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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
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* 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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—
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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”
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On this week’s World of Zwift, OJ attempts to ride 500 miles in support of Doddie Aid, we see what the first day as a professional cyclist looks like with Zwift Academy winner Alex Bogna, Lucy Mannall reveals all the best in game kit drops and we go on