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Deal Alert: Stages SB20 Smart Bike and 1 Year of Zwift for $1,399
Here’s a wild deal from Stages and Zwift: “We’ve [Zwift] partnered with Stages to offer an exclusive bundle, including an SB20 indoor smart bike and 12 months of Zwift (worth $180) for only $1,399. Plus, free shipping!… That’s more than $2,080 in savings. Get one while you can: once they’re gone, they’re gone.” You get…
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Zwift Hub Challenge – Ride 25km to Save $50
Complete 25km to unlock $50/£50 off Zwift Hub and the chance to win the ultimate Zwifting package. The Zwift Hub is the new indoor cycling smart trainer that makes it easier to get started on Zwift – the immersive indoor cycling app that makes getting fit fun! Here’s your chance to unlock $50/£50 off Zwift…
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Top 5 Indoor Cycling Equipment Tips
Make sure your Zwift setup is fully equipped this indoor season with help from GPLama! Shane Miller gives his take on indoor cycling must haves.
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Join a Rapha Festive 500 Group Ride on Zwift this Weekend
Burn off some holiday calories and have fun doing it with a Rapha Festive 500 group ride this weekend. Sure you can get outside and rack up miles too, but with half the country plunged into below zero temps, it may be safer to stick to Zwift for the time being. Rapha is hosting group…
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Zwift Grand Prix // Men’s Series Round 1 – Parcours Picker
Elite racing on Zwift is back with a new look and a new format, the Zwift Grand Prix! Spanning over six rounds of racing with Men and Women alternating every Friday, you will be watching some of the best teams on Zwift race against each other over exciting routes and thrilling formats to determine the…
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Over 3-billion Miles Have Been Ridden in Zwift Since its 2014 Launch
Total Miles: 3.37 billion Total Meters Climbed: 53 billion Total Watt Hours: 26.9 billion Average Elevation: 277m Average Distance: 17.47 miles Imperial Centuries: 171k Ride Ons Received: 1.11 billion Workout Activities: 74.3 million Weekly Races: 1000+ Peak Concurrent Users: 47k Total Moving Time: 191 million hours Pro Athlete Accounts: 2,395
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Zwift Launches a Direct Drive Smart Trainer: Zwift HUB
Today, Zwift announced that it’s launching a smart bike trainer, and they are calling it the HUB. The Zwift Hub costs $499 and offers a simple and cost-effective way to get online and training. Available in the United States, United Kingdom, and the European Union starting October 3rd. You can find more information via Zwift. KEY…
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Zwift Makuri Islands’ New Urukazi Map
Zwift has promised some fresh roads for winter training with an expansion to their Makuri Islands world: “Urukazi” is the combination of two Okinawan words — “uru” means “shore,” and “kazi” means “breeze.” The combination of the two words is meant to evoke the serene, untouched character of the Southern Japanese archipelago. On the terrain…
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Zwift Unleashes the Pace Partners
After 18-months of four pace partners and a few weeks of testing changes, some big updates are coming to the pace partners in Zwift. First off, if you aren’t yet seeing the new homescreen (the update just hit my iOS device) you will only be able to enjoy these updates once that update is installed.…
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Zwift is Trying Out Some Pace Partner Changes
Following the addition of dynamic pacing to Watopia’s C. Cadence, Zwift is making further changes to Pace Partners starting Sunday, May 16th. They will be temporarily removing the current 4 Pace Partners from Makuri Islands. The existing Pace Partners in Watopia will remain. In addition, Zwift will be adding 3 new, temporary FutureWorks Pace Partners…
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Zwift to ‘pause’ launch of smart bike alongside staff lay-offs
Remember that smart bike and direct drive trainer Zwift was working on? Well, it won’t be hitting the streets anytime soon. Anyone who’s been watching Peloton stock prices can probably guess why… Zwift has announced a round of staff layoffs as well as the “pausing” of its smart bike hardware plans, that were announced just…
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Wahoo Acquires RGT Cycling, Introduces Wahoo X Subscription
Wahoo has acquired Zwift competitor RGT and have integrated the service into a new monthly subscription called Wahoo X. A few comparisons between RGT and Zwift: Where Zwift offers a more gamified and cartoony virtual indoor cycling experience, RGT Cycling is a more realistic experience. “Wahoo RGT provides realistic drafting, cornering and braking, making it…
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Zwift’s Anti – Doping Policy: Is it open to Cheating?
A group from Teesside University in Middlesbrough, UK, has published a review in which it claims Zwift fails to meet the purpose of its anti-doping policy. The review, published in the International Journal of Esports concludes that Zwift is failing to ensure Safety, Fairness and Integrity. I recommend you read the whole review, but their…
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2022 April Fools’ Day Cycling Roundup
2022 April Fools’ Day has a been a strong one in the world of cycling, here’s the best I’ve found. Revelate Designs Hawt Pocket In 2012, Revelate Designs became my first sponsor. Over the past decade, they’ve been innovating bikepacking bag design to keep me out longer— from oversized zippers & stretchy materials on framebags…
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Zwift Pace Partners are Upgrading to “Dynamic Pace”
I’m a big fan of Zwift’s Pace Partners, the ability to drop into a paced group ride at any time of day or night is great. But, the feature is far from perfect. On Tuesday, an announcement in Zwift’s forum let loose that Pace Partner “dynamic pace” testing will begin next week. Here’s what’s coming:…
