Originally Posted by genejockey

I did another Crit on Zwift last night - what with one thing and another, I missed the window to ride outside - and this time I won it fair and square. Okay, so it was the D's, and there were only 8 other starters. But still! I don't find that racing on Zwift makes me want to race IRL. There's zero bikehandling skill required on Zwift, whereas REAL crits often result in mayhem. There's a Youtube channel, NorCal Cycling. He posts race footage of races he's ridden - and often won - with a lot of really good commentary on tactics etc. And it includes crashes. It makes me really not want to be around other riders going 30 mph+ while muscling their bikes all over the road, or riding in a pack where everyone is trying to take the same line through a curve.