Saturday Morning Zwift Ride (11/21)

[Michael T. Bello]

On Saturday at 9 AM, I'm planning the "Royal Pump Room 8” route in Yorkshire (https://www.strava.com/segments/21757792). This will be a 90 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 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]

This morning, Anita, Dan, John, Melissa, and I rode the Royal Pump Room 8 route in Yorkshire.

 

During the 90 minutes ride, we covered approximately 24 miles with 2,206 feet of climbing.

The Discord conversation was lively. Melissa updated us on her injury. She also got an answer to the outstanding one-handed pony tail question from Anita. We learned about Anita's return from sabbatical during the early days of the COVID lockdown. Anita had questions about Hatfield's giant birthday cake next to Town Hall, which I was happy to answer. John shared details on his recent gravel adventure. Dan and I learned that we both used ot live near Anita in Northampton. 

Anita earned the Royal Pump 8 route achievement, which doubled her XP points for the route lap.

Here is the NCC Zwift schedule:

- Mon - Zwift Road Race (times will vary between 5 PM and 7 PM EST, see discussion board for details)

- 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)