I am working towards one of my next goals of a vEveresting. I wanted to use Rouvy because I seem to prefer the real footage, and I’m hoping to use one of the climbs I’ve made regularly in real life, either Mt. Lemmon or Palomar. I rode Mt. Lemmon last weekend, but there isn’t a “turn around” function, so you can’t descend the climb. How does that work?
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Descending in vEveresting is no longer required. Back when I did my first vEverest on Zwift’s Alpe du Zwift, I had to stay on bike until I reached the start of the route to do a U-turn and turn around. They changed the rules to allow people to get off their bikes during the descent.
So, though, I’m not on Rouvy, I imagine you just restart the climb from the start after you’ve taken whatever kind of break you’re wanting to take.
There’s a dedicated FB group for Everesting.
Maybe search that or post your question there if you don’t get the answer you need here.
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I’ve never been on Facebook, I may need to get my wife to post for me if I can’t find the methodology here. The possible issue is the Rouvy activity seems to end at the top, which Strava seems to mimick also. I’m not sure how to do it as 1 Strava activity. I’m sure it can be done, I just can’t seem to figure out how…
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From what I’ve read. You submit your last one with a link to each of the others so if it’s 9 reps you submit your 9th rep and a link to the other 8 in the submission form thingy.
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Also, there’s this: from the Everesting site
Recording & Submission
All attempts must be recorded on Strava.
Submit your activity through the Everesting website.
Our team will review the route, elevation data, and compliance with these rules before approving the attempt.
Approved completions will be listed in the Hall of Fame with badges indicating route style and modality.
Make sure u follow all the rules Everesting Rules - Ride Virtual
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I had looked through that website list recently and thought it had to be on 1 Strava activity, that is what was tripping me up. I don’t recall the ROAM option existing previously either. Options abound.
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I did a half irl and had to stitch together something like 30 separate Strava rules cuz my garmin crapped out after every 10 reps of a 300 rep ride. There’s an app for that. It takes the time stamps from the different files and makes sure there’s no overlap. If you’re interested lemmeno and I’ll see if I can did up the name of it. You may not need to do that though as I think the submission can just include all the links to the other Strava files.
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Found GOTOES, that was the ticket to stitch together the files in Strava. Thank you
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That’s the one. Worked perfectly for me too.
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That’s a great one but if you find a situation that it can’t do correctly, try fitfiletools.com
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I found that in Training Peaks Virtual, if you use one of the World Routes, they are usually made as loops which allows you to repeat them.
I figured this out as I was testing out a ride of The Stelvio and tried to make a u-turn, but it wasn’t available. The ride up and back down is all one single route which doesn’t allow you to make a u-turn, but it does allow you to ride it up and back down and then start over again at the bottom.
So when I uploaded a gpx of a route up Colla del Nivolet (from Open 30), I did the same thing.
I’m surprised Rouvy wouldn’t do the same thing, unless you’re using a route that was user-created. Maybe you can create your own version as an up and back that you can then turn into a looped ride so you can ride it repetitively.
Speaking of which, I downloaded a publicly available gpx for the Nivolet climb, but it was terrible quality and had sections of 30% and a couple sections of 85%. At that was AFTER smoothing.
Maybe someone has a cleaner gpx of the climb, or knows where I can get a higher quality version.
[Edit]: I’ve found GPX Studio and use it to make a much cleaner version of the Nivolet climb. Problem solved!
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For what it’s worth for your vEversting quest…
I did mine on Zwift, specifically Alpe du Zwift (8.5 times to get the vEverest) and it took me 13 hours. On that app there is a U-turn feature you can employ. It comes in handy because you can skip the small, flattish loop at the crest. You will discover that minimizing flat miles/kms is important because they serve no purpose toward the elevation objective and they cost you additional time on the bike. At the top, you’ll want to get turned around immediately to start descending to the climb’s start. At the bottom you also want to return to climbing as soon as possible so the U-turn comes into play again. The long, freewheeling descent took 12 to 13 minutes on Zwift but it served as an opportunity to stretch, eat, take a nature break or simply change position. You just needed to remember the visual cues that tell you when you are reaching the bottom of the descent. I have done many real life ascents of Mt. Palomar - South Grade and I suggest that you avoid routes where the climb is interrupted by flat sections (at the 6 mile mark on Palomar). Unless you want to spend extra time on the bike, you need to favor routes that are all uphill or downhill, with as little flat as possible. I’m happy to help with any questions you might have. I felt like my Knighthood quest and the vEveresting quest were similarly challenging. The vEverest actually takes more time, but you are probably operating at a steady, climbing tempo. This contrasts with the Knighthood’s varying power targets demanded by the SYSTM videos. I guess I’d say the KoS is less overall time but it hurts more. Good luck when you make your attempt!
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Another interesting thing I found while testing out my new Nivolete climb in Training Peaks Virtual is that if I make a one-way route, TPV will automatically convert it into a loop. That was fantastic for my workout on Monday. I made a few versions of the Nivolet route. One of them was just the downhill that matches the starting and ending point in the Open 30 video. To test it out I did a 60 minute tempo workout on that route. Well, while riding at tempo pace I reached the bottom in almost exactly 30 minutes (surprise, surprise!). That would NOT have worked for a 60 minute workout. But TPV made the bottom a loop which sent me heading back up the climb for the second half of my workout. And I of course got nowhere even near even halfway back up.
Anyway… if you create a GPS correctly and load it into TPV it will work as a loop. I do the Team Lou group rides on Saturdays. They have recreated the Borrego Springs route from RGT. It’s a custom route, but it works as a loop which is fantastic. So if you make a GPX properly with your desired climb then you don’t need U-turns.