Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (10/6)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Tuesday at 8 PM, I’m planning the Greater London Loop route in London (https://www.strava.com/segments/15158576). 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, Melissa, Zinj, and I rode the Greater London Loop.

After 60 Zwift group rides (starting last November), I finally repeated a route tonight. There are 71 Zwift routes in total, but the remaining routes are either very short or involve 5,000+ feet of climbing. 

In the 60 minutes, we covered approximately 19.4 miles and ascended 908 feet. 

As always, we were on Discord video. The conversation included BikeFest Solo adventures (upcoming and past), yesterday's NCC Zwift race, schooling, and current events. We learned that Melissa is planning to earn the outdoor TT/Hill Climb jersey when the series resumes after the pandemic. 

Melissa and Zinj earned the Greater London Loop route achievement, which doubled their XP points for the first lap. 

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)