George

50 minute group ride starting at 6pm sticky draft on so no-one will be dropped for this.
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.
I don't yet know what the active maps are so i've set it up with watopia for the time being

Isn’t this the essence of cycling? Why else do we ride?

Dear Uncle Iain
I have done a few Zwift races. I tend to slither very quickly to the last third and find a slightly stronger rider to drag me to the final couple of k. I then reward them by going through very hard and trying to drop them before the finish. I usually gain a place, say from 40 to 39th. Am I flicking them or is appropriate virtual RR behaviour? It's certainly fun🤪
 

I doubt you’ll find your trainers....

Cheers, Ian. I was driving down braes this afternoon as you were riding up. Passed you as the gentleman in the white car overtook you with inches to spare.  I gave him a critique of his driving skills and signed my approval out the window.

Tubeless tires are shredding on my summer bike so I had to put trainer tire on my winter bike then had to change pm cranks which are on my TT bike and I started all this when I got back from work at 1730 so you can imagine how all THAT went....
Going for a (distanced) run instead...

If there is a missing invite then if you go on the companion app then click ‘events’ then select the meetup tab it should show up events you have an invite too
Tagging @George too as this would have helped on Mondays ride
 

Much lol. My pm did not register at start so I began about 1 minute after first group. Was overtaken after 10 mins by fast guys. Then 20 minutes of full gas with Brookes(thanks) before I felt rain on my back and slid off rollers. The tubeless tyre punctured and sprayed me and roller with sealant creating real life skid hazard. That was a sign to give up. Very silly.

Another good ride today. First outing on new ‘smart trainer’. So far so good. 
Alan, at least you’ve got your priorities in order.

I got pumped too.... i lasted longer sticking to Rohan Dennis' wheel on Sunday than i lasted with Joshua and Graham tonight

BTW. Excellent fun. Totally shredded by the first two from scratch group who passed us v early, then a couple more including Mike. Lifelike anxiety waiting for your name to pop up in the chase group!

Hi George, I was next to go. Absolutely busted. Spent 15k in futile chasse patate. Few chancers in our group who took advantage of our honesty. Xxx

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

Ian, why not have a big hill and give points for the first 5 up it then a big long flat bit with a sprint at the end of it with points for the first 5 there too? 😉

Toiled really badly after getting gapped at the start, not sure why, maybe just a lack of watts. Anyway, threshold plus effort wasn't closing the gap, so just ground it out. Wrecked by the end.
Bring back the sticky draft.

Ian, why not have a big hill and give points for the first 5 up it then a big long flat bit with a sprint at the end of it with points for the first 5 there too? 😉

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.

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 👏

Good ride tonight
There were some problems with the zwift servers which meant those that were online before they crashed were ok to continue riding but others couldnt join. It meant the roads were a bit quieter than normal and the messaging wasnt working for most of the ride.
 

Drop your Zwift profile by 10 kilos. Everyone else does 😉

I got a fan that’s on a telescopic stand from B&Q a couple of years ago-cost £12. Makes a huge difference. They are still open for click & collect.
or you could drop a few hundred quid on one of those Wahoo wind things.

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

Yeah, the danish ride is good. A bit more relaxed than these runs, but it's not fenced off, so if you get dropped, you get dropped. Having said that, they use sweepers to collect the back markers. Average pace is about 30kph, so not crazy.

Thats cos I was stuck about 1k behind you for first 5 mins. It was our algorithm overlords who were laughing at you. Mwah ha ha.