Tuesday Night Zwift Ride (10/20)

[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, L anturne Rogue (Andrew), Melissa, Zinj, and I rode the Greater London Loop route in London.

We covered 19.4 miles in 60 minutes and ascended 895 feet.

The Discord conversation was entertaining as always. Charlie and Melissa discussed their quests to complete all the BikeFest Solo routes. Zinj introduced us to his cat and tinkered with his seat height. Early voting, halloween plans, and current events were also discussed. Melissa somehow almost fell off her bike early in the ride, which would have been bad since she apparently has her training immersed amongst all her cycling equipment (minus spare tubes).

L anturne Rogue completed level 30 and earned his avatar the Zwift Retro 80's Glasses. The mystery rider also earned the Greater London Loop route achievement, which doubled his XP points for the route. 

Please join us for the Time Trial on Thursday!

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)