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  1. HdB
    There is also icTrainer, which is not quite free but very cheap, that looks like it has quite a few features.
  2. HdB
    Sure, but if you run the old indieVelo installation tomorrow, it won't update to the new TrainingPeaks Virtual. They install in different folders
  3. HdB
    For the PC version (maybe Mac too) you need to go download the new version from the TrainingPeaks site. On my Android tablet it updated directly to the new version. George has mentioned that the old version won't be updated anymore, it will continue to work until something breaking changes with the API or new routes.
  4. HdB
    If you downloaded the new installer yesterday, and are having problems with it loading, go download the installer again - there is a fix for needing administrator privileges. Biggest annoyance right now is that the new version (deliberately) doesn't remember your iV login details anymore, you have to enter it every time. A minor thing.... until I end up 3s too late for a race 😋 Not an issue if you switch to using your TrainingPeaks account, if you have one.
  5. HdB
    I don't think we have enough information to be able to claim that? Definitely the increases in 2023 and 2024 are quite high, but by how much did event insurance, traffic department costs, etc. etc. etc. go up by in the same periods? And considering that for some years there were no naming sponsors?
  6. HdB
    I was also more fit in the first Detour year than the year before, and was sure I could get my first sub-3. Then the route was changed, got 4km longer and I took only a minute and a half off the previous year's time, instead of 10m that I wanted. Managed the sub-3 the next year at least. I also started in M despite the previous year's decent time, but it was actually fun and less stressful being off the front with two other riders, than avoiding crashes in A/B/C/D
  7. HdB
    Yeah, there is a substantial difference between their monthly and yearly subscription! I don't currently have any use for TP, but I think this would work out cheaper than the iV Founders Club annual amount? Anyway, at least 5 months to see how this plays out. Meantime we can test the various options that are available or will no doubt pop up.
  8. HdB
    I'll keep using it for a race once or twice a week, until it isn't available free anymore. Then will check what the pricing options are. Trainerroad is already over $20pm, so another $20 would be a hard No.
  9. HdB
    So, watching some of the Esports World Champs - is it just me, or does the speed not seem at all accurate? The ladies are riding at around 32km/h but it looks very slow. And even when they've accelerated to 40km/h+, it doesn't seem any faster.
  10. HdB
    Weirdly I am in the opposite camp - I don't care who is bot or not. I'd rather have a bunch of bots, than do a 70km TT. And on some of the recent events that were single pen with no bots, the last riders finished 10-20 minutes after the winner - not what I would consider a fun race. In the regular races (I try to only do one or two a week now, don't want to end up burnt out again like during lockdown-Zwift) you eventually recognise the names of the humans, so you can choose to only react to them.
  11. HdB
    I should test this for my wife. When Rouvy still allowed it, I would have to upload the course of whichever event she was preparing for (ex. Amashova 35km) so she could ride it over and over and...
  12. HdB
    I don't think the online races are long enough for the World Tour pros to have an advantage. Lots of the riders doing the virtual races can legitimately hold high watts up a climb... but not after already having done a hard 150km before that.
  13. HdB
    Agree on the wind, I have accepted that it was a sum of the wind, protests, fire. 2009 was fun, dodging cardboard bins blowing back and forth, seeing people with deep-sections walking back before even getting to Edinburgh Drive. Didn't have time to be upset. Just went off to try and find my dad, who had been running around trying to find someone to fix his gear cable and didn't hear the announcement.
  14. HdB
    Our group was next to start when they cancelled it. That kinda burst the bubble a bit. It was also quite windy in 2009, or hot in other years, or rainy, but it always carried on. I haven't skipped any, but since 2017 it is a lot less exciting knowing that even if I have already started it could still be cancelled. But also, I think people in general are a bit exhausted - everything is "INSANE", "NEED TO SEE THIS" clickbait headline with a dumbface thumbnail, trying to compete for attention.
  15. HdB
    This might work: https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bikes/737140/magene-mg70-smart-spinning-bike New is about R16k I have not checked any reviews of it, so going purely on what it is advertised as being capable of
  16. HdB
    It was 2015 if I am not mistaken
  17. HdB
    Meh, cheating is going to happen regardless. Ask the people doing sub-3 CTCTs on their illegally modified e-bikes, or the guy on what looked like a normal bike being towed up Suikerbossie by a lady on an e-bike.
  18. HdB
    In Zwift, on the Tempus Fugit route with one of the pacers, during the peak hours.
  19. HdB
    If it means more money for their charities then cool, I guess? And maybe it will count as a result for those going for Club 21 etc, but miss out due to religion etc. For anyone doing the real one anyway, this seems pretty irrelevant. Smile and wave. I assume the result will still be classified separately, as whatever prelude ride you do outside or virtually could be easier or harder than the CTCT.
  20. HdB
    Odd, the article on Cyclingnews seemed to say the exact opposite. Either way, hope it goes well for him.
  21. HdB
    The Sedgefield group does road rides on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (there is often some doing a road ride on Sunday as well), though road works in various places currently make the options a bit limited. Plus MTB/gravel rides most days except Monday.
  22. HdB
    I find the new Quick Edit popup far more annoying than the AI ride comment. I can ignore the latter quite easily, the popup keeps coming up while I am already doing something else in the app. It also helps that the Strava AI has been quite flattering so far 😋 It claims my ride this weekend was a great MTB ride, which is only true of the first 29km of 56.
  23. HdB

    TransBaviaans 2025

    HdB replied to BMCfan's topic in Events

    After this weekend's Tour de Plett (average temperature of 36 according to more than one Garmin), I just want to add another thing to consider - even if you are able to use a 3xT normally, keep an eye on the predicted weather. If it looks like it will be a scorcher, consider using a smaller chainring.
  24. HdB
    Are you doing a workout while riding with the pacer bot? If not, I'm not sure the resistance mode makes a difference. The sprinting animation is based on what your Ftp is set to, perhaps yours is set very low so any effort is significantly high triggering the sprint animation?
  25. HdB

    TransBaviaans 2025

    HdB replied to BMCfan's topic in Events

    I rode with a 36T and 10-50, which was fine even though I was feeling like @%$& from before Smitskraal to the top of Bergplaas (stomach decided to be violently unhappy about something). If you can, keep the 36T and go for the 50+ at the back, as the others have mentioned for the long flat and downhill sections. Neverender didn't seem bad at all - I think it helped that I couldn't see it? Plus the Americano at Andrieskraal
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