{"id":60596,"date":"2022-11-13T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60596"},"modified":"2022-11-13T15:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:07:57","slug":"switched-from-wandering-flats-to-castle-to-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/13\/switched-from-wandering-flats-to-castle-to-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Switched From Wandering Flats to Castle to Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zwift - Neokyo Makuri Islands Castle to Castle 11\/13\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KhXMhDkjjvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At first I was going to ride a meetup that I created in Zwift using the Makuri Islands Wandering Flats course but when I opened Zwift I remembered the Tour of Makuri Islands was still on. I canceled my meetup and chose the Castle to Castle stage. The only other time I rode this route was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/29179199\">February 1st<\/a><\/strong> this year. So I wasn&#8217;t familiar with it. Usually I look up the route on ZwiftInsider.com before I sign up for an event but because this was a stage in the tour I didn&#8217;t do that. All I knew was the 13.9 mile distance. Also I didn&#8217;t think about changing my bike. I think I was still riding the Zwift gravel bike and this route was almost all road surface. Today&#8217;s average speed was much slower than the February 1st ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/castle-to-castle\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> describes the route: We begin in Neokyo, just before the Clifftop Shrine circle. Passing the shrine we go through the tunnel to Yumezi, blinking as we enter the daylight! A flat run in through the rice paddies brings us to the route\u2019s big climb, up to the castle area then through the market before descending the Castle KOM segment. Take a breather \u2013 the climbing is finished. Now it\u2019s just a flat country road back to the tunnel into Neokyo, where we\u2019ll hit the Alley Sprint Reverse, Castle Sprint Reverse, and Tower Sprint before heading back to the virtual start\/finish banner where we began. Route basics: <strong>Length: <\/strong>22.4 km (13.9 miles), <strong>Elevation: <\/strong>139 m (456\u2018), <strong>Lead-In: <\/strong>0.8 km (0.5 miles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I rolled away on my Blue Norcross AL bike mounted on the Wahoo Kickr Core smart trainer the resistance already seemed high and I was in the second largest rear cog and small front chainring. I didn&#8217;t change gears once during the ride. Maybe I need to do a spin down to refresh the settings in Zwift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason I rode Zwift today instead of outside was the weather. Saturday a cold front arrived and this morning when I got up it was 34 degrees out side and when I got home from church at 12:30 it was 57. My threshold for riding outside is 60 so Zwift was the only option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only 3 Strava segments on the Castle to Castle course. I got a silver medal on this one: <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8114195586\/segments\/3026970917636903586\">Castle to Castle<\/a>\u00a0(53:18).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8114195586#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"896\" data-attachment-id=\"60595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/11-13-2022-strava-ride-summary-zwift-makuri-islands-castle-to-castle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?fit=1041%2C896&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,896\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11-13-2022 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Makuri Islands Castle to Castle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11-13-2022 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Makuri Islands Castle to Castle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;11-13-2022 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Makuri Islands Castle to Castle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?fit=523%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?fit=697%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?resize=1041%2C896&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"11-13-2022 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Makuri Islands Castle to Castle\" class=\"wp-image-60595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?w=1041&amp;ssl=1 1041w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?resize=523%2C450&amp;ssl=1 523w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?resize=697%2C600&amp;ssl=1 697w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-13-2022-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Makuri-Islands-Castle-to-Castle.jpg?resize=558%2C480&amp;ssl=1 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">11-13-2022 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Makuri Islands Castle to Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/veloviewer.com\/segments\/30629803\/embed2?units=i\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first I was going to ride a meetup that I created in Zwift using the Makuri Islands Wandering Flats course but when I opened Zwift I remembered the Tour of Makuri Islands was still on. I canceled my meetup <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/13\/switched-from-wandering-flats-to-castle-to-castle\/\"><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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5352],"tags":[5304,5549,5522,5429,5347],"class_list":["post-60596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-castle-to-castle","tag-makuri-islands","tag-virtual-ride","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fLm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60596","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=60596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60597,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60596\/revisions\/60597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}