Wowsers, Zwift is a crowded place these days. Since the world went into lockdown and with cycling actively banned in some countries, thousands of frustrated cyclists are flocking to the virtual world of Zwift to get their two wheel based fix of mild nausea and lactic acid. Now there’s literally hundreds if not thousands of …
Author: carthorse73
Time to admit my Failings !
One of the things I really like about Zwift is the little coloured power graph that shows your effort at the bottom of the screen. The only trouble is it works off your last recorded FTP and if like me you haven’t done nearly enough riding lately to maintain your previously fantastic levels of fitness, …
Winter is Coming….
Cometh the winter, cometh the season to plot how to spend whatever disposable income and free time you can seek past your significant other in the pursuit of next summers cycling goals. For most cyclists this is a pretty clear nivarna - we all want to be faster, look cooler (and slimmer!) and perhaps most …
In Praise of Natural Trails.
I rode au-natural the other day. Casting off the shackles of my normal riding conventions I set off unburdened and free into the unknown. It was a challenge, it was painful and exhilarating in equal measure and it felt good. Don't worry I did have lycra on. It wasn't that sort of ‘au-natruale’. I’m talking …
A Tale of two rides (Part 2) Zwift Racing!
I had a nice easy indoor Zwift ride planned for the day after my mountain biking escapades, you know the sort of thing - an easy hour or so just to shake the previous days efforts out of the legs. No record-setting planned, or PB chasing on the climbs, just a nice easy bimble round …
A Tale of Two Rides. (Part 1)
It's been a busy couple of days in Declining Cyclist land. One might almost think I was thinking of taking my riding seriously again! Two days running I've put a significant ride in both in and out of doors. I'll give you a quick run down, I know you're all waiting with bated breath and …
I’m not the rider I could be, and I’m cool with that.
There I've said it. It's out in the open. The secret is out, and the angst in my cyclists soul is laid bare, but that's fine. You see they say with age comes wisdom and experience. Well I'm not sure about wisdom and all experience seems to tell me is that getting up in the …
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Training With Zwift – Indoor pain for hopefully outdoor gains…….
So I've been using Zwift for a few weeks now and according to my online stats on the Zwift app I've ridden 262 miles, climbed 24,300 feet and burned 27 slices of pizza. To be honest I'm not entirely sure of the relevance or meaning of that last stat, but burning virtual pizza slices seems …
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Zwift -Half a Million Users Can’t beWrong?
I'd been tracking the rider in front for over a mile. As we started the climb they were hovering tantalisingly out of reach just up the road. As the gradient hit over seven percent and my frantic clicking of my right hand shifter met its end stop I could see them at the edge of …
Bad Times, Bad Rides :-(
Ever had a ride when you get home and wish you hadn't bothered? One when you've spent almost the entire ride wondering if fishing might actually be the sport for you and how much a decent rod and reel would cost? Well I did yesterday. I've had such rides before and I'm sure I'll have …
The Declining Cyclist 