Zwift indoor virtual reality trainer

How are people I know to be fairly average cyclists clocking (an admittedly virtual) 40km in an hour on Zwift on a regular basis?

I assume it’s because of drafting but even so I’d be surprised if they could cling on to a chain gang at that pace.

Zwift speeds are just higher in my experience. Doesn't translate to outdoor speed for a given power

Also using estimated/dodgy power reading, intentionally or not.

Even with an accurate power meter you can put yourself in as shorter and lighter than real life so for the same shit wattage you hit higher speeds.

Sometimes the no drop meet-ups put you at a frankly ridiculous speed. I think one of the Tuesday morning meet-ups had us at 46km/h, even when Tom wasn’t dragging me along

Guys, it's a game.

This.

Edit- that was supposed to be in reply to Phil's post.

Are you still 4ft 10 and 35 Kilos?

Is @Brun from Derby too then?

Although it’s a long time since you’ve been 35 kilos, me duck.

Mi duck.

I only weigh my lunch box.

I heard weight is a matter of perspective

Newton's inverse square law says you're right.

https://zwiftinsider.com/zwift-speeds/

No wind, you never stop or brake, no steering, perfect tarmac, perfect draft and some generous calculations by Zwift.

There are permanent big group rides behind bots, and probably the most popular 'C' one goes at 40kmh on a flat road. I don't think it's that unrealistic though, I'm a very average rider and 38-40km is about what I'd do in a small group at HHV on road bikes over 2 x 30 mins.

How do the zwift training plans work? A friend is wanting to do his first structured training and I’ve seen the 6wk ftp builder recommended on here… but it’s 5-6 rides per week when he is doing 3/week. Is it possible to just work through the training plan sequentially at your own pace or does it try to force you into some preordained structure? For instance if you don’t complete all rides in a week do you automatically move onto the next week (and miss some workouts)?

Yes, you are right, it will only give you a few day window to complete each ride. After that it will become unavailable and move on to the next one.

Yeah it's kinda shit. I've made my own workouts so just do those.

I've made my own workouts so just do those.

in zwift?

There is a 6 week beginner FTP builder set of workouts which isn't part of their adjustable training plans.
So you can just pick the workouts and complete them in order.
I believe of the 4-5 rides per week, they include a recovery ride day, so in theory that could be missed, so you can recover by not riding the turbo.

No, in WoW

I mean then why use zwift at all?

Well shit, you're good at this. Next can you advise me on my candle budget.

I imported the sufferfest workouts into zwift. Works well for me.

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