Racers! The time has come. Here is the official announcement thread for the upcoming category enforcement test events I’ve alluded to for the last few weeks. At the bottom of this post is an extensive list of questions we anticipate might crop up. If you don’t see the question you’ve got answered…

[image] Marko_TeamVegan: how about spending a few weeks doing a training plan, building your strength, endurance, and sprinting. You’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll see improvements and being dead last won’t be an issue anymore. Wow. That’s a sweeping generalisation, which doesn’t take …

[image] Andrew_Nuse: The system, does not, take into account that someone can win/be bottom all day every day, and say “hey, maybe this person should go somewhere else for a change and we’ll see what happens” Not during the test events. But if you’ve been reading, then the cat cutoffs will se…

I guess I’m incapable of understanding this because I’ve not seen what this means. I’ve seen events like TDZ where ABCD are different distances. Are you saying for example Cat A in whatever series is … for simplicity sake, 2-3w/kg and not… whatever the default is? How do I know this; by going i…

I think you’re not hearing what everybody is sayin’ back. You have a potentially strong rider inside yourself. If you follow some of the tips people are taking time to give you, you won’t be at the bottom of B much longer. Several well-known Zwifters have patiently explained what you need to do. Yes…

Yes, you need to check the fine detail of the events. From events I 've entered myself, I know the Clydesdale/Athena races (just Saturday at 1600 GMT these days?) split categories according to weight rather than power, as do the Masters events for those of us aged 40+ (where you join the right age …

[image] Anti sandbagging and other areas that need development and communication Racing I would be fairly similar 56kg FTP 286 Watts the best CAT selection I have raced in are TFC Mad Mondays as my FTP is under 300 Watts I can race in low CAT A still no chance …

[image] Andrew_Nuse: But again, yall are ignoring what I’m saying. We all understand that a ranking system or points system, whatever you want to call it, is very badly needed. We’ve been saying that for years, but you need to start by enforcing the pens.

well if you read the event then yes it will show what category is what and distance of the race, i think you are too entrenched in the Zwiftpower categories of A-D and that every race uses them when they dont For events like TDZ etc the categories are based on off distance/elevation NOT the Zwiftpo…

So you’re saying that we should cater this system around people who don’t even bother to warmup when racing and literally do not have the ability to get stronger? I thought this entire discussion was centered around competitive racing.

Okay so, to make sure I’m on the same page. Are yall saying, in agreeing that there needs to be some sort of background points system… That it perhaps should be a separate, say API in this case; aka, its own unique system from the enforcement testing they’re doing? AKA, these are two separate syst…

Category Enforcement Test Events - 21-28 Feb 2022

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Mark_Crane_TOG_G_65y (Mark) February 23, 2022, 4:35pm 885

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Category Enforcement Test Events - 21-28 Feb 2022

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