Saturday Morning Zwift Ride (3/27)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Saturday at 9 AM, I'm planning the Three Sisters route in Watopia (https://www.strava.com/segments/15159137). This will be a 31 mile ride, but riders may drop at any point.

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, but it does not always work. 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.

[Michael T. Bello]

With the weather being nice today, it was no surprise we had a small crowd on Zwift this morning.

Don't forget about the NCC Zoom meeting on Sunday. Also, the NCC Kit orders closes on 3/29.

Tim and I rode the Three Sisters route in Watopia. We covered approximately 31 miles with 3,000 feet of climbing. The journey took us 2 hours.

Fortunately, Tim and I were on Discord. We talked about a lot of subjects, including Zwift, IT, our jobs, bike parts, etc. The regular group missed some exciting topics.

Here is the current NCC Zwift schedule, which will be changing a bit next month:

- Mon afternoon - Road Race (times will vary between 5 PM and 7 PM EST)

- Tue 8:00 PM - Social Ride (invite required)

- Thu 5:30 PM - Time Trial / Hill Climb (solo effort, TT bike required) (invite required)

- Sat 9:00 AM - Social Ride (invite required)

Follow Michael Bello on Zwift for invites to the invite-only rides.