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I am thinking of completely replacing my weekly VO2 workout with a zwift race instead, mainly because I find it far more enjoyable. Has anyone had success doing the same? I'm comparing the power profiles from a race and a 40/20 VO2 workout and while I'm spending less time in Z5, I'm spending quite a decent amount of time more in Z4 and above (16m37s vs 12m26s) so I'm hoping the training effect will be similar?

40/20 Workout profile

Zwift race profile

Edit: I retested my FTP since doing the 40/20 workout, so the zones are slightly different

I’ve seen a CAAD12 Disc 105 for sale near me locally, they are asking for £695.

I’m considering it as crit bike & backup road bike, I have some Zipp 303s wheels I’d put on it.

Depending on the condition, is it still worth buying a 10 year old bike? I’ve heard very good things about the CAADs so hoping it still holds up

I have a Canyon Ultimate with SRAM Force AXS and the drivetrain is quite loud in a few gears around the middle of the casette, it makes like a rattling/rasping kind of sound, like I'm badly cross-chaining, but I'm not.

Nothing I do seems to make it better, I've tried different lubes/wax, adjusting with the SRAM microadjust system. I don't really think its a setup issue anyway, if I shift down to the 11T and 10T cogs, it's silent, the same applies at the top of the casette, it's just two or three gears near the middle.

I've seen a few other threads where other people mention this, is it just a design flaw?

Close to pulling the trigger on a jersey but I can't quite decide, anyone got any irl photos?