Riverside Cycles Virtual Tuesday Night Ride in Zwift - Feb 11 (Seaside Sprint)

[David Berlind]

Hey all,

Please join us Tuesday, Feb 11 at 6pm on Zwift for the Riverside Cycles Virtual Tuesday Night Ride

Ride Details

We'll be riding the Seaside Sprint Route 

* 5 Laps, 21.4 miles total 

* Average Pace ~2 Watts / Kg (no rubber band effect)

* Late join is permitted

* Sprints as designated by Zwift on every lap with full recovery after each sprint. "Full Recovery" means that the pack waits for everyone to regroup after the sprint unless any dropped riders wave you off. 

* Last lap is ALL OUT if so desired

Contact David Berlind at da...@berlind.org if you have questions or need technical support. 

Use this link to invite your friends to this event (works for anyone on the planet, member or not):  https://www.zwift.com/events/view/4828945

The rest of this email is a cut n' paste for anybody who is new and needs more guidance on how to join one of the Riverside Virtual Rides. 

How to Join this and Other Riverside Rides

To join, you will need to join RiversideCycle Club in the Zwift Companion app. Go to the main menu in the companion app, tap on Clubs, and then tap on the "All Clubs" tab as shown in the partial screenshot below:

Start typing Riverside into the box that says "Search clubs by name" and tap on the listing that appears named "RIVERSIDECYCLE" (see partial screenshot below):

Tap and join the club. Once you have joined the club, go into the club page and scroll down for a list of club Events where you can select and join this week’s TNR or any other events (see screenshot below)

Tap on the event to open the event page and then tap on the orange plus sign icon (see screenshot below)

Why do this? For three reasons. First, this will cause the event to appear in the Events Section of the main Zwift app's course selection page (it usually appears about 1 hour before the event starts). Second, you will get smart phone and email reminders that the event is coming up soon. Third, if you are warming up on another course prior to the start of the event, Zwift will show you a special button (about 10 minutes prior to the start of the event) that will switch you directly from your warmup session directly into the event. This way, you don't have to manually navigate out of one Zwift session and into another. 

There is a Voice Party Line for this Ride

We will use Discord for Group Voice chat during the ride. If you do not already have Discord on your mobile device or computer (whichever you prefer to use for Discord), you will need to install it first if you want to join the conversation during the ride.  The event page has two very helpful links right above the map (see screenshot below). When clicked, the one on the left side ("Discord") will whisk you directly into the Riverside Voice Chat on Discord. The one on the right offers helpful Discord tips and tricks.

If you somehow end up on the Riverside Discord Server but you don't think you're in the voice chat, tap or click on "zwift group rides" under the "Voice Channels" section in the Riverside Discord Server (see screenshot below)

Pre-Ride Warmup

It is strongly suggested that you do a pre-ride warm up, even if only for 10 minutes, on one of the other Zwift courses just to get your legs nice and warm. Unlike the real-life TNR where things start out very slowly, this virtual version gets up to speed pretty quickly. Joining the ride with your cardiovascular system and legs already primed will help. 

On Zwift's course selection page, there's a tile for each course showing details like elevation change and the robopacer's name. In case you didn't already know this, the robopacer's name also determines the robopacer's speed. A ride with Bernie as the robopacer is a good choice for your warmup to the Virtual TNR. If you want to go faster than Bernie, you always can. 

Here's a handy dandy chart that shows you their speed in watts per kg:

Taylor – 1.1 W/kg (82W)
Bernie – 1.5 W/kg (112W)
Miguel – 1.8 W/kg (134W)
Maria – 2.2 W/kg (165W)
Coco – 2.6 W/kg (194W)
Yumi – 2.9 W/kg (217W)
Jacques – 3.2 W/kg (240W)
Genie – 3.7 W/kg (276W)
Constance – 4.2 W/kg (315W)

Hope to see you there! 

[David Berlind]

Hey all,

Please join us Tuesday, Feb 25 at 6pm on Zwift for the Riverside Cycles Virtual Tuesday Night Ride. I am away on business travel but Elan Sablich has volunteered to sub-in as ride leader.  Thank you Elan!

Ride Details

We'll be riding the Seaside Sprint Route 

* 5 Laps, 21.4 miles total 

* Average Pace ~2 Watts / Kg (no rubber band effect)

* Late join is permitted

* Sprints as designated by Zwift on every lap with full recovery after each sprint. "Full Recovery" means that the pack waits for everyone to regroup after the sprint unless any dropped riders wave you off. 

* Last lap is ALL OUT if so desired

Contact David Berlind at da...@berlind.org if you have questions or need technical support. 

Use this link to invite your friends to this event (works for anyone on the planet, member or not):  https://www.zwift.com/events/view/4862583

[David Berlind]

Hey all,

Given the expected chilly temps, please join us Sunday, March 23 at 9am on Zwift for the Riverside Cycles Virtual Sunday Morning Ride.  This is a great ride at your own pace ride. Nobody gets dropped! Zwift will keep us together. 

Ride Details

We'll be riding the Big Foot Hills Route

* 1 Laps, approximately 43.4 miles total 

* Ride at your own pace (the  Zwift rubberband will be on)

* Late join is permitted

* We'll be using Discord for Voice comms

Contact David Berlind at da...@berlind.org if you have questions or need technical support. 

Use this link to invite your friends to this event (works for anyone on the planet, member or not):  https://www.zwift.com/events/view/4914324

The rest of this email is a cut n' paste for anybody who is new and needs more guidance on how to join one of the Riverside Virtual Rides. 

How to Join this and Other Riverside Rides

To join, you will need to join RiversideCycle Club in the Zwift Companion app. Go to the main menu in the companion app, tap on Clubs, and then tap on the "All Clubs" tab as shown in the partial screenshot below:

Start typing Riverside into the box that says "Search clubs by name" and tap on the listing that appears named "RIVERSIDECYCLE" (see partial screenshot below):

Tap and join the club. Once you have joined the club, go into the club page and scroll down for a list of club Events where you can select and join this week’s TNR or any other events (see screenshot below)

Tap on the event to open the event page and then tap on the orange plus sign icon (see screenshot below)

Why do this? For three reasons. First, this will cause the event to appear in the Events Section of the main Zwift app's course selection page (it usually appears about 1 hour before the event starts). Second, you will get smart phone and email reminders that the event is coming up soon. Third, if you are warming up on another course prior to the start of the event, Zwift will show you a special button (about 10 minutes prior to the start of the event) that will switch you directly from your warmup session directly into the event. This way, you don't have to manually navigate out of one Zwift session and into another. 

There is a Voice Party Line for this Ride

We will use Discord for Group Voice chat during the ride. If you do not already have Discord on your mobile device or computer (whichever you prefer to use for Discord), you will need to install it first if you want to join the conversation during the ride.  The event page has two very helpful links right above the map (see screenshot below). When clicked, the one on the left side ("Discord") will whisk you directly into the Riverside Voice Chat on Discord. The one on the right offers helpful Discord tips and tricks.

If you somehow end up on the Riverside Discord Server but you don't think you're in the voice chat, tap or click on "zwift group rides" under the "Voice Channels" section in the Riverside Discord Server (see screenshot below)

Pre-Ride Warmup

It is suggested that you do a pre-ride warm up, even if only for 10 minutes, on one of the other Zwift courses just to get your legs nice and warm. Joining the ride with your cardiovascular system and legs already primed will help. 

On Zwift's course selection page, there's a tile for each course showing details like elevation change and the robopacer's name. In case you didn't already know this, the robopacer's name also determines the robopacer's speed. A ride with Bernie as the robopacer is a good choice for your warmup. 

[David Berlind]

It's gonna be a wee bit nippy and the roads may be wet tomorrow.  So, please join us Sunday, March 30 at 9am on Zwift for the Riverside Cycles Virtual Sunday Morning Ride. This is a great ride at your own pace ride and a good opportunity to lift your total miles for March.  Nobody gets dropped! Zwift will keep us together. 

Ride Details

We'll be riding the Navig8 Route in Watopia

* 1 Lap, approximately 39.7 miles total, 1368 ft of elevation 

* Ride at your own pace (the  Zwift rubberband will be on)

* Late join is permitted (up to 30 minutes)

* We'll be using Discord for Voice comms

Contact David Berlind at da...@berlind.org if you have questions or need technical support. 

Use this link to invite your friends to this event (works for anyone on the planet, member or not):  https://www.zwift.com/events/view/4927477

[David Berlind]

Hey all,

Given the especially uncooperative weather predictions for tomorrow, we will once again be riding inside for a virtual version of Doug's SuMR. Please join us tomorrow, Sunday, April 13 at 9am on Zwift for the Riverside Cycles Virtual Sunday Morning Ride. This is a great ride at your own pace ride. Nobody gets dropped! Zwift will keep us together with one caveat.... we've learned the hard way that if someone rides off the front, the so-called Zwift rubber band eventually snaps (for all riders). So, in the spirit of keeping the entire group together (as is advertised on this ride), my one ask is to drop back if you're up front and suddenly realize that you're off the front and the group is not catching up. 🙏🏻

Hope to see you there!

This Week's SuMR Details

We'll be riding the Big Foot Hills Route

* 1 Laps, approximately 43.4 miles total, 2342 ft of climbing

* Ride at your own pace -- but not ahead of the group (the  Zwift rubber band will be on)

* Late join is permitted

* We'll be using Discord for Voice comms

Contact David Berlind at da...@berlind.org if you have questions or need technical support. 

Use this link to invite your friends to this event (works for anyone on the planet, Riverside member or not):  https://www.zwift.com/events/view/4949613