{"id":60879,"date":"2022-12-21T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60879"},"modified":"2022-12-21T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:22:28","slug":"from-flat-to-steep-zwift-casse-pattes-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/from-flat-to-steep-zwift-casse-pattes-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"From Flat to Steep. Zwift Casse &#8211; Pattes in France"},"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=\"From Flat to Steep. Zwift Casse - Pattes in France\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NcgHS0vuTHg?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>Opening the Zwift companion app to start today&#8217;s ride there were 21,434 other Zwifters online. I set up the meetup to begin at 11:40 AM riding in France on the Casse &#8211; Pattes route. I wanted to ride more miles than one lap so I chose 20.5 miles. The only other time I rode this route was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/29204043\">February 8th, 2022<\/a><\/strong> but it was 15.1 miles. Today I rode 20.7 miles and climbed 574 feet on two KOM&#8217;s. In February the riding time was 1:00:24 and today I rode more than 5 miles farther in 1:10:09. A big difference in my average speed, 17.7 mph today versus 15.0 in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather outside while I rode: 52 degrees, partly cloudy, wind from the north at 4 mph. The reason I rode indoors on the Wahoo Kickr Core smart trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After finishing the ride there were 20,134 Zwifters remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/casse-pattes\/\">Zwiftinsider.com<\/a><\/strong>: French cyclists use the term \u201ccasse-pattes\u201d (literally \u201cleg-breaking\u201d) to refer to particularly difficult parts of a ride, or roads that awkwardly change gradient and break a cyclist\u2019s rhythm. Released with Zwift\u2019s France map for the\u00a0first-ever Virtual Tour de France, the Casse-Pattes route covers the large outer loop of the map in a clockwise direction. The first 12km is pan-flat with two timed sprint segments, but then that rhythm is broken up in the back half by two timed KOM climbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stava recorded these results: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8275658359\/segments\/3040718942718893328\">Petit KOM<\/a>\u00a0(11:24), <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8275658359\/segments\/3040718942720001296\">Start Pens Lead-In to Marina Sprint Banner<\/a>\u00a0(1:32), <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8275658359\/segments\/3040718942720633104\">Casse-Pattes<\/a>\u00a0(49:00), and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8275658359\/segments\/3040718942720010512\">Start Pens Lead-In to Marina Sprint Banner<\/a>\u00a0(1:35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-6 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 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I set up the meetup to begin at 11:40 AM riding in France on the Casse &#8211; Pattes route. 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