Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (11/7)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Tuesday at 8 PM, I’m planning the London 8 route (https://www.strava.com/segments/15158866). 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, Charlie, Chris, L antern Rouge, Melissa, Zinj, and I rode the London 8.

Over the 60 minutes, we rode approximately 19.5 miles with 868 feet of climbing. 

Instead of his regular "five minutes of power" at the end, Zinj used the Box Hill climb in the middle of the ride as his power minutes.

Melissa rode ease for the first 30 minutes, but remained on Discord and chatted with us for the whole ride. 

The Discord conversation was lively. Chris and Melissa traded collarbone injury stories. Melissa asked us if we knew how to put hair in a ponytail one handed (none of us have hair that would make an answer to that question possible). We discussed yesterday's Zwift race and the boost mode choices. School lunches and Thanksgiving catering were also important topics.

Zinj earned the London 8 route achievement, which doubled his XP points for the route lap.

Here is the NCC Zwift schedule:

- Mon - Zwift Road Race (times will vary between 5 PM and 7 PM EST, see discussion board for details)

- 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)