Borland was planning on riding straigh through the night so he could meet his wife for stake and chips about 1pm the next day, the pace he set of at it seemed he would! he was flying and lead the field throughout the day, as this was 3 out and back legs we got to wave a couple of times. He sensible decided to stop after the second leg rest up and meet the wife. David C and my self had a more relaxed plan and after the first leg 230km we were feeling good, We then headed of into the night for the second leg towards Gretna and rode with a Friend of Campbells called Neil. He was stopping at lockerbie at the first passing, but we decided to continue on hoping to complete the 2nd leg without stopping, but our pace had dropped in the darkness and as we hit Gretna it was fairly cold. When we got back to lockerbie about 380km in we were very tired and the usual pains we each had were back. We decided to stop at lockerbie truck stop(from and Irvine Welsh novel) and sleep for 3 hours and head back over the climbs in daylight. 
When we woke we both agreed to head back to Galahsiels and call it, it was a tough call but by this stage we had difficult sitting down and our pace was abysmal. I suppose training for these events are a good thing! and the qualifiers did there job, and weeded out the chancers trying to do the bare minimum to get to Paris! any way we got back to Galashiels after 460Km and plenty of time to do the 140km left, but of to McDonalds and home we went! Thanks to David C and Davie B for the company on this adventure! one my buttocks will never forget!
Salut! 

Got the heads up on this fatality earlier from my bus driver mate, as it is on my commuting route. A Female cyclists died this morning after an incident with a truck. 
Thoughts go out to her family. 
Be careful out there boys and girls. 

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