Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (9/29)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Tuesday at 8 PM, I’m planning the Champs-Élysées route in Paris (https://www.strava.com/segments/24674235). This will be a 60 minute ride.

If anyone is interested, just follow me on Zwift (Michael Bello - NCC) and I'll add you to the invite. If you follow me, please send me a note.

A few recommendations...

Zwift now allows late joiners to Meetups. Give yourself a few extra minutes to join the ride anyway (on Zwift 5 minutes before the ride would be ideal).

Please wear the NCC jersey. This makes it easier to recognize who is in the group. On a computer, log into Zwift, once riding, press “P” on you keyboard and enter NCCMAKIT. After that, you can use the jersey on any device running Zwift (laptop, tablet, phone, etc.).

Our previous rides were enhanced with conversations on Discord. After installing Discord, ˙˙use the NCC invite to join the conversation: https://discordapp.com/invite/uXdHm7m. 

If you are new to Discord, I recommend this article on ZwiftInsider: https://zwiftinsider.com/using-discord/. Please pay particular attention to Step 4: "Discord automatically places you in the text chat channel, which isn’t where you want to be. Click the hamburger menu (3 lines at top-left) to view all the channels on the server. Click “General” under voice channels, then click “Connect to Voice” to join the general voice chat." 

I also recommend testing Discord out prior to the ride. Feel free to contact me if you want to test Discord.

[Michael T. Bello]

Tonight, Andrew (L anturne Rogue), Charlie, Melissa, Teddy, Zinj, and I rode the Champs-Elysees route in Paris.

In the 60 minutes, we covered approximately 20 miles with 644 feet of climbing.

Most of us were on Discord tonight. The conversation covered Monday's NCC Zwift race, headphones, desks/phone stands for riding, the fact that Zinj actually wore the NCC kit, and tough climbs in Western Mass.

Teddy completed level 16, which earned his avatar stripey socks. Charlie finished level 33 and unlocked the Zwift monochrome kit.

Here is the NCC Zwift schedule:

- Mon 6:30 PM - Road Race (Follow Jonathan O'Keeffe on Zwift for invite)

- Tue 8:00 PM - Social Ride (Follow Michael Bello on Zwift for invite)

- Thu 5:30 PM - Time Trial / Hill Climb (solo effort, TT bike required - Follow Michael Bello on Zwift for invite)

- Sat 9:00 AM - Social Ride (weather dependent - Follow Michael Bello on Zwift for invite)