{"id":54800,"date":"2020-12-03T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54800"},"modified":"2020-12-03T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:16:04","slug":"zwift-shimano-social-ride-in-watopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/zwift-shimano-social-ride-in-watopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zwift &#8211; Shimano Social Ride in Watopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zwift - Shimano Social Ride with Mark Beaumont\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNCjnJynDks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried another social ride in Zwift today, the Shimano Social Ride. The ride was classed &#8220;E&#8221; and followed the &#8220;Watopia Figure 8 Reverse Course&#8221;. Rather than distance the ride was time base for 60 minutes. I biked 12.88 miles in 59:59. The course went up some serious inclines of 12% but not long lasting. Again I rode alone except for the starting few seconds and when cyclists passed me. Ride description and my standing at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-3-2020-Zwift-Shimano-Social-Ride-Info.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"54797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-3-2020-zwift-shimano-social-ride-info\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-3-2020-Zwift-Shimano-Social-Ride-Info.jpg?fit=1080%2C2400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Overall 746 people signed up with about 508 on the start line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the YouTube livestream I added an inset of me on the Blue Norcross AL bike pedaling away. I can&#8217;t record the music I listened to for copyright reasons but you can see me singing at times. The music was from several stations on SiriusXM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local weather at my home improved from yesterday&#8217;s rain with partly to mostly cloudy skies and the temperature in 49 to 52 degree range, below my outside biking threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4425835668\">Strava<\/a><\/strong> recorded 4 personal records. I am surprised considering how slow I rode compared to the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-3-2020-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"54799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-3-2020-strava-zwift-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-3-2020-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=1041%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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The ride was classed &#8220;E&#8221; and followed the &#8220;Watopia Figure 8 Reverse Course&#8221;. Rather than distance the ride was time base for 60 minutes. I biked 12.88 miles <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/zwift-shimano-social-ride-in-watopia\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[5297,5304,1891,5423,5347],"class_list":["post-54800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bike","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-virtual-training-ride","tag-watopia-figure-8-reverse-course","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-efS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54801,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54800\/revisions\/54801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}