Saturday Morning Zwift Ride (10/17)

[Michael T. Bello]

If the weather is nice, Saturday morning’s Zwift ride will be cancelled. That said, Saturday morning’s current forecast is for rain and temperatures in the 40s.

On Saturday at 9 AM, I'm planning the "Dust in the Wind” route in Watopia (https://www.strava.com/segments/22458637).

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 ride 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.

[Charlie Bailey]

I’ll join you Michael. 

CB

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[Michael T. Bello]

With the cold start to the day and the roads still wet from rain, Charlie, Melissa, Zinj, and I rode on Zwift this morning. Saturday morning Zwift rides will start to become a regular thing as the weather changes.

We rode the Dust in the Wind route in Watopia. We covered 33.1 miles in 1 hour and 52 minutes. We ascended approximately 1,900 feet.

We conversed on Discord video throughout the ride. Zinj had to wake up early for this ride and he took advantage Zwift's new ability to start a group ride a few minutes late. Charlie entertained us with his breakfast selection. "I never get flats" Melissa revealed that she rides 23mm tires, but because of her super bike, they expand to 26mm. Her kids also made appearances. I shared the lemur kidnapping story from MassLive (https://www.masslive.com/living/2020/10/5-year-old-boy-gets-lifetime-zoo-pass-for-help-recapturing-stolen-ring-tailed-lemur.html). It was entertaining. At one point, a HERD ride was passing us and Charlie switched Discord channels to see what they were talking about. He returned, so we were much more interesting.

Charlie and Zinj earned the Dust in the Wind route achievement, which doubled their XP points for the route. Zinj also completed level 18, which earned his avatar "cool shades."

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)