Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (10/13)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Tuesday at 8 PM, I’m planning the Sand and Sequoias route in Watopia (https://www.strava.com/segments/21911197). 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, L anturne Rogue (Andrew), Melissa, Teddy, Zinj, and I rode the Sand and Sequoias route in Watopia.

It was a relatively fast group ride. In the 60 minutes, we covered 21.3 miles with 851 feet of climbing.

As always, we were on Discord video. We had a 10 second video appearance by L anturne Rogue. He waved, but we have yet to hear his voice. 

Melissa revealed that she has NEVER had a flat tire while riding a bike. During her first century ride over the weekend she actually carried an extra tube. We all told her she was now jinxed and would have at least five flats on her next outdoor adventure.

We also discussed the Giro, NCC BikeFest solo, and my Zwift connection issues.

The Fall Hill Climb/TT series starts on Thursday. Everyone is welcome to participate. It is a lot of fun.

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)