My GOD....it's like West World for cyclists...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHodSSB_YpM

And Rigby...screw the 90's....the 70's was where it was at....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcL3eP0Hfy4

We could set up a voice chat server. Plenty of options 

can we pipe in music from the 80"s?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LboRlGabs

Alright, we are fully setup for a swift group ride next Wednesday, 5:45 am.

Kissena Power Hour:
http://zwift.com/events/view/3728

thanks to @David Yang for working w zwift and making it happen!

anyone want to zwift sometime in the next couple of hours?

also i'm looking more at that events page and it seems that other "events" are described in terms of w/kG.  ours is currently in kph (which is not a unit i can comprehend, because america). is that something we'd be interested in doing?

Brendan Rigby said:

anyone want to zwift sometime in the next couple of hours?

what time coconut?

sorry just went

tomorrow?

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In the morning...Yacks is going to see the Radio City Rockettes 

just set up Zwift and did my first ride.  This shiz is awesome.  See ya'll on a group ride.

Sorry all, have been out of pocket for a few days.  Thanks @eloy for posting up the ride info.

BTW some reading material for Zwift:

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Equipment insights

I have to test how my BT headphones/headset works when I'm running both the Zwift app and a VoIP/virtual meeting app like Join.me, but will test it out late (late) tonight and post back up with instructions on group chat just for KCC.

Also its available for iOS now which makes barrier to entry much lower than needing a computer (though I'm not sure how it looks on smaller tablet/phone screens).

http://zwiftblog.com/zwift-ios-available-now/

how can i get started on this ZWIFT I don't have the equipment for it but are there any recommended ones I can get for this?

Hey Edgar Zwift has a pretty comprehensive and easy guide to getting yourself setup on their site.

Basic stuff you need:
- Computer or iOS device that can run the "game"
- ant+ usb receiver (or Bluetooth works for iOS I think)
- power meter and or HRM and cadence meter
- some kind of stationary trainer

I think there is a free trial period, but otherwise the service is $10/Mo.

Okay so I haven't set up a VOIP line yet, but the in game group messaging works okay.

Just for funsies I tried out a "c" race today and there was some serious sandbagging going on. Wed morning will be a group ride, so we'll compete for sprints, but let's keep it civil otherwise. Hoping that we can get a Saturday race event set up still, otherwise we can join in on an existing race and just set up our own voice chat to trash talk!

i use Discord for my video games... https://discordapp.com/ free

Cool, thanks Brendan, that'll do, though we'd need to get everyone on the platform.

I just loaded up Discord and I'm under "hellodaveguy".

Here's the link to join the Kissena chat server on Discord: 

https://discord.gg/bB78d3m

That's funny I have a coworker named Dave Guy

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE.

Posting the ride link again.  You can join the ride ahead of time so that you'll be taken to the staging/start line 5 minutes ahead and spin on a virtual trainer (while you're on a real trainer???) until the timer hits 0.

http://zwift.com/events/view/3728

David Yang said:

Posting the ride link again.  You can join the ride ahead of time so that you'll be taken to the staging/start line 5 minutes ahead and spin on a virtual trainer (while you're on a real trainer???) until the timer hits 0.

http://zwift.com/events/view/3728

David - I haven't been on in a while. Assuming its obvious how to do this once I log in....

Yup, or if you have the zwift phone app you can join any event ahead of time (they post stuff for the entire week).

yacks.....bronchitis.....acute.....sigh 

i believe i'm in line to be on the ride.  trying to set up discord, hadn't used it in a while

wtf it never prompted me to join the event.

we did somehow meet up.  good ride, "kudos", jim and dave.  i was trying to do a z2 workout but apparently that wasn't in the cards

at the end i had to accelerate because i just couldn't tolerate the "M. Margarite" name drifting closer and closer to me like Jaws looming in the background, happily churning out 4.5-5.0 w/kg as if it was no big deal.  beat him up the hill and got off the trainer.  he probably didn't notice.

also, realized afterwards that i'd been listening to yang's labored breathing on Discord the entire time, haha

sorry didn't set up discord, would have to untangle a bunch of cords to get the mic to the bike and didn't have time

Sorry I lost you guys, Brendan and Jim.  Thought you guys had joined the ride, but when you caught back up in the middle you guys weren't included in the group stats on the right.

As suspected, hammerheads in the front.

Oh yeah, when I saw that you were the only other person on Discord and weren't on a mic I just let it run.  Hopefully if everyone gets on it for a "race" at the same time it'll be more entertaining...or maybe it'll just be 10 people's belabored breathing into hot mics!

Interesting Zwift didn't prompt you.  Did you guys see the "join ride" button in the bottom left corner before the ride?