Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Just when I was about to steer the conversation a bit by asking how many people have started to see their local outdoor club rides start using w/kg guidance for their rides, to supposedly better indicate the effort expected (starting to abandon the old A, B, C etc. ratings)?
Due to the somewhat unrealistic drafting effects in zwift outdoor riding can accommodate a much wider range of riders. In zwift if you're riding with a group of 20 riders averaging 4W/kg you should be able to 'sit in' at the back of the pack with about 2.8W/kg but it doesn't work that way. In real outdoor riding weaker riders can just sit in and not go to the front.