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Angus Clydesdale Mar 2020 9:49am, 28 Mar 2020 17,263 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Definitely get a turbo tyre. Different rubber compound so can run hotter for longer. You’ll likely strip a road tyre in weeks (maybe even days).
CStar Apr 2020 5:21pm, 8 Apr 2020 7,676 posts	Quote Pin CStar Anyone got a smart turbo lurking spare they want rid of? I'm struggling to find one anywhere
Dibble Apr 2020 10:10am, 9 Apr 2020 665 posts	Quote Pin Dibble Good luck CStar. All I can say is keep trying. I eventually got one last week having struggled (and being frustrated by companies saying they had something in stock and then found out they didn't really).
icenutter Apr 2020 4:06pm, 9 Apr 2020 362 posts	Quote Pin icenutter My take on the turbo tyre thing is use an old tyre first. Sure it’s not perfect, but you’ve got to be riding a lot to actually wear through a normal one. I’ve ridden for a a few hours a week in the past.
Gobi Apr 2020 4:38pm, 9 Apr 2020 69,057 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Depends on the tyre, a good racy tire is destroyed very quickly
Totriornottotri Apr 2020 4:09pm, 17 Apr 2020 219 posts	Quote Pin Totriornottotri Here's a question - I've looked on Zwift Insider and got no joy - if you're in a 'no drop' meet-up do you get the route credit and badge? ie if I ride with Gobi and he pushes out 6 W/Kg and I'm at 2 we stay together in the game but will I get the badge and XP? Why do I care? I rode the zwiftinsider.com this AM. We had a normal meet-up with drop but my PC decided to drop close Zwift at KM 1 so I had to restart and because we'd passed the start of the route I restarted to follow the route. Caught up and rode on. It was emotional. He said aim for 2.5W/Kg ave beforehand - I knew I couldn't do that - I do 2.5W/Kg on a 10 mile TT so I employed some 'marginal gains' and hoped that would help me. Even then we were climbing at 3W/Kg plus and I averaged 2 W/Kg based on my scales weight. Why didn't we just do a no drop ride I wonder?
Gobi Apr 2020 4:19pm, 17 Apr 2020 69,146 posts	Quote Pin Gobi As far as I am aware if you do a no drop you just do the ride together, I did one this morning and we were credited with the same ride
Totriornottotri Apr 2020 4:31pm, 17 Apr 2020 223 posts	Quote Pin Totriornottotri awesome thanks
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2020 10:54pm, 17 Apr 2020 17,645 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale I got dropped off a "no-drop" meet-up ride last Sunday. An hour in to a 2-hour ride and one of the group fell off the back because his turbo stopped talking power to the ‘puter for a short while. I was next back and suddenly the rest of the group disappeared up the road and I was left pedalling alone. I wasn’t whooshed up the road to rejoin (I assume because Kev was behind me?) but when he was whooshed up to me we were both stuck then together, about 4 mins behind the rest. I left at that point, mostly because I had only planned an hour but also because I felt like I was holding him back (he hitting 2.5 w/kg, me on ~1.1). I still haven’t found out if he managed to catch up once I’d left.
Gobi Apr 2020 8:18am, 18 Apr 2020 69,153 posts	Quote Pin Gobi That's me baffled then So do people have their weight in Zwift in cycling kit ?