What the skibity?!?!? Last minute points change.

Danger Noodle - can't wait to see what you have to say about the idiot that designed that one 😁

I don’t know what to go with now. Tron or Canyon 7.8!? What would you choose?

Have to seem the email today? Looks like FAL and FTS for all four segments?

Thanks for the recon! I will go with the DT Swiss 62 wheels here. I might just be able to hang on with a lighter setup, on the KOMs every second counts. The aero loss isn’t important as I’ll be sitting on wheels as much as possible. All gaps will open up on the climbs, and if you can survive both KOMs you’re guaranteed to score big points. The two intermediate sprints are only breadcrumbs in the larger scheme of the course.

Interesting choice on the disc wheels. Everyone i have talked to said it would be pure stupidity to run disc wheels!

That last feather powerup is indeed not worth much. Why not spice things up with the ghost instead…

Did you see us win with the bike swap?

Good recon but Bro you sure about those disk wheels? (I hope my opponents are on the disk wheels)

Thanks very much for the recon. IHMO, politely I'd disagree with disc wheels. You're coasting down. The first sprint can be won by getting a gap and attacking the short spikey climb before it tips down then using the anvil and hanging on. The first KOM before the sprint will go super hard, because if you're dropped, there's no chance of extra points and by getting away you will guarantee yourself points on the sprints. I think it depends on which Cat you're in. If you are in A, then that hill is going at 6w/kg or more to hang on and there will be several splits. You can go seriously hard to start with because there's a ton of recovery afterwards. If 20 have gone up there faster and you're dropped beyond that, FAL is over with. For this reason, you don't want a disc wheel unless you are one of the very best climbers in the field and know that you will survive. There is a relatively big diffference in climbing when you compare discs to 7.8s and that's where most of the effort will come in this race. Climbing is more important as there is low draft. Bike choices make less difference between efforts recovering in draft than they do on the hills. Even Millentsteins would be advisable to some riders if you do think you'll struggle to stay with the front on the first climb; because unless you do, the sprint points for the race are over and your position at the end will be worse if you lose a group. That's my 2 Cents. Best of luck!

Nice

great recon! Thank you! Looking forward to this one, while I am not a climber - yet...

Best of luck with your new business!

Wondering != Wandering :)

Good luck with your next chapter, hope it works out for you.

Such cheese 😂

Awesome recons mate

Good luck with everything! Must have been a fun time on the final Danny Enzo livestream getting plugged as the new tiktok streamer with some idea that you were going to need to step back.

Good luck with everything! Especially the business, I’m sure it’ll be awesome.

Thankful for all your videos and recons, take care ;-)

Great what you do (and have done) for us. Time for a change which for many of us we avoid. Keep genuine and follow your ideas and just remember us now and again 😊

You have filled a gap in the recon world, I was not finding what I was looking for with the other guys since Simon from Level velo left and you're my favorite. But...even if it makes us frenemies I must say...vive le bike swap :) I feel you as I am starting a buisness testing lactate and VO2max for athletes, let me know if that's something that would be of interrest after your break from the bike. Ride on !

Here for whatever! I'm sure that's not helpful to ideas but I'm just interested in finding a new channel to keep watching. Good luck!

Good luck👍🏻✊🏻

Cannot wait to win this race with a bike swap 😂

When I saw the course, I tested the fastest possible bike changes (I switched twice) on the forward loop figuring it was the closest possible available route choice. In a best possible scenario - switch on an uphill where it is faster to stop and using pre-programmed AutoHotKeys to do the bike swap for a total bike change lost time to field of about 10 seconds (then x2 for the two changes) and then using Zwifter Bikes to get the gain of a gravel bike compared to Tron on only the changed bike section to get an estimate of improved time for the gravel bike at my wattage - I found that the bike changes were faster net time under these ideal conditions. Noticeably faster. I can't recall the exact amount, but faster, something like 10 to 20 seconds. So why did I already decide at that point not to do a bike change with that information even though I have the ability to do it fast with AutoHotKeys before knowing the power up? First, my original comparison of gained time was on Zwifter Bikes, apples to apples. But if I compare me on a faster gravel bike with no draft versus a rider with 100% draft on a slower Tron bike, my previous advantage in bike swap is eliminated. Second, after change 1, I would come up on the field and draft through them, gaining extra speed. But after I came off the front, the whole peloton might start chasing me for a while, minimizing my gain. Third, in race conditions vs ideal conditions, the changes would not be as fast. Fourth, and the big one, the PU is steamroller which make the discussion completely irrelevant. Bike change - data says no way!

"route road to ruins reverse" is just too hard to say. Was that one take? "the greatest recon known...." Oooo, you had me there Nice delving into the depths of the bike change. Well done on riding this beast alone. 'Couldn't do it! I tell a lie, I could've, I just didn't want to.

Thanks for the recon!

Great vid , your last recon helped me score some FAL points

It like flat and long. But flat and short is another story.

Another good race recon, John! This race is gonna be fast! It’ll be over before it even starts.

wishing you well. Thanks.

That for the recon bro. Good stuff. Hope ya feel better soon. (Winning a sprint will make you feel better)

Have you considered joining the TTT League over on TrainingPeaks Virtual? Would love to have you and your team racing over in TPV 🙌🏻

Short and to the point isn't always a bad thing - helps me identify the important points of the race without a lot of faff. Also - that's a really good looking TTT team there ;) lol

Thanks for these weekly updates, really appreciate it!

even your not best is fully watchable and of great use, all come good soon

Thanks for your recons, and the great work you do for us with ‘em 👍🏻 it is highly appreciated! Chin up, buddy - ‘Tutto Passa’ 💪

POWER UPS Draft Boost 40% Aero Boost 50% Ghost 10% Good Luck!

Great recon - Thx. Now u can count me in as a subsriber ;-)

Discombobulated!! Boom, best word of all of the recons of this.

thanks!

I feel like this route is haunting me after the Rapha

Great recon, I won my first ZRL race last night after watching this 🎉 thanks for making these!

Thanks for this recon, John. Your tips really paid off today, especially the ones about the exact timing of when to use the power-ups on the KOMs.

Can you

what a spew fest course. great course for A and B and sandbagging C's

Pinarello Dogma F 24 with disc fastest bike on this route, why you ride a Tron on recon?

thanks!

John I used your tip today about using the featherweight powerup as the road turns right and incline hits 6% on the first hump of the Zwift KOM. It worked. That was in the Epic Racing Supersonic Sunday race here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/haLUoYF8gK6sesksi=LM4GfzXc9_39uQcZ . I mentioned your name and your channel. Thanks for the tip. I’ll use that tip on Tuesday in the ZRL race. By the way, my sidekick Monty Lebear says “hi” to you. He’s a big fan!