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The Zwift Fondo Series is returning with 6 monthly rides planned beginning November 11th. On Zwift, you’ll have three options for route difficulty: Gran, Medio, and Bambino. November’s routes are: * Gran Fondo (A Group): Watopia Mega Pretzel – 107 km (66.5 miles), 1,642 m (5,387 €²) elevation
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New York City is pretty much pancake flat. But anything is possible in the future, right? How about KOMs paved in glass? Zwift has a vision for the city in 2118 and you can ride through it. In an effort to further gamify your training and distract you from the
Bikes & Frames
Ever ridden your bike for 112 miles in one go? How about after a 2.4 mile swim and before a full marathon? While Zwift won’t be able to help you with the swim portion, it can give you a go at those 112 miles and run. Or, you
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This September the UCI World Championships will be held in the Innsbruck-Tirol region, you can get a head start on your training right now on Zwift. The new course is based on the 24km Olympic Lap pros will loop around 7 times for the men’s race and 3 times
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Zwift just released a new climb and it’s huge. Using GPS data Zwift perfectly matched the incline and distance of the storied Alpe d’Huez climb with its 21 hairpin turns and added it to the existing Watopia island map. New Routes The update includes three new routes which
Gear Reviews
Race shoes cost several hundred dollars, the last thing I want to do is wear them out grinding through miles in my basement dungeon. They’re also made for riding outdoors, without air flowing over them at 20mph they just are not breathable enough for a good indoor sweat session.
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Zwift is a godsend, combined with a smart-trainer it turned one of the worst things in the world — indoor cycling — into something I truly enjoy. Mindlessly spinning circles in front of the TV has become an engaging and much more effective form of training. Gamification works, my late-winter FTP is
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Zwift, the online game that makes indoor cycling bearable, just rolled out an expansion to one of its courses on Thursday. Just in time for the threat of snow and cool weather to move my training inside. The new course area, dubbed “Mayan Expansion,” is an add-on to the popular
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It’s hard to make an indoor ride feel like a real-world, outdoor ride. Trainers have improved massively over recent years and virtual riding in apps like Zwift has also helped, but one piece that’s always missing is simulated climbing. In the past I’ve used text books and
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Early this morning the new Watopia Volcano Climb went live on Zwift. The new climb corkscrews up and around the volcano over sketchy wood bridges and dirt roads. You also get a brief journey inside the volcano itself. There isn’t a selectable route option for the volcano climb. At
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We’ve previously covered how to ride any Zwift course at any time on Mac or PC, but now that the app is available on iOS it’s time to provide an update. Currently, Zwift HQ publishes a monthly course schedule which is posted in the app and over on
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I love Zwift, simply put it has revolutionized indoor training. The days of purposelessly spinning pedals while I watch old TV episodes or tour stages are behind me. In this brave new world I can compete, train and just get a spin in on a great course that feels very