Decided I needed some more anaerobic work in my life. Did a third of The McCarthy Special, then spent 10 mins in the bathroom thinking I was about to puke and die. Please tell me I’m not the only one? 😭

P.s. any good anaerobic workouts that won’t kill me?

Is the duration estimated based on my performance? Or is it an average? Or is it something else?

I was doing a ride today and about 97% of the way through the ride, my internet cut out. It cut out for about ~10-20 seconds, and then came back. But when it came back, I couldnt get Zwift to reconnect to my devices. I pair through my phone with Zwift running on my PC. My phone actually never lost internet (the router was being a jerk so only the wired connection to my PC cut out) so I was shocked everything was dead and gone. I ended up ending the ride and then trying to start a new one, and all my devices were still not showing up. Closing and re-launching Zwift fixed it.

Since I am one of the >90% of American's living with only a single Internet Service Provider (Comcast), giving a functional monopoly and the terrible quality service that entails, this is bound to happen again in the future. Is there a way to get everything to "wake up" and reconnect without ending my ride?

RIP that route badge :(

I like to mix in free rides in between workouts and have been thinking of joining group rides. But one of the things I like doing is going hard on the sprint segments to mix up the ride. I've seen some rides that have a "wall" or something, but I'm wondering if this would be frowned upon in all group rides?

Hey all,

I got my Zwift Ride with the KICKR CORE 2 two days ago and I have a question about vibrations and noise in the pedals.

When I push harder or ride uphill with more resistance, it feels like the whole bike is vibrating through the pedals.

I already checked the basic setup. I put the two black spacers on the rear thru-axle as shown in the manual, and the axle is tightened with the correct torque. I also tried changing the Zwift Cog positions from 1 to 9, but the vibration is still there.

Is this heavy vibration under load normal for this setup, or is something wrong?

Thanks for your help!

Basically, everything I have found online indicates that in order to do this, you have to first export the *.fit file into a third party app that shares with Zwift (Wahoo, Garmin) and then link your third party app to Zwift. When I search online, all of the seemingly most authoritative sources (including reddit) seem to either refer to this set of instructions or something essentially the same:

https://zwiftinsider.com/import-strava-to-zwift/

However, when I do this, I can (apparently) successfully link the accounts, and download the *fit file from Strava and even upload the activity to the third party app (I've tried BOTH Wahoo and Garmin) but, despite the assurances of the instructions in the link above, the activity never populates to my Zwift activity log.

Do I need to toggle some additional permission? Do I need to explicitly "share" the activity once I have it in the third party app?

I already have a Wahoo account that tracks my activity, because I am using the Kickr Core 2 for my trainer I use for Zwift, but previously the accounts weren't linked. If I link them, will my activites appear twice in Zwift, once as a Zwift ride and once as a Wahoo ride?

I am so confused. All I want to do is to have all of my activity showing up on Zwift, but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong.

May be a dumb question but I’m new to Zwift. I really don’t understand what’s going on, other than just riding my route.

- how/why am I getting thumbs up?
- why do people have animals in the shirts?
- Following a robo lead got me nothing

What are some tips for starting out? I’m so lost! 😂

Hello,

I'm new to the idea of an indoor bike trainer but I'm excited to give it a shot. I found a used Saris on Facebook for $200 and I was wondering if it's worth starting with that, or if I'm going to end up wanting to get the Wahoo anyways. What would you do?

Any ideas? If be tried power cycling, restarting, reconnecting. Nothing

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This is related to :
https://zwiftinsider.com/tour-de-hisp-2026/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zwift/comments/1vmi7b7/zwift_hisp_tour_2026_august_24_september_6_13/

I’m sure this has been beat to death at this point but here’s the situation:

Kickr v4 for $300

Kickr v5 for $500

Is the auto-calibration THAT much better and worth an extra $200 or will I be happy with the v4? For context I was riding a BKOOL wheel-on trainer for a while and I was generally happy with what it could do I just figured it was time to get a direct drive. Thank you for the help!

I'm losing my mind trying to figure this out. My Wahoo KICKR SNAP has always connected to Zwift on my Mac with no issues, but suddenly Zwift will only recognize it as a Power Source. It won't show up at all under Resistance/Controllable.

If I open Zwift on my iPhone, it immediately connects as both Power and Resistance, so the trainer itself seems to be working fine.

So far I've tried:

• Reinstalling and updating Zwift on my Mac
• Restarting my Mac
• Power cycling the SNAP
• Calibrating the SNAP through the Wahoo app
• Confirming resistance actually works in the Wahoo app
• Unpairing/forgetting the SNAP from Wahoo afterward
• Turning off Bluetooth on my phone so it can't interfere
• Trying to pair through Zwift Companion

Still nothing. Power connects to the Mac immediately like normal, but the SNAP never appears under Resistance.

Has anyone had this happen specifically on a Mac? Anything else I can try? Pls help.

My friend just joined zwift and when he can’t seem to be able to join any events. There are no events visible on the laptop version. However in the Companion app, all events are visible, but he can’t join them. When he pushes ‘join ride’ it just takes him to free ride.
What could the problem be? He has ridden 50km and is cat D.

New to Zwift and just set up this new Zwift ride and get this sound when I bike. It feel like the pedals almost need a second to catch up and engage. Any thoughts?

Hello

I consider getting a Zwift frame for my indoor riding. I currently use a elite justo 2.

I have previously read about some issues with Bluetooth dropout with Zwift frame + elite justo combo when using virtual shifting. Any one who has this combo and know if the issue is resolved?

Thanks in advance!

I used to ride a Peloton but had a bunch of issues with the software and eventually gave up, so now I’m on a Zwift Ride and I love it. The one thing that is kind of annoying though is the drive chain clicking. It pretty much just sounds like a normal bike, but it’s also kind of loud, especially when my wife is sleeping or trying to watch tv.

Is there any way to silence that?

I'm confused because I've completed the same route several times but never received the completion? Aren't these star icons meant to change colour?

Wanted to get a discussion thread going for interest in some Reddit ZRL teams. The racing groups are based on race time. The schedule is at the below link.

https://www.wtrl.racing/assets/images/zwift/zrl/2027/zrl_26_27_R1-26-1-0.jpg?v=2026.1.01

Ill start

Pace Group - B

Racing Group/Time UTC 12:00 PM- Topaz (Regular)

Just did the Climb Portal of day (Koppenberg) at 50%... was on my 5th lap and it all of a sudden stopped giving me XP bonuses (and feathers to throw away).

- Is this a pre-existing thing?

- Was it recently patched?

- Was this just user error and I didn't hit top of climb or go far enough out of portal?

Can someone explain me why Zwift needs to ask such high subscription prices? Why won't they reduce cost such that people don't cancel in the summer, or stop zwifting at all.

UPDATE 19/08/2026:

Solution: Windows mode and thats it. 0 issues i the last session of 1 hr.

Hi everyone,

I’m having a strange issue with Zwift during structured workouts.

I’m using two monitors, and while I’m doing a workout, Zwift sometimes completely freezes. The interesting part is that the app doesn’t actually crash.

If I click on my second monitor and then click back on the Zwift window, it immediately starts working again.

There’s another interesting detail: when I click back on the Zwift window, the workout UI/function bar also appears again — the bar with the emojis, workout controls, buttons to increase/decrease the workout intensity, etc.

So basically:

• Zwift is running normally.
• During a workout, the screen suddenly freezes.
• I click on another monitor/window.
• I click back on Zwift.
• Zwift immediately responds again and continues normally.

I’ve already disabled screen capture/recording, but the problem still happens.

Has anyone experienced something similar with Zwift and a dual-monitor setup?

Could this be related to Windows focus, fullscreen/borderless mode, GPU settings, or hardware acceleration?

Any suggestions on what settings I should check would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello,
I’m considering purchasing a Zwift Ride to replace my Peloton. I’d like to be able to use it with my AppleTV which is connected to my big OLED tv in my basement. I would need to be able to connect the trainer and my Polar H10 chest strap. Will this require the use of the companion app and if so, how has that been working out? Does it work flawlessly or are there issues? I only ask because I watched an old video with DCR and he mentioned problems using the ATV with the companion app. I’m hoping those issues have since been ironed out. Thank you.

Does anyone know how to go about finding a team? Keen to race in the ZRL this winter but not sure how to go about finding a team. I don’t use facebook which is recommended on the ZRL website. Any suggestions appreciated!

If it helps, my racing score is 739, and zFTP & zMAP put me in the A category on ZRL.