This week Hollie, Gina, and Dustin get together to record. Topics covered include the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift, how all of our hearts are broken that DRS isn’t continuing (thanks to Kevin, Justin, Martin, and Doug for the FANTASTIC Series!), ladder stuff, pacing categories vs. racing score, and so much more! Special shout out to friends of the podcast ZMS ESports Studio as well as In the Drops Podcast (links below). More episodes and group rides will be coming when the Northern Hemisphere plunges further into the darkness of Fall and Winter. But don’t get down now! There's still some summer left! Thank you for listening!

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:00 Weekly Catch Up

00:07:50 Long Story Short

00:10:14 End of the Long Short Story

00:11:45 Tour De France Femmes Avec Zwift

00:27:50 No More DRS = : - (

00:37:00 General Ladder Stuff

00:41:00 Pacing Categories or Racing Score?

00:44:30 Closing the Episode - Aerodynamic Indoor Specific Socks Update

00:46:56 Hollie Does the last shout outs! ZMS and In the Drops!

00:50:30 Second Closing of the Episode

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In the Drops Podcast:

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ZMS Esports Studio

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Welcome to Watopian Weekly! This is a summer Catch-Up episode for the whole admin team. Paul discusses his massive extension, Gina delivers tales from under the Tuscan Sun, Hollie tells us what it’s like mountain biking for the first time, and Dustin loses a race. Such a great crew and great to hear from all of them. We’d like to hear from all of you! Please feel free to join the discord and send us email with the links below. With all of the nice weather we have been riding outdoors a lot. We’ll be back to our regular intervals of shows in the Fall. Thank you all for listening!

Approximate Times:

3:00 Gina vs. Paul in a Ladder Race

11:00 Paul’s Catch up

12:31 Gina’s Catch Up

17:30-25:00 Hollie’s Catch Up - Official Title Change, racing, riding outside, mountain biking

25:00 Mountain biking

28:20 Hollie’s Ladder Race

34:00 Racing too much?

36:00 Zwift Racing Scores

41:27 Zwift Hardware updates for the “indoor” season 

47:00 Indoor Aerodynamic Socks

48:00 Kit discussion

49:00 Closing of the Episode

50:26 Bonus Goodnight Gina Song

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Watopian Weekly Season 3 Episode 1 With the Zwift Insider Eric Schlange!

This week Hollie and Dustin talk to Eric Schlange, the Zwift insider. We cover so many topics. Everything from Dustin was right about June 12th - it was an expensive tablet holder to how to contribute to the Zwift Insider website to what is coming to Zwift this summer to hardware, to how Mark King is one of the greatest bass players of all time and more!

SPECIAL THANKS to Eric Schlange for making this work!

Zwift Insider Website (most important website if you are Zwifter):

https://zwiftinsider.com/

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Approximate Times:

00:00:00 Intros and Weekly Catch Up

00:15:00 Zwift Ride

00:27:00 Apple TV discussion

00:30:00 Who’s using what devices to run Zwift?

00:35:00 How Zwift are getting more riders

00:41:00 How Zwift are dealing with other platforms

00:46:00 MARK KING RULES!

00:50:00 HUD Refresh and new things coming to Zwift

00:53:00 Tim Hanson is a Legend - Zwift Race Score

00:58:00 Zwift Going Public?

0:1:01:00 Zwift History: What Happened to CVR?

01:06:00 PacerBot / Vacuum Cleaners

01:08:00 Sauce Discussion

01:11:00 What Watopian Weekly has in store this season

01:18:00 New Routes - THE GRADE

01:24:00 How to contribute to ZwiftInsider.com!

01:26:12 Closing of the Episode

This week Gina, Hollie and Dustin reflect over the past season of episodes as well as look towards the future. 30 Episodes during this season! Incredible! Thank you all for listening and supporting this podcast! Recorded Live!

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Welcome to Watopian Weekly! This week Hollie and Dustin talk about loads of stuff going on in Watopia and on Zwift! Different racing series, getting dropped in ladder races, making your own on-the-bike food and trying to figure out what the heck is coming on June 12?!?!

Approximate times:

00:00:00 Intro and Weekly Catch Up

00:25:00 ZRL Summer Showdown / DRS Summer League

00:40:00 Zwift racing Series: Sea Breeze

00:43:28 Zwift Teaser

00:49:00 Final Guesses for the Zwift Teaser

00:51:24 Nutrition on the bike - Dustin Tries Baking

00:56:21 Closing Part 1

00:58:28 Dance Moves on an Audio Podcast / Closing

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This week Dustin and Hollie talk about loads of topics. Everything from swimming, recovering in Zone 2, percussive massagers, and so much more! Ladder races for the week are recapped as well as Dustin’s plans to put summer air in his tires to go faster on the local group rides. New routes and the Zwift Labs are discussed. Did Dustin and his rag-tag group of humans beat the bots this week? Tune in next week to find out!

Approximate times for the episode:

00:0015 Intro and Welcome

00:01:15 Weekly Catch Up

00:28:45 Ladder Racing for this week

00:34:40 Zwift Racing App Is Awesome!

00:37:00 Recovering

00:37:50 How Zwift Feels Like Home

00:47:30 Zwift Labs

00:49:35 New Routes!

00:53:45 Planning our Year Celebration

00:58:02 Personal Percussive Massager

01:02:09 Closing the Episode

01:05:54 Peanut Butter and Jelly (also closing)

New Level Velo Kit in Hollie Blue!

https://www.levelvelo.cc/products/flamme-rouge-racing-indoor-vest-hollie-blue

Donation to the Charity Event:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/frr-24hrs-ventop

Flamme Rouge Racing - new website!

https://flammerougeracing.co.uk/

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This week Hollie and Dustin talk about why they are so tired! Flamme Rouge Racing of course! Hollie and Dustin talk about how they got up the mountain, the charities involved, how you can truly find a FRRiend on the mountain (they are just there, on the long draggy bit by the corner), and how and when both Hollie and Dustin decided to stop riding. The charities are still open on the Flamme Rouge Racing Page (see the links below).

Also we are pleased to announce Watopian Weekly is available on Spotify, YouTube, Youtube Music Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and Amazon Podcasts!

00:00:14 Intro and Weekly Catch Up - Why are we so tired?

00:10:40 When Hollie decided to stop going up VenTop

00:12:23 When Dustin decided to stop going up VenTop

00:18:14 Having FRRiends on the mountain

00:21:53 Talking about the charities

00:26:26 Everesting in the basement

00:28:15 Dustin still can’t fathom going down Ventoux with rim brakes

00:30:17 Ladder races coming

00:41:13 Hollie tells a transportation joke

00:42:21 Closing of the Episode

Donation to the Charity Event:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/frr-24hrs-ventop

Flamme Rouge Racing - new website!

https://flammerougeracing.co.uk/

Watopian Weekly YouTube Channel (1 video so far!):

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Watopian Weekly Episode 26: Flamme Rouge Racing Special! This week Hollie and Dustin talk with Rich Vale and Allan “Parky” about the Flamme Rouge Racing 24 Hours Atop VenTop on Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 7AM YST (Yorkshire Standard Time) to 7AM the next day YST!! 

This is a great charity event that will raise money for Cyclists Fighting Cancer (CFC) and Bodie Hodges Foundation (BHF). This the Flamme Rouge Racing’s first ever charity event. Come and join to be part of history! There are even some prizes for the most ascents! You could basecamp, you could Everest, you could do one ascent, you could donate, or you can do it all! 

Rich and Parky talk about how they came up with this idea, how they chose these charities, and how all of us can get involved. Hollie and Dustin will definitely be out on course. Please make sure you say hello while riding! The ascent is only about 90-100 minutes so perfect time to listen to this episode or catch up on any episodes you may have missed. Thank you all for listening! Please check out the links below!

Approximate Times:

00:00:17 Intro

00:04:20 Weekly catchup

00:12:36 DRS After Party

00:17:06 24 Hours Atop VenTop Discussion

00:48:45 CFC and Bodie Hodges Foundation

0:55:39 Parky Gets a New bike

00:56:49 Parky Gets New tires

00:58:57 How to Donate

01:02:10 Playlist Ideas While Climbing

01:05:24 Rich Sings

01:08:37 Most Ascents Award

01:11:14 FRRshop.com

01:14:53 Closing

Links from this episode:

Donation to the Charity Event:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/frr-24hrs-ventop

Flamme Rouge Racing - new website!

https://flammerougeracing.co.uk/

Cyclists Fighting Cancer Website

https://cyclistsfc.org.uk/about-cyclists-fighting-cancer/what-we-do/

Bodie Hodges Foundation

https://bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk/

Level Velo Flamme Rouge Racing Kit

https://www.levelvelo.cc/collections/flamme-rouge-racing

NEW Flamme Rouge Racing Shop

https://frrshop.com/

Flamme Rouge Racing Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/nQNWHQK6PS

Watopian Weekly Youtube Channel (1 video so far!):

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Come join Watopian Weekly Podcast on Zwift https://www.zwift.com/clubs/22b75fac-9001-4e1c-8947-49d36a5a027e/home

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When Hollie found out the results of the Ladder Race between Cycos and X-Wings:

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This week Hollie and Dustin talk with Tim from the Zwift Racing app! Hollie and Dustin learn about the different phenotypes, how the terrain handicaps work and ask almost all of the questions that have been submitted via the Watopian Weekly Discord Server (see the link below). 

Topics covered in this episode: 

Approximate times for the episode:

00:00:15 Intro and Weekly Catch Up

00:10:45 Hollie’s Sunday Racing Club Races on MyWoosh

00:15:42 DRS After Party Preview and DRS Season Wrap Up

00:30:36 24 Hours Atop VenTop Flamme Rouge Racing (FRR)

00:40:32 Hollie is excited to see Gina!

00:43:21 Tim from Zwift Racing App!!!

00:50:32 How to Sign up for the Zwift Racing App

00:51:02 Continuing to talk about the Zwift Racing App

01:32:44 How to support Tim and the Zwift Racing App

Links mentioned in this episode:

Zwift Racing App (or ZRAPP):

https://www.zwiftracing.app/

Zwift Racing App Discord Link:

https://discord.com/invite/BJrXX4gdty

Flamme Rouge Racing Atop VenTop 24 Hours of Ven-Top May 18, 2024:

https://flammerougeracing.co.uk/

Watopian Weekly Youtube Channel (1 video so far!):

https://youtube.com/@WatopianWeekly?si=cXmqYVWq7KxHAk2X

Come join Watopian Weekly Podcast on Zwift https://www.zwift.com/clubs/22b75fac-9001-4e1c-8947-49d36a5a027e/home

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When Hollie found out the results of the Ladder Race between Cycos and X-Wings:

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This week Hollie and Dustin wrap up the now famous X-Wing vs Cycos race:

VIDEO: When Hollie found out the results of the Ladder Race between Cycos and X-Wings https://www.youtube.com/live/wbjANkQ0rn0?si=N4W59i8ZhtyamoUX&t=3222

Topics discussed during this episode include:

24 Hours Atop VenTop for charity on May 18th starting at 0700 YST (Yorkshire Standard Time), Zwift Racing League play-offs wrap up, Dirt Racing League Stage 5 and Dirt Racing League previews of Stages 6 and 7, using steering in ladder races, and so much more! Thank you to all that were able to help and fan view during the X-wings Vs. Cycos race last weekend. If you’d like to see more challenges like this, please let us know! Also, if you have some good ideas for our year anniversary show in June please send them to our Discord Server!

Approximate Times:

Links mentioned in this episode:

Flamme Rouge Racing Atop VenTop 24 Hours of VenTop May 18, 2024: https://flammerougeracing.co.uk/

Watopian Weekly Youtube Channel (1 video so far!): https://youtube.com/@WatopianWeekly?si=cXmqYVWq7KxHAk2X

Come join Watopian Weekly Podcast on Zwift https://www.zwift.com/clubs/22b75fac-9001-4e1c-8947-49d36a5a027e/home

Please join us on the Watopian Weekly Discord Server:

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(AGAIN) When Hollie found out the results of the Ladder Race between Cycos and X-Wings:

https://www.youtube.com/live/wbjANkQ0rn0?si=N4W59i8ZhtyamoUX&t=3222

Please email any feedback or questions to: [email protected]