Having been inspired by Geraint Thomas’ NHS Zwift Shifts, and encouraged by work colleagues, I am going to do a 12hour indoor cycle to raise funds for a local charity our company has done volunteering work for in the past few years, but can’t do this year now due to the virus. More importantly this…

You don’t need actual fitness to do this type of event. Just a strong head, strong stomach and a butt made of iron. I think it might be useful to check out the YT channels of Francis Cade and other YouTube personalities, who have done virtual everesting and other crazy long indoor rides recently. …

I did similar last weekend, around 12 hours. Started very easy and finished working what felt like relatively hard, ended with an IF of 0.6. My goal was to stay well under VT1/Aerobic threshold at the start, and try not to pass it at all. There was a minor blip going for a sprint jersey and the vol…

What kind of TSS did you end up with on this?

It was 420, for 11:45 so call it maybe 440-450 if it’d been 12 hours. This kind of thing isn’t that unusual to me so I was on the bike the next day for 75 minutes getting the legs back up to speed

Thanks. I was thinking 0.6-0.7 IF.

If it helps, I did a 12 hour TT last year. Average watts were 160W when pedalling and 140W due to coasting for nearly 90 minutes down hills, with an FTP of 240 or so. (It was the national 12 on quite a windy day). However I was after maximun distance on a TT bike, rather than just surviving. Su…

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Thank you @PhilSJones for all the useful info and insight.

[image] Pasque: I think it might be useful to check out the YT channels of Francis Cade and other YouTube personalities, who have done virtual everesting and other crazy long indoor rides recently. Francis Cade just completed a virtual double Everest on Zwift… 27 hours plus in the saddle, ouc…

12 hour charity indoor ride!

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Build a rocker plate so that you get some natural movement. Resurrecting an old thread, I use the DIY Rockit Plate.

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