W/Kg units, why this metric?
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I'm confused, if he thinks a FTP test will bump him to 3.3 then he should be performing at this level now. This means his latest three races should be close right now and this is what is used for his category rating. His FTP test will have no bearing on his ZP category. I can go into zwift power right now and manually move my FTP to 600 but it will not change my category rating. ZP category goes by performance in races. (I think it might have recently included events but not sure)
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In my riding on Zwift I have learned that many of those riding the roads are ghost riders. Meaning they are people that where on the ride at some time in the past. They are not actually riding at the same moment of time.
Once I understood that and realized many people ride on whatever equipment they piece together to get on the platform. I just ride the best that I can for my self.
Once I understood that and realized many people ride on whatever equipment they piece together to get on the platform. I just ride the best that I can for my self.
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In my riding on Zwift I have learned that many of those riding the roads are ghost riders. Meaning they are people that where on the ride at some time in the past. They are not actually riding at the same moment of time.
Once I understood that and realized many people ride on whatever equipment they piece together to get on the platform. I just ride the best that I can for my self.
Once I understood that and realized many people ride on whatever equipment they piece together to get on the platform. I just ride the best that I can for my self.
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It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold.
I think that you answered your own question right there...
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What metric would you propose?
It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold.
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It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold.
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What metric would you propose?
It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold...
It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold...
I propose a more aggressive calculation of rider size and CdA. Ain't no way 220lb boys getting THAT aero on a road bike in real life to hammer around at 25mph at those powers. Just take a group picture of a typical A-group hammer ride, local crit top 10, local time trial top 5.................it will not look like the people powering around the flatter parts of Zwift worlds.
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watts per CdA is king over most reasonably quick speeds.
I propose a more aggressive calculation of rider size and CdA. Ain't no way 220lb boys getting THAT aero on a road bike in real life to hammer around at 25mph at those powers. Just take a group picture of a typical A-group hammer ride, local crit top 10, local time trial top 5.................it will not look like the people powering around the flatter parts of Zwift worlds.
I propose a more aggressive calculation of rider size and CdA. Ain't no way 220lb boys getting THAT aero on a road bike in real life to hammer around at 25mph at those powers. Just take a group picture of a typical A-group hammer ride, local crit top 10, local time trial top 5.................it will not look like the people powering around the flatter parts of Zwift worlds.
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What metric would you propose?
It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold.
I think that you answered your own question right there...
It is physics based. Think of the equations of motion, particularly going uphill and then descending. There's your answer. Since the bikes are physically captured inside of trainers, the handling and technical differences between riders are negated. This is power/weight is all that remains, beside the psychological elements of tactics and pain threshold.
I think that you answered your own question right there...
https://www.cyclinganalytics.com/blo...he-power-curve
so i assumed that this is a prevalent metric used for...something like racing. that is what the original question was about. this thread sort of diverged to a "why does zwift use that metric for categories" thread. it is not the intent of the question that i was asking but due to my limited experience with racing (i did mention that i don;t race) zwift was all i had to compare between me and other riders. i don't mind the divergance because it is still quite educating.
and i don't have a better metric to use...thinking out loud perhaps zwift should auto categorize a rider based on past performance. yet, as another poster mentioned today's cheaters may drop their subscriptions if they could not continue to cheat. but then go where i wonder...?
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I think you make an excellent point except I would say take the speeds used around Zwifts flattest Tempus Fuget and compare big boys data to one of the many Bike calculation apps that are available. Don't guess like you are doing. I believe you will find the numbers very ballpark similar. Zwiftf formula isn't made up. They are using H/w/cda etc. My speeds are pretty ball park.
I just don't see it reflecting real world results of people riding "flattish" land on their own in real life. My opinion. I see soooo many people rolling courses less flat than Tempus Fugit at over 20mph, over 21mph avg speed that NEVER even sniff that pace in real life. Out of 150 or so folks I follow on Strava, maybe 5 routinely crack 20mph avg pace on something with about 40ft per mile elevation.
Other issue on Zwift is the "semi infinite draft" on the road bike with sooooo many people on the courses. You can just pop from one group to the next and go crazy fast. So that has something to do with it. If you play the game of bouncing along those groups by upping the power in the gaps then recover while floating up through the group.......you can go pretty darn fast.
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Learn all the tricks Zwift has to offer. A TT bike doesn't allow you to draft. If you want to free ride with no riders unplug the app ride on your computer or set up a group ride with just you and you can ride any course any time solo. I think having a good grasp of Zwift will turn many of these issues into non-issues.
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Zwift Power logs all your performance data in races and assigns you a category when you sign up.
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I just don't see it reflecting real world results of people riding "flattish" land on their own in real life. My opinion. I see soooo many people rolling courses less flat than Tempus Fugit at over 20mph, over 21mph avg speed that NEVER even sniff that pace in real life.
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rocketing the bicycle over 40 mph is my goal each time I ride a certain route.
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Still, there's something to be said for the feeling of flying downhill at >40 mph. Usually I say something like "That stoplight at the bottom of the hill better turn green soon!"
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(I accidentally reset my height from 6 feet to 3 feet, and bombed down the back side of the Epic KOM at speeds >67 mph. I'm curious what a 3 foot tall, 205 lb cyclist would look like IRL)
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i'd agree with better categorization for races in zwift. i tried one once. i put myself into cat C because i was border line C/B. when i did the race i was dropped almost immediately, it was really quite ridiculous, not fun at all. have not tried it since. i also think the cats are too broad.
The typical pattern for Zwift racing is an all-out sprint from the gun before setting down after a few minutes of complete suffering. If you go out of the gate easy, or even at a solid tempo pace, you probably won't ever see the front of the race again. Knowing this ahead of time will make a big difference.
If you don't enjoy that kind of insanity, try group rides or one of the pacer bots. They're good places to get familiar with the pack-riding skills of Zwift, which aren't quite the same as IRL.
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Are you talking about the riders that have what looks like a TV screen in front of their bikes? Those are people doing structured workouts. It's an indicator to the rest of us that they aren't just free riding. The color of the screen also indicates the intensity of their current effort.
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Are you talking about the riders that have what looks like a TV screen in front of their bikes? Those are people doing structured workouts. It's an indicator to the rest of us that they aren't just free riding. The color of the screen also indicates the intensity of their current effort.
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Especially on Fuego Flats, it's not uncommon for groups of people free-riding to build around someone doing a long steady effort structured workout. I know some people get ruffled by it. If I'm doing that kind of workout, it doesn't bother me at all to be someone's pace bot, if that's what they want to do.
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Especially on Fuego Flats, it's not uncommon for groups of people free-riding to build around someone doing a long steady effort structured workout. I know some people get ruffled by it. If I'm doing that kind of workout, it doesn't bother me at all to be someone's pace bot, if that's what they want to do.
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