I hoped to ride outdoors today but the below 60 degree temperature and sporadic rain said no. Before Zwifting today I installed a new FSA Gossamer stem on my Lynksey R300 bike. Nothing wrong with the old stem except it is 100mm long and the new one is 90mm long. I wanted to test the new stem but not today; actually it might be a bunch of days if the weather forecast holds for the next week. Photos of the stems.

With the stem installation finished I checked Zwift for events. The ZHCC Sub 2 Wednesday Gravel Rash started at 12:30 PM which gave enough time o get ready. The course ran on the Watopia Serpentine 8 for 60 minutes. ZwiftInsider.com describes the course, “Introduced in Zwift’s December 2020 update, Serpentine 8 is the first route to use the new Mayan Bridge road – a twisty stretch of dirt/stone/wood road crossing the jungle waters and bisecting the Mayan Jungle Circuit. This is a figure 8 route in terms of road layout, but it is ridden in such a way as to cover all roads (the Jungle Circuit and Mayan Bridge) in both directions. It also features a substantial lead-in which includes your first trip over the bridge.“

The route is 11.8 miles long but today biking 60 minutes we covered the course more than one time. My distance came in at 15.69 miles and 768 feet climbing. The 60 minutes ended while climbing which I would’ve preferred to be downhill. When I signed onto the Zwift companion app over 42,000 people were there. At the finish of my bike ride nearby Zwifters totaled 12,116 which I think means the same course but not necessarily the same event. At the start the event had 69 participants. ZwiftPower.com lists the ride and my results along with other Zwifters.

Strava results. 4 medals out of the 6 segments shown.