The indoor cycling season is nearly upon us! All events are listed in the web site calendar and if you want to join a Zwift club event, please add the Belper BC club to your clubs list in the Zwift Companion App and then subscribe to any of the events.
If you like to do your own thing in Zwift or other indoor riding platform, we encourage you to join a club group conversation using the voice chat function on Discord. Start up Discord and see if anyone has joined any of the voice channels. Join yourself and listen in or add to the discussion - it will certainly make time go quicker!
A help guide on downloading and using Discord can be found here.
So what Club Indoor Events are available?
Saturday Café Chat Rides
These 2-hour group rides will be setup for every Saturday morning at 9:00am through the season, for those real bad weather days or when riders don't have the time for a full ride.
Tuesday Mix
On a 2 week rotational basis we will set-up the following events in Zwift with a 6:30pm start time:
Sprint Training
Group Workouts
Team Time Trials
Once every 4 weeks we will run a Team TT in Zwift with a start time of 7:00pm.
Every Saturday, a 2 hour Zwift event will be available in the clubs functionality in the Zwift Companion App where you can subscribe to the event. You will join a group of riders on a course but you can still ride at your own ability level - no pressure to ride at the pace of anyone else. You have up to 30 minutes after the event starts to join the ride.
Note: Members are still welcome to join the discussion on Discord even if they are doing their own thing on or outside of Zwift.
These 1-hour Zwift rides will be setup for every other Tuesday and contain marked sprint points where riders, for a few short seconds, will challenge each other to the sprint, the rest of the time riders will rest in readiness for the next sprint - Sprinting is optional! A Zwift event will be available in the clubs functionality in the Zwift Companion App where you can subscribe to the event. You have up to 30 minutes after the event starts to join the ride.
Note: Members are still welcome to join the discussion on Discord even if they are doing their own thing on or outside of Zwift.
These 1-hour Zwift Group Workout rides will be setup for every other Tuesday. These are events where all riders will follow a set training plan from on screen instructions. To get the most out of the workout it is recommended that you have an accurate FTP value recorded on your Zwift account. You have up to 30 minutes after the event starts to join the ride.
Note: Members are still welcome to join the discussion on Discord even if they are doing their own thing on or outside of Zwift.
Once every 4 weeks we will organise a Team TT event in Zwift. Riders are assigned to teams and tactically race against other teams on a course in Zwift. These are great fun, and the strong riders can do more turns on the front to get the last rider over the line. We also stream these events live so an audience can watch the race and riders can also watch back later. These events require a bit more planning so will be publicised in the clubs news feed.
Note: Riders will be using the TT Discord voice channels for instructions and tactics
Fabulous, really impressed with the range of events on offer 👏👏
Great stuff - I am looking forward to the fun, banter and love the sprint training 👍🚲
A sure quick way to step up your fitness levels