I thought I’d post this question because I suspect others may be wondering the same thing. I’m planning outdoor routes for longer endurance rides, and one of my favourites is mostly Z1/Z2—but it has a ~4-minute section that bumps me into Z5 (see elevation profile). My question: does that short Z5 segment ruin the Z1/Z2 workout, or is it still essentially an endurance ride overall?

Feel like I know most of the answer, but I’ll ask anyway for myself and others in the group who may be wondering the same thing. How much weight (if any) should be put into a Garmin/Strava/etc “fitness score”? (Answer - not much. stay consistent, keep ticking off sessions and trust the fitness is being built). Reason I ask - it can be discouraging when Strava/Garmin you need to do 500W for 15 hours to see “improvement”.

Great chat this evening folks and thank you to @Brian Johnson for sharing his off road knowledge.

Tomorrow I am going to do my first ever FTP test as part of the onboarding with Matthew and Anthony. Matthew gave me a power range to aim for. I feel like I am going to mess it up 😁. Should I aim to be conservative? All advice welcome!

Does anyone else have trouble getting the rider support videos to play? I consistently have trouble on my phone. Wasn’t a problem previously when they were on YouTube. Just wondering if anyone had a fix!