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Yeah, it's total shite. I jump into races and 'pretend' I'm racing but I don't give two shits about being DQd or having my name in the results coz it's all bullshit anyway. It's just a nice change from steady state intervals I'm normally doing. I'll almost certainly delete it post-lockdown.
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I'm probably comparing rotten apples with putrid oranges (and I don't know my wattage from my frottage) but, FWIW, I've now ridden the 7 day free trial with my Garmin* running too and ended up with..
Garmin 164.1miles @ 20.1mph
Zwift 167.8miles @ 20.5mph... BUT I think that only happened to be close because I targeted 4 hilly rides as the speeds seemed so crazy on the flat ones - and the extra mileage from those got reclaimed in the hills. Needless to say, I've never ridden the perfect bike, in the perfect position, on perfect roads, in a skinsuit, with a boatload of drafting either (and I guess the algo has to accommodate those guys too) so I don't know what sort of theoretical advantage you'd expect from that, but I suppose this is how they convince people to drop on £1000 proper trainers to find out.. sigh.
*I have no idea if the Garmin x myTurbo is even slightly accurate either but I at least know it makes me want to puke if I go much faster than that ^ (and in that respect it's just like real life.. sob..)
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OK phew that makes sense, comforting to know both that some of Zwift's suspect stats are bollocks and also that I am as weak as I suspected.
@hippy That's a lot of rules for a fake digital bike race. If the Call of Duty lads get into zwift during lockdown God help the Cat A pros on there