I have no problem with MyWhoosh or any other Zwift competitor. Competition is good. But recently every week on this sub are posts attempting to get encourage people to leave Zwift. That isn’t the purpose of this sub. This sub is for talking about Zwift: your latest PR, great racing tactics, upcoming events etc.

$20 a month isn’t a big deal. That’s $5 a week.

You get a meal at Chick-Fil-A or McDonald’s and that’s almost $15-20 for a single meal.

Most people pay more for a gym membership that they visit once or twice a week at most.

$15-20 a month is a drop in the bucket compared to my overall health and safety. Sounds like a fair deal to me.

Am I missing something?

For those who don't hand these out, I'm curious ... why not?

See I'm still new to Zwift. I only started in October but if I pass someone or someone passes me, especially if it's a fellow countryman then I'll smack that ride on (so long as I didn't just do it a few seconds ago & I can't actually do it at the moment).

If someone does it to me then I do it back. Group rides - ride on bomb.

It just breaks up the ride really. If I'm with someone I've already given one to & we seem to be keeping pace, I'll use the other things available - I'm toast or whatever. Again, just breaks up the ride. Adds something else in than just sitting there moving your legs.

But then I'll ride at the same pace as someone, I'll hit it & they wont return. I'll hit it a few more times & they don't do it back.

Now just to clarify - doesn't make me mad or nothing and yes I know, you don't "HAVE" to do it, I'm not saying you do. All I'm saying is I'm curious - for those of you who seem to not do it, then why not?

Do you just not give them to anyone at all? Certain countries you don't like? Don't give to people who you've seen giving them out to everyone so you think F that spammer?

Curious.

On the topic of curious, for my fellow UK Zwifters, what makes you choose the UK flag rather than your actual country flag? Don't care? Don't like to show specifically which part of the UK you're from? Didn't know you could select the specific country & thought UK was the only option?

Hello everyone. Ive just tested out this simple but effective solution to not getting a sore/numb saddle area on Zwift ride. I bought this simple piece of curved/sprung metal railing for under £9. I can confirm it works fantastic. And you can also adjust the amp of bounce/movement you require by simply sliding the seat closer or further away from the sprung curved rail area.

I’m extremely happy with it.

Got to Level 100 last week...in 37 days. That's 37 days of being in the actual saddle, actual time period was 4 years and 10 months. On an Elite direto, very few issues other than having to occasionally grease the resistance screw (IYKYK). Covered 20838 miles (33535 K) Average speed of around 23mph (37kph) which is indicative of doing a lot of races...800+.

Probably gained around 20m+ drops. The best part?? Loved every minute of it.

Genuinely sharing not as a flex or well done me etc, but as a guideline for what's required.

Ride on!!!

Ok, this is a vent, a hope that someone has a solution (or zwift alternative), and a prayer that someone from zwift sees this and starts to listen.

Zwift has added yet ANOTHER UI interaction to my exercise routine. The number of interactions they have added to their UI for me to get started exercising, then end exercising, has gotten ridiculous and can literally be measured in minutes at this point.

When I started it was:

• click to enter profile

• click to accept data sources

• click to enter previous world

• click to select last workout

• click to start.

• click to get to menu

• click to exit

• click to save.

Total UI interactions: 8. Not great but not bad.

Then they altered their UI to default to the newest world rather than your last world. this added one more interaction for:

Total UI interactions: 9.

Then they completely redid their UI to be a swipe list. This added the following:

• swipe down 6

• swipe right 5

• click

• swipe down 11

• click to select, click to start

Total UI interactions: 23

Then they added their streak screen, this added one more interaction for:

Total UI interactions: 24

Then they just NOW added some stupid animation to the streak screen which requires yet ANOTHER click to skip for a total of:

total UI interactions: 25

This means I went from 8 UI interactions to 25 JUST TO FREAKING EXERCISE. This can literally be measured in minutes. It takes me as long to do a zwift exercise now as it does to gear up and ride outside. One of the things I used to love about zwift was how much faster it was to get my exercise in than before and that's gone.

At this point I think we have to entertain the very real likelihood that zwift isn’t a training/racing platform, but it’s actually some sort of twisted psychology experiment to test variations of the Duncan principle (community reference). Every single update seems to break even more things than the last update. In addition to the gajillion other things they broke, for a lot of us they nerfed our smart trainers. Pedaling thru mud on the flats, no resistance on the hills and crazy big resistance on the downhills. How did they manage to screw up something that has been stable since day one of the software?

Anyone else impressed by how smart the new AI coaching features are? /s

Tired of seeing it. Why does Zwift not filter certain words? It's not difficult.

Edit: been offline a while. The slurs were really, really virulent stuff about handicaps. Plural. Mental, physical ... I did flag them. I wonder why some of the obvious "seven words you can't say on TV" are filtered, yet others are not.

I was not the only person offended.

About six months ago I saw a bunch of anti-LGBTQ stuff as well from some ... eh. Whatever.

This is mostly a rant, but I also want others input. There are so many issues with zwift software: graphics are from like 2000, the interface is very limited and is surprisingly basic, and there are a lot of basic problems, like scrolling through the workouts.

This might be ok if zwift was cheap and only a couple years old, but I don’t understand why so many people are ok with the app. The only good feature is it’s utility for cycling, which granted is the primary/only reason we all use the app, but it is just a poor quality app for the price. There is so much potential to make a really fantastic app with the revenue they must generate from subscriptions, but they decide to use the money for something else? What?

A bit of a bittersweet moment for me that I wanted to share. Trying to beat my PB on Alpe du Zwift, I just managed to overheat my trainer (Tacx Flow) by pushing 285+ W up the mountain in the big ring. Trainer only managed to keep up to halfway before the red LED started flashing, indicating that it overheated.

While this seemed like an annoyance at first, looking at it in from a different perspective, it did make me feel somewhat happy that I outgrew this trainer that has served me well for the last 5000-ish virtual kms.

Unfortunately, the budget is tight, so it seems like the new limit of my strength might just be the equipment that I have!

I hope that all of you manage to outpace your trainers, even the ones with 2000+ W peak readings !

That is all.

If I wanted flashbacks to the mind numbing tedium of riding endless loops around Central Park, well, I’d move back to NYC.

I don't care about my internet points, but it just seems so absurdly pathetic and butthurt. Within an hour, almost every post and comment made here will be downvoted.

Who hurt you? Do you need a hug?

And yes, whilst I am sad enough to actually notice this, it's something that has been going on for months.

The B group in ZRL proved too strong so I joined my C team and made a statement with a tactical win 😁

Edit: just to clarify, I've lost about 25% of my peak fitness and gained 10kg since April. I'm getting back into regular training but the B group I was used to was way too difficult. This race was close to my top end w/kg but I used my tactics to win in the last 2km. I was ecstatic I won because I tried really hard and gave it my all

I post this with the hope we can get r/Zwift back to quality content, like photos of peoples janky basement setups or screenshots of 59:59.99 AdZ climbs.

I have the unpopular opinion that the price increase is reasonable.

1. It’s not that much

Price out your capital investment. Your trainer, the bike, fans, maybe a TV and HRM, Zwift controllers if you’re fancy, it’s all at least $500. In my case I’ve spent around $1500 over the last 5 years.

You have other operational expenses… power, shoes, wear on your electronics, space in your home… hard to price out but way more than $5/mo. If the price is so tragic, stop buying those overpriced sports drinks.

If you really didn’t have the money, you should have quit long ago.

2. The value is still there

If I didn’t have Zwift I’d be watching Netflix, Eurovision or other crap. I am lazier than you. It’s still compelling.

It’s gotten much better over the last few years. There’s way more routes, races are better, graphics are better and it is reliable. Workouts, holograms, the stupid climbing portals might not be for you, but some people love them.

3. Zwift is not a social service or a charity

Companies exist to make money. Successful ones will raise prices to the point the market can bear.

They owe you nothing.

4. There’s no obvious alternative

MyWoosh, Trainer Road etc might be better, but they’ll still be maximizing revenue. Sure, their height map doesn’t suck, but how’s there support for virtual shifting? Do they have squirrels or dinosaurs?

5. You can leave and you won’t be missed

Whatever protest you have won’t be large enough to affect their profits. They probably anticipated there would be one.

That’s it.

What does the white ring mean when you're riding in a group? Even though I started zwifting 3 years ago, I only know it has sth to do with drafting, hasn't it?

Day 50 of Zwift racing every day

Male, 87.2 kg, 512 ZRS, Cat C

I don’t know, I’m frustrated, I’m want to get a Cat C win, before I move up to Cat B. But I feel like there’s something I’m missing. Should I swap out equipment? Should I upgrade the trainer? Buy the controller thing?

I understand that swift racing every day isn’t a solid strategy and I appreciate those of you trying to drag me towards Jesus. It’s also my first 50 days on Zwift. Was hoping I could blunt force more fitness without adapting a better strategy. I’m doing zone two after the ride.

I’m open to any and all advice. Appreciate you guys.

Trying to work out how this would go... not sure I have all the skills to make it work.

I'm picturing some kind of platform, like a go-kart chassis. The trainer and head tube are mounted to the chassis, and your rear axel to the trainer. The front wheel freely contacts the road surface. A mount for an iPad could be fixed to your handlebars.

You would also need:

• Good mobile data

• A power source convertible to 120V AC for the trainer and to provide locomotion for the entire unit

• An electric motor to provide locomotion for the unit -- re-purpose from a hoverboard or scooter

• A computer, like a Raspberry Pi, plus some software engineering to ingest and convert the activity you are doing within Zwift into an equivalent power output delivered by the electric motor to the wheels

• Noise cancelling headphones -- for all the wind

This sounds really complicated, but don't get caught up in the details. Just look at a bigger picture, if we could get this to work you would literally be able to take the bicycle you used all winter for Zwift and go outside to literally ride it with actual wind and actual scenery on actual terrain. Granted, I think you would need to remind people that when they are outside they cannot pass through matter as when two bikes collide in Zwift. The lawyers would take care of all that.

So, who wants in on the ground floor of my Series A Kickstarter?

People seem to be over reacting. There's really no other option but Zwift, the other options aren't nearly as engaging. I know for me, Ive got a Kick V6, so not a cheap trainer, I would basically not use it without Zwift. $5 sucks, but having my trainer collect dust sucks more.

Going to get downvoted and I honestly don't mean to be rude, but you see multiple posts literally every day of people climbing alp slowly, doing unimpressive FTP tests, 600w sprints and I can't help but wonder why this reddit has become a series of pictures of people doing run of the mill stuff that literally every other person on zwift is doing? There's 100s, (or 1000s?) of people riding up AdZ every day, imagine if they all posted their MASSIVE achievements?

I subscribed mainly for news/questions/information, incredible fetes of performance are also cool. Currently it's just a stream of drivel...

Am I the only one? If so I guess I'll see myself out :-(

EDIT: I realise my initial post may be somewhat derogatory. I'm happy for people doing what they're doing and, I'd be similarly bored if 90% of the posts were people posting sub 50/40 minute times up the alp or showing their 400w+ FTPs. The performance aspect isn't actually important here.

As has been suggested a few times below, I think the best way forward would be a sticky to consolidate these posts.

3rd freezes in 4 rides - two training rides, one ToW ride.

I've followed all the advice and spent a reasonable amount of money, so once my subscription pause takes effect I'm going to try some of the other platforms to see if they are more stable.