I moved some videos around in my schedule and I saw that I had this one ready to go, but I forgot to put online! So, an extra video for you guys. Enjoy!
New ranking looks interesting. I did a Crit race and managed to not get lapped 🤣 Got dropped on the 8th lap and finished a minute down. Very happy with that. Lots of D's complaining though as most of the lead group were C's and a couple of B's! Still, a much better racing experience than being in cat C. I might do more in future.
Well done!! The ranking system takes some time to get right bc for most people this is the first time that they are using it. When it’s implemented fully you will see riders with similar stats grouping together more quickly and the sandbaggers moving up. So keep at it! 🫡
Great climb! I think zwift might be having issues with how they give KOM jerseys around map where the Grade is at. I got the KOM for the Grade with an 8 second time. I’m good but not that good 😂
What gearing do you have on your bike to be able to maintain 250+ watts on a 3% decline at 75ish rpm? Do you have trainer difficulty turned down? I ask because I have a 50 tooth chainring and even with a 11 tooth smallest cog on that type of decline I can be spinning 100 plus rpm and still not producing that kind of wattage on a decline. I am just trying to find any tips on virtual racing as I often get dropped on descents because I will spin out. FYI I keep my trainer set at 100% difficulty. Enjoyed the video
Hi! I have my trainer difficulty set at 40% for this race. Most of the time I keep it at 100%, but I needed some power on the little dips in this course.
You keep riding and progressing but on your own which means that you will lose the draft of people around you but you are not frozen in space. In a crit race this usually means a slow but brutal death as even with just 5-10s gone the immediate jump into full head-wind will slow you down so much that next time you see the bunch you are not drafting it anymore and even a 6-7W/kg effort might be too low to get you to catch up again. Climbing up a mountain isn't too bad though as you won't get much benefit from drafting anyway.
Now we need a bit of change. The content is toooo often and too similar everyday.. I try to watch it.. But it's unappealing tbh. So.. If you plan to grow this channel, why not have some kind of variation. I don't know how and what. But I just said what I noticed and how I felt. Take GP lama or someone else for example.
How dare you! Those other guys are all sandbaggers...anything Gerbin puts is better than their boring stay in draft than sprint the last 10 seconds...Now that's boring not Gerbin.
I moved some videos around in my schedule and I saw that I had this one ready to go, but I forgot to put online! So, an extra video for you guys. Enjoy!
@@RideWithGerben Videos on a backlog schedule. Damn, you are way more dilligent than I am. 😅
@@RoadtoA I record everything. Some of it never sees the light of day :)
New ranking looks interesting.
I did a Crit race and managed to not get lapped 🤣 Got dropped on the 8th lap and finished a minute down. Very happy with that.
Lots of D's complaining though as most of the lead group were C's and a couple of B's!
Still, a much better racing experience than being in cat C. I might do more in future.
Well done!! The ranking system takes some time to get right bc for most people this is the first time that they are using it. When it’s implemented fully you will see riders with similar stats grouping together more quickly and the sandbaggers moving up. So keep at it! 🫡
Great climb, dude! I didn't know the Hill Climb series could use a course without a segment.
Thanks man! Me neither. I was looking for the start of the climb proper and I couldn’t find it.
These new categories might encourage me to race, As a smaller critter, this system may even up the field a bit 🤞🤞
Yes! I hope so. It’s looking like a big improvement over the current system.
3 riders and you still managed to find some suspicious riding 😂 Nice climb, Gerben! 💪 🚲
I know! 🤣
This route is a piece and a half, my go to when I want to suffer properly.
But you smashed it admirably!
Thank you! Not much racing going on when I saw this one on rotation I couldn’t pass it up.
Great climb! I think zwift might be having issues with how they give KOM jerseys around map where the Grade is at. I got the KOM for the Grade with an 8 second time. I’m good but not that good 😂
Jersey bug again? Hmmm, I was hoping that I legit won it this time 🤣
What a battle.
A good one. Too bad the rider from Spain was glitching so much.
The spanish rider was glitching
Yes he was!
What gearing do you have on your bike to be able to maintain 250+ watts on a 3% decline at 75ish rpm? Do you have trainer difficulty turned down? I ask because I have a 50 tooth chainring and even with a 11 tooth smallest cog on that type of decline I can be spinning 100 plus rpm and still not producing that kind of wattage on a decline. I am just trying to find any tips on virtual racing as I often get dropped on descents because I will spin out. FYI I keep my trainer set at 100% difficulty. Enjoyed the video
Hi! I have my trainer difficulty set at 40% for this race. Most of the time I keep it at 100%, but I needed some power on the little dips in this course.
@@RideWithGerben thanks for the reply.
Je klimt graag zo te zien 😊
Geen bergen hier hè, dus je moet toch wat 😊
Can you crash in Zwift, if you go like berserk on the downhill? 😅
LoL!! I wish that was a feature 😄
@@RideWithGerben
😂😂😂
Cool idea but the groupings are too small. I’d rather have 40 people in my Cat B then 8 people in my 625-675 bucket
I think (hope) the groups will get bigger come winter time.
When someone has a dropped connection does it keep them in the spot on the course until they reconnect?
Yes.
You keep riding and progressing but on your own which means that you will lose the draft of people around you but you are not frozen in space. In a crit race this usually means a slow but brutal death as even with just 5-10s gone the immediate jump into full head-wind will slow you down so much that next time you see the bunch you are not drafting it anymore and even a 6-7W/kg effort might be too low to get you to catch up again. Climbing up a mountain isn't too bad though as you won't get much benefit from drafting anyway.
@@RideWithGerben ohh, has that changed? Happy to be corrected here!
Now we need a bit of change. The content is toooo often and too similar everyday.. I try to watch it.. But it's unappealing tbh. So.. If you plan to grow this channel, why not have some kind of variation. I don't know how and what. But I just said what I noticed and how I felt. Take GP lama or someone else for example.
I am sure there are other channels you can watch. If this is not for you then it’s not for you. Cheers.
How dare you! Those other guys are all sandbaggers...anything Gerbin puts is better than their boring stay in draft than sprint the last 10 seconds...Now that's boring not Gerbin.