Tuscany, Florence – City Trip

For this evening’s ride I took on Tuscany, Florence – City Trip, a Tacx Software video ride. I had initially planned on riding another Tacx route – the London city ride. However, when I loaded that up, it turned out to be a GPS only route, which is akin to riding around on Google maps … Read more

Ik Fietste Naar Amsterdam

For tonight’s birthday ride I decided – at the very last minute – to switch out from my scheduled Zwift FTP Builder active recovery ride to instead, cycle into Amsterdam through the Tacx Software. An easy ride that Starts with the local cyclist’s favourite countryside polder based lap called the Ronde Hoep and finishing with … Read more

Pawn Of the Mountain – Richmond is Hard!

I was expecting to ride London this morning, but had clearly not done my Zwift World Map homework, as today’s map is Richmond. Now, previously I have stated my dislike for Richmond, but in fairness, I have never given it a proper chance. What I really didn’t like about Richmond was the cobble sections. On … Read more

Welcome To The Jungle

Whilst riding Watopia’s Bigger Loop over the weekend just gone, I was taken for a partial ride around the Jungle Circuit. As the Bigger Loop doesn’t cover a full circuit of the Jungle, I figured I would go back – at some point – and put in a proper time. And that’s what I did … Read more

Jon’s Mix – Tour of Watopia Stage 3 Retry

Easily the most frustrating experience I’ve had on Zwift up to now has been the crashing out of Tour of Watopia Stage 3. I understand the technical reasons that running an event like this could / would be challenging, but from an end user perspective, getting kicked out of a workout ~25 mins in is … Read more