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Zwift has partnered with Haute Route for a virtual three-day event, Haute Route Watopia, which will pit riders against the toughest virtual routes on offer. Just like a real-world Haute Route, participants will receive a rider’s handbook and complete training program and, for this event, an exclusive Le Col-designed Haute Route virtual kit. The event... Continue Reading →
The Winter Solstice is upon us, peak indoor trainer season is here and now. Whether you're maintaining your base for the Spring, or chasing a Watopia PR on Zwift, these accessories will help you make the most of winter. Osmo Nutrition Active Hydration | $20 (40 servings) Osmo Active Hydration primes your body for high-intensity... Continue Reading →
Zwift has a history of running events on special days like April Fools, Halloween, and Christmas. This year is no exception. Last night, Zwift released an update which includes some Halloween tomfoolery: an in-game scavenger hunt in which riders can assemble and wear (virtually) a dinosaur costume. Finding Your Zwift Dinosaur Costume Zwift has made... Continue Reading →
A little background first, the Dads Inside Riding Trainers (DIRT) Indoor Specialists community is comprised of two Zwift Racing Teams (Professional - Indoor Specialist, Amateur - DIRT) and an awesome community of riders that love all things Zwift cycling. It was founded in 2018 by the three DIRT Fathers: Jason Stern, Ken Nowell, and Douglas Mastroianni.... Continue Reading →
Two unsurprising but welcome updates are coming to Zwift; the ability to steer your avatar and a new off-road singletrack section. As part of their FutureWorks live testing and development program, Zwift will be running a beta of the new steering option in a new singletrack section of the Titan Grove expansion. Here’s what Eric... Continue Reading →
If you want some new flat roads for your Zwift workouts, there's a new expansion ready for you. Called Fuego Flats, the new Zwift expansion is very flat with only moderate changes in gradient. It is being introduced almost exactly a year after the Alpe d’Huez inspired Ape Du Zwift expansion which added the biggest... Continue Reading →
One of the most wanted features is finally live on Zwift. If you run Zwift on a Mac or PC (iOS/Android coming soon), you can now select which world (map) you’re going to ride. Sorta. Let's put it this way, you can choose your world as long as your choice matches up with the guest... Continue Reading →
The new KISS Super League will kick off in London tomorrow night (1/23/19) with 15 Pro Continental and Continental men’s teams joining the racing. What is KISS (the name is rather unspecific)? It is an Esports/eRacing league, hosted on the Zwift online cycling platform. The KISS league will feature 10 races, teams of four will... Continue Reading →
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 take you up Alpe du Zwift: Four... Continue Reading →
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 all the proof... Continue Reading →
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 Watopia Island course. It takes... Continue Reading →
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