I've seen Angela Naeth on Zwift. She dropped everyone.

I saw that Starky had the Epic KOM while I was riding today.

Don't know if it was actually him though.

Was he on an Orbea?

There is an unlockable ST jersey people could use. Then we'd all know the other ST people when we see them.

Assuming I can look away from Game of Thrones.

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how do you get that?

Type "SLOWTWITCH"
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ch%20jersey#p5762110

You can use TrainingPeaks workout builder and export workouts directly from there into Zwift. Think you have to be a Premium user to do that, or have a coaching account.

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99% sure it has ERG mode for workout, but like someone mentioned above you have to use your Trainer as the power source, rather than your actual powermeter. They *should* have a fix coming out for this to do similar to what TrainerRoad calls "PowerMatch". Then you could have the trainer resistance controlled via the powermeter you have. A few athletes I have use ERG mode via their KICKR and seem to really like it. I have mixed feelings on the use of ERG mode during workouts, but I think it would be nice from time to time.

Everything else you said is spot on with the "bands", and that seems about the right ranges.

The only thing I would like to see added would be "lap/interval average power", but I have that displayed on the Garmin as that is my "backup" file in case anything happens with Zwift.

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A lot of people have already chimed in, so my apologies if any of this is duplicate. Yes you could do that on Zwift. Depending on what trainer you have you could also use ERG mode. And if your coach is writing your workouts in Workout Builder via TrainingPeaks you can just import those into Zwift (I believe that can be done on TrainerRoad as well, not positive). I just don't see how TrainerRoad will continue to live on when in my opinion, Zwift does everything it does, plus more.

I mean if Zwift wanted to, they could build an option for workout mode to appear identical to TrainerRoad rather than seeing the island, and if they did that then I don't think there would be any argument on why someone should use TrainerRoad over Zwift. That is the only real gripe that I hear from TR users, they prefer the visual layout of the workout mode on TR over Zwift. I don't think I could stare at "blocks" for long periods of time.

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A few of the Cannondale guys were on in the winter. I know I rode a few times with Talansky; he even did a couple of races although I don't think he was going very hard in them. I've also raced quite a few times with the ST's own jordano on zwift (less famous, but still a pro, jellybelly I think). I remember reading an FTP poll thread years back where he responded with something like 6 w/kg and there was the usual pile-on of "no way dude" that eventually ended with the "but I'm a pro" reveal. Pretty funny. And of course Rapp who was already mentioned; rode around with him on Buffalo bikes a while back.

Mind me asking what your mixed feelings are? I have mixed feelings on it as well but I really don't know why. I've never been able to put it into words or put my finger on it.

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I think if you solely use ERG mode you can loose the "feel" of what it takes to push the pedals at that given effort. The machine is just setting the resistence for you, and you are just pedaling. Rather than having to "feel" what it is like and find that wattage. Not sure if that makes sense. Then there may be days where you aren't capable of holding that wattage but because you are using ERG mode you just push on and are possibly overcooking yourself by just pushing through the "pain" and getting it done.

I think ERG mode has a lot of great aspects, I just don't think it should be used ALL the time.

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I use a KK Road Machine with Zwift not a smart trainer but I did borrow a friends trainer a little while ago and tried doing some workouts in ERG mode. I hated it!!!
Having said that, it's quite possibly something I could get used to and would then love.
The problem I had was that being used to the dumb fluid trainer and road riding, I don't expect the bike/terrain to fight back if I ease off for a moment. My natural responses were confused by the increased resistance when my cadence would drop slightly. In the course of a couple of 10min trials and one full workout (maybe 75mins or so) I couldn't get used to this, and repeatedly ended up in a cadence death spiral. I just found it impossible to establish a comfortable rhythm. As I said, this may be something that just needs some practice and my workout of prolonged near FTP efforts may not have been the best introduction. However, this did somewhat put me off the idea of getting a smart trainer for the time being. There are 3 main things I'd want from a new trainer: Improved power accuracy for Zwift, ERG mode, more realistic pedalling sensation. My trial of this trainer (an Elite Rampa) didn't convince me on any of these 3 priorities. As I understand it the power figures come from an RPM based estimation, not a power meter. I didn't enjoy ERG mode (further trials needed!) and possibly most importantly, I didn't like the pedalling sensation. This isn't something that seems to get mentioned often, but to me the Ramps felt a little "grainy" and irregular if that makes sense. It didn't have the smooth feel of the Road Machine which although not entirely realistic, is at least predictable and relatively close to the feel of turning the pedals on the road.