Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (10/27)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Tuesday at 8 PM, I’m planning the Figure 8 route in Watopia (https://www.strava.com/segments/12118421). 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, Melissa, Zinj, and I rode the Watopia Figure 8 route.

In our 60 minute ride, we covered 20.5 miles and ascended 848 feet.

The Discord conversation enjoyable. Chris, feel free to join us! Charlie and Melissa compared notes on the BikeFest Solo 60 mile gravel ride. Melissa explained how she runs tires at extremely (I mean extremely) low PSI! Zinj told us about the Varia radar system. We discussed television shows (with Charlie and Melissa reenacting weightlessness from the show Away). 

Chris and Zinj earned the Figure 8 route achievements, which doubled their XP points for the route.

Please join us for the Time Trial on Thursday!

With cold weather in the forecast for Saturday, I most likely will be hosting an NCC Saturday morning group ride.

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)