Here's a few missed bits: Pace Bots! Very handy for warmup or cooldown sessions before and after races, plus the teleport function allows you to jump instantly into whichever bot group you desire. If you choose wrong, no worries, just teleport to the next harder (or easier) bot. Teleport function is also handy when someone you know begins Zwifting if you want to jump in and ride with them (it's also handy if you want to avoid long lead-ins for certain routes - jump in with someone who's just about to start the Alpe du Zwift, and you can lop a couple miles off the ride). Banded rides! You know, meetups or club rides where groups of friends can choose to ride together where no matter the ability of the riders, as long as they're pedaling they won't get dropped. Banded rides make for very fun get-togethers that aid those who aren't strong enough to perform certain routes on their own by letting the more powerful rides tow them down the road. The Bikealicious club does these quite often, and there's a lot of people who run banded meetups through some of the most challenging courses of Zwift. Run side of Zwift has a bunch of oolies, but my favorite is that you earn experience for milage even during workouts (on top of the workout experience) so if you're doing the run side of Zwift and are focused on leveling as quickly as possible, always do your runs in workout mode for maximum bang for your milage buck.
All but the "cheat" code. Also; to unlock any world and route off schedule, create a 10 second free ride "workout" and you can go anywhere (that isn't event only).
I created a 1min free ride workout hack which I use to access worlds which aren't currently active. After the "workout" has ended you can freely ride the route. Good for ticking off new routes and boosting your XP.
missed out ZRL & ladder racing. which are team events. Event comms are normally Discord rather than the in game messaging. Also Custom made workouts to maximize XP (when XP harvesting)
One additional 100 km/h hack for those of us who are too light to gather enough speed down the radio tower: (1) Acquire a TT bike with your drops, but leave it in your garage. (2) Ride in Watopia until you get an aero helmet power-up, but don't deploy it yet. (3) Head up to the radio tower. (4) Once at the top of the radio tower, switch to the TT bike, then start sprinting downhill. (5) When you're at the section with > 13% downhill, you should be at 80+ kph. Now deploy the aero helmet power-up and keep sprinting. As a 62 kg rider, I tried it twice, and it worked both times!
I’ve just pulled the trigger and splashed out on the full Zwift set up. Marathons are my thing but after a leg operation a few weeks ago I’m still too sore to pound the pavements so going to venture to the dark side and indoor cycle for the winter. The kit should arrive next week…complete newbie 😊
6:39 I don’t know why, but the Konami Code/big heads makes me smile every time I see it. Inputting the code reminds me of the early days of Nintendo when I was in middle school. The big heads are just fun.
i have multiple afterlife theories. the konami code is one of them. imagine, if you will, regaining conscious in total darkness, and a voice asks you for the konami code to continue...
Zwift crits...go full gas from the line, hang on until tunnel vision, then a 10 m gap appears that can't close...and then they sit up. Just like my real racing experience😂
@@jarhead4657 I didn't know anything about zwift or smart trainers so I bought the core with the cog/click. It is, in fact, awesome. Set up my mtb on it and it just works and gearing is no issue. Appreciating an advancement isn't being a shill
No news to this level 77 Zwifter. Still, great advice for anyone that doesn't know about these tricks. As for advice goes to Apple TV users, instead of picking up the Apple TV remote, use the companion app on your phone to hit that power-up (or have a kickr bike or Zwift controler nearby ;-)).
Now I finally know when/how my avatar stands and “races”! I am fairly new to Zwift (a month) so that was one that I kept saying I was going to look into! Thanks GCN!
@@jarhead4657 Sorry to disappoint but it’s true, I am truly a beginner on Zwift. I’m honored though that you think I’m shilling for them. I’m sure they are honored as well. Well, then in that case I might be shilling! 🤔
Created my aio remote to control zwift actions, zwift cameras, and other cycling apps at the same time. One little hack i did was to program it toggle through the camera angles every few secs, neat.
I know you're sponsored by Wahoo...I would love to see you guys do a cover of SYSTM. Actually, I would really like to see y'all take on the Knight of Sufferlandria challenge unprepared as a group, then do it again after 8 weeks or so of specific training. Might make me feel better about my own quest for that title.
Great information 😊 I have been Zwifting since 2017 and it has helped me maintain health and fitness towards my 60s I hope this becomes an ongoing series and what rgb lights were used
My biggest Zwift mistake is not having the Elevation challenge set for like the first 5 years of riding. So much going up that didn’t count toward the tron bike.
Failed to mention that Zwift does NOT support the V5 Kickr for virtual shifting. There are a LOT of us V5 owners who got royally screwed by Zwift/Wahoo over this since they had previously stated that the V5 would be supported. Now they want all of us V5 owners to spend more money to get the virtual shifting. No thanks.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@edgardwill4932 I gather you have to press a button on your smart phone or even worse on my pc keyboard. Also that doesn't really solve the issue does it as you would still have to swap over cassettes for each bike, the .cog and virtual shifting means you don't have to.
this is 100% Wahoo and Zwift has nothing to do with the decision. “That’s sounding increasingly challenging, due to running out of memory space in the V5 firmware.” -Dcrainmaker
@@talonlan Not really. In Indievelo you may use a bike with NO GEAR, with just ONE COG, and the gears can be shifted by software! That's the point! Get it?
Just adding that the new power Zone colours live is good - BUT DONT confuse it with HR zones from the menu screen. I think they should make the Bar for Hr zone and the power flasher on FTP power icon
Zwifting is so freaking hard compared to outdoor biking in my opinion. It's a whole other experience. I know it will prepare me even more for outdoor riding and probably make me faster, but damn, it makes you sweat. I thought i was fit doing some 15-20 mile rides in a hour in New Jersey but nope...not according to Zwift
You can also hit 100kph by entering the climb portals when a particularly steep climb is featured. If you want to get more help, before you descend, open your profile and increase your weight.
Turn on the Everest challenge & leave it on until you get the Tron, I get many many Zwifters may already have the bike, but I wished I had known this when I started Zwifting.
IIRC the Everest Challenge is now the default active callenge (for new riders at least) since the last few updates. But Tron-less riders should better check themselves anyway.
I didn’t know this and ended up having to do the entire thing twice before I got my tron. Nearing the end of my first attempt I switched challenges, and it started the climbing accumulation over from zero when I went back to the Everest challenge. I’m level 78 now, been on zwift since 2018.
Surprised you didn't mention how your avatar shows when you are in the draft. If you are not riding a Tron bike, your avatar will be in a more bent over, aero position if you are by yourself or at the very front of a group. If you catch a good draft off of another rider or group, your avatar will sit up.
... I am spamming the begeezus out of the konami code tomorrow when I ride again. Holy heck, I wish they would've included that in the Play box when it first came out!
I wish Zwift had more options for disabled riders and people with health conditions - like more 1wpk pace group rides on different locations and more 30-45 minute rides with low elevation levels. Being a bottom feeder in Zwift can make for challenging options
You can turn down the effort while riding, then it reduces the energy targets on the training plans. It’s On the bar at the bottom next to the erg and chat button when in game and riding.
I am going to buy the wahoo which comes with zwift add on, my partner will want to have a go tho - is there a way of adding on that second player if you have an existing subscription? or could he play a free one on the side?
doing the grade test will impact upon your racing score. mine shot up and launched me into the next category up when I don't think i should have been there
always wondered does the 100kph badge easier to get on a TT frame. I've got it but wondered if quicker to get and if handling is taken out of equation for a TT bike
Not necessarily one for zwift, but any of the plethora of virtual apps out there. Would be great if you could import a gps file in to simulate a particular route. Maybe you have a particular spottive or event coming up that you want to train specifically for, this would be incredible. Extra points if it can do a bit of procedural world generation (a la minecraft)
Apparently I didn't google hard enough, there is a website that will convert gpx files to zwift workouts and Rouvy has a native route editor which also allows you to import gpx files in, or record your own footage to use.
I’d like a solution for my kickr climb. I like the idea of the zwift frame so I can easily adjust the bike size for different people but I don’t want to get rid of the kickr climb
I've never used Zwift. All of the gamefication and the community stuff doesn't appeal to me but I might have to try it just for the big heads. Hilarious!
There are better alternatives now given Zwifts disproportionate pics hike to £18/$20/€20. Indievelo is basic but good, Rouvy is advanced but less popular at $11/£12 or so
Yes. As somebody who played computer games from the Super Nintendo right up until the Nintendo GameCube, I find the Zwift graphics terrible. They are just not good enough for anybody used to playing video games. Not to mention the improved graphics of the latest consoles.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255 really I have been playing video games since the zx81 and currently have a rtx 3070 gaming set up and find the graphics perfectly fine on zwift even when running it through my apple tv. So I guess your anybody comment is BS really.
i understand that you have to make videos about zwift as they are one of your primary sponsors, however in all honesty I was never able to get used to the cartoon worlds. I do however use Rouvy around 5 days each week - with a hill climb race every sunday morning and thursday evening ( last night was padron from this year's vuelta and last sunday was pico de los reales) as well as shorter flatter races on sunday afternoon and monday evening. I also raced alpe d'huez a few days ago - managed that elusive sub hour. for me, virtual cycling has become somewhat of an addiction. i can travel around the world and visit places i would probably never get to - when i want.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@talonlansecond this. I started with rouvy and loved the graphics and real life mountains, but the lack of people and races (close to none timed nicely for Australians) made it feel like a boring grind. Anytime you jump on zwift you have thousands of people around you, races all day round with heaps of attendees, it really is hard to beat.
I've spent countless hours on my indoor trainer, but I’ve never taken the step to join Zwift. The subscription cost feels like a significant investment, and I’m concerned I wouldn’t take full advantage of its features to make it worthwhile. How can I figure out if it’s worth it for me?
I forgot to put ERG mode on in Zwift when doing my first FTP test, so I was up to 115 I cadence. Way better experience when ERG mode is on in FTP test.
Could somebody help me please ? I’m a 66 years old man, probably 2 stones overweight and an ex smoker, I haven’t been out on my road bike for about 10 years and I want to get weight off and generally get back to some sort of fitness, I’m interested in buying the zwift bike and trainer and was wondering if this setup and system is a bit too advanced and maybe I’d need to be fitter to get the benefit of this setup. Can any users pass on their thoughts please ? Thanks for any help.
Since there's no danger to going as fast as you can down a steep descent in Zwift, you can go as fast as the physics, your bike and abilities allow. So what's the fastest you folks have gone in Zwift, assuming that there wasn't some king of bug-caused fluke in the SW? I think I got over 50mph once, which isn't that fast compared to what pros can do. The weird thing is that I felt nervous even though there was no reason to!
You don’t have to have the Zwift Cog to use virtual shifting, just the Zwift Click. However, the cog makes it easier since you won’t be tempted to switch gears mechanically.
@@percyveer2355 The Zwift cog has no mechanics in it and only a 14T cog. The gear ratios are controlled by Zwift and the trainer. So you can have a normal cassette on your bike and put it on the 14T cog. Lots of people have reported it’s quieter than the Zwift Cog v1
FYI, your doing it wrong for the 100kph. Climb radio tower, go full areo rig and sprint the start of the down and stop peddling. The super tuck will do the rest unless you are really light.
I’d almost hit the 100k in a draft descending Achterbahn then bagged it almost by accident on the radio tower descent on the Tron with a short sprint 🙂
Teleporting! The phone app has a Teleport button when in the bot pacer rides. Tap it, and a list of all the speed groups appears. Pick an easier or harder one, or even the group you just got dropped from. You jump directly to the new group and have the usual 10 seconds to start pedaling. I use it to warm up with an easy pace, then jump to my usual group, or on to a too-fast-for-me group to see how long I can hang on.
@@bate01071 I know what you mean if you join randomly selected routes in Rouvy. The downside of choice, with users spread out. However, joining recommended routes often related to challenges are much better where more folk are concentrated. Personally I feel it very empty being in Zwift amongst an enormous swarm of riders in an XBox-like world. Another great solution to ride with others and have a lot of fun in Rouvy is to join in the Muckers Worldwide events, open to all, on Tuesday/Thursday nights at 1905 BST or Sundays at 0910 BST. Other times too. Great fun and in real-world stunning scenery.
Hack: if you don't hate riding in the rain and wind don't bother with zwift. Tip: all the cash you save by riding your actual bike, upgrade your tyres, wheels, brakes etc. there is something about suffering up hills in the rain that no amount of tech can replicate.
Zwift racing scores are a joke right now. How can you band Cat D racers in with Cat B racers? So much for racing against people with similar abilities, might as well just have one big open class.
Hopefully Indievelo keeps developing to be a good Zwift competitor. I’ve switched, it’s completely free and basically the same as Zwift in terms of game-engine and performance. I also like the customization they give you in setting things up and displaying everything on screen. It still lacks the social aspects like events, group rides etc but if you’re focusing on trainingplans or doing workouts it’s a no brainer imo.
Great video and very interesting as well."Good evening everyone, I’m considering acquiring a Superior X-Road Team Issue GR Di2. Has anyone here heard of or tried this brand? Also, it comes with Maxwheel wheels. Does anyone have any information? Wishing you all a pleasant evening.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
Hi, thanks for your comment. We are proud long-term partners as well as users of Zwift, they turned something that was pretty boring even for us hardcore cyclists, into something fun. Ride On!
@@gcn Proud long time partner is fine but acting like they are the only players in the game is another. As a partner, maybe you should push back a touch on their pricing scheme. Its way to expensive for what it is and for how stagnate the game is. $20 a month is more than most physical gyms (that appeal to the masses) where they supply the equipment. Zwift is software that can run fully locally and the user needs to supply $$$ worth of input devices. If zwift sent and lent out the smart trainer for a monthly fee, it be different but as for the software cost, its just greed.
@@kylecannon4217 Just a FYI there subscriber count is still going up and all the other contenders to the thrown just don't offer half of what zwift does, I have tried rouvy ( totally dead world and bad companion app ), Fullgaz ( great looking but very lonely and no racing and very few looping rides ) and mywhoosh ( crashes all the time and bland looking.
I am disappointed in you guys! I know this is an ad BUT it cannot be the case that you do the same thing as “GCN auf Deutsch” you didn’t even tried picking different pictures for your thumbnail. Bla bla it’s free content but I spent my valuable time on that ad.
MTB all the way! Nothing beats the experience of real wind, mud, and rain. And if your chain falls off or you get a puncture in the middle of nowhere, that’s part of the adventure. That’s true, pure cycling. I don’t have an issue with Zwift, but it’s a different sport. It’s like calling trail running the same as running on a treadmill-it’s just not the same experience. Zwift belongs on its own channel for virtual riding, rather than being grouped with gcn cycling. Both have their place, but they’re fundamentally different. I wish I could turn off alerts for virtual riding video!
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
How many of these did you already know? 🤔 Let us know what tips and hacks we missed down below!
Here's a few missed bits:
Pace Bots! Very handy for warmup or cooldown sessions before and after races, plus the teleport function allows you to jump instantly into whichever bot group you desire. If you choose wrong, no worries, just teleport to the next harder (or easier) bot.
Teleport function is also handy when someone you know begins Zwifting if you want to jump in and ride with them (it's also handy if you want to avoid long lead-ins for certain routes - jump in with someone who's just about to start the Alpe du Zwift, and you can lop a couple miles off the ride).
Banded rides! You know, meetups or club rides where groups of friends can choose to ride together where no matter the ability of the riders, as long as they're pedaling they won't get dropped. Banded rides make for very fun get-togethers that aid those who aren't strong enough to perform certain routes on their own by letting the more powerful rides tow them down the road. The Bikealicious club does these quite often, and there's a lot of people who run banded meetups through some of the most challenging courses of Zwift.
Run side of Zwift has a bunch of oolies, but my favorite is that you earn experience for milage even during workouts (on top of the workout experience) so if you're doing the run side of Zwift and are focused on leveling as quickly as possible, always do your runs in workout mode for maximum bang for your milage buck.
All but the "cheat" code.
Also; to unlock any world and route off schedule, create a 10 second free ride "workout" and you can go anywhere (that isn't event only).
I created a 1min free ride workout hack which I use to access worlds which aren't currently active. After the "workout" has ended you can freely ride the route. Good for ticking off new routes and boosting your XP.
@@WendsH LOL obvious Zwift shill
missed out ZRL & ladder racing. which are team events. Event comms are normally Discord rather than the in game messaging. Also Custom made workouts to maximize XP (when XP harvesting)
I got my Zwift ride today and zwifted for the first time. It's amazing. May the winter season begin!
shill
Ya that will wear off lol
One additional 100 km/h hack for those of us who are too light to gather enough speed down the radio tower: (1) Acquire a TT bike with your drops, but leave it in your garage. (2) Ride in Watopia until you get an aero helmet power-up, but don't deploy it yet. (3) Head up to the radio tower. (4) Once at the top of the radio tower, switch to the TT bike, then start sprinting downhill. (5) When you're at the section with > 13% downhill, you should be at 80+ kph. Now deploy the aero helmet power-up and keep sprinting.
As a 62 kg rider, I tried it twice, and it worked both times!
Cheasy way: just put your weight to 200 kg 🤓
And put ride resistance to 100%
Option B: Stop carrying about dumb achievements
I’ve just pulled the trigger and splashed out on the full Zwift set up. Marathons are my thing but after a leg operation a few weeks ago I’m still too sore to pound the pavements so going to venture to the dark side and indoor cycle for the winter. The kit should arrive next week…complete newbie 😊
I hope you enjoy it. I've done over 15,000 miles on zwift, and I no longer have any desire to ride my road bike outside again.
Joining a club that does regular banded rides has been a game changer for me. It’s really increased my fitness level
Joining a club is the best way to stay consistent with an activity.
6:39 I don’t know why, but the Konami Code/big heads makes me smile every time I see it. Inputting the code reminds me of the early days of Nintendo when I was in middle school. The big heads are just fun.
Contra is one of my favorite NES games.
i have multiple afterlife theories. the konami code is one of them. imagine, if you will, regaining conscious in total darkness, and a voice asks you for the konami code to continue...
Zwift crits...go full gas from the line, hang on until tunnel vision, then a 10 m gap appears that can't close...and then they sit up. Just like my real racing experience😂
That's me too. I love a full gas off the line to wake everyone up 😅
I’ve recently bought the Zwift cog and click.. awesome love it 😊 means I can switch my different bikes over.. works really well. Pete 🚴🏻👍
shill
@@jarhead4657 I didn't know anything about zwift or smart trainers so I bought the core with the cog/click. It is, in fact, awesome. Set up my mtb on it and it just works and gearing is no issue. Appreciating an advancement isn't being a shill
I did my first Zwift lab race the other day, and yes, fair to say it was against riders at my level. Finished 2nd with a gap of 0.00s to the winner.
I got Zwift about 6 weeks ago and I'm loving it and I've lost over 10kg with diet and Zwift
It definitely helped me lean out. Now I never miss a day of riding and that consistency helped me lean out relatively easily.
No news to this level 77 Zwifter. Still, great advice for anyone that doesn't know about these tricks. As for advice goes to Apple TV users, instead of picking up the Apple TV remote, use the companion app on your phone to hit that power-up (or have a kickr bike or Zwift controler nearby ;-)).
Now I finally know when/how my avatar stands and “races”! I am fairly new to Zwift (a month) so that was one that I kept saying I was going to look into! Thanks GCN!
shill
@@jarhead4657 Sorry to disappoint but it’s true, I am truly a beginner on Zwift. I’m honored though that you think I’m shilling for them. I’m sure they are honored as well. Well, then in that case I might be shilling! 🤔
Created my aio remote to control zwift actions, zwift cameras, and other cycling apps at the same time. One little hack i did was to program it toggle through the camera angles every few secs, neat.
I know you're sponsored by Wahoo...I would love to see you guys do a cover of SYSTM. Actually, I would really like to see y'all take on the Knight of Sufferlandria challenge unprepared as a group, then do it again after 8 weeks or so of specific training. Might make me feel better about my own quest for that title.
Great information 😊
I have been Zwifting since 2017 and it has helped me maintain health and fitness towards my 60s
I hope this becomes an ongoing series and what rgb lights were used
shill
Same here! Started in 2020 and at 61, it keeps me moving
My biggest Zwift mistake is not having the Elevation challenge set for like the first 5 years of riding. So much going up that didn’t count toward the tron bike.
I am thinking about buying a setup for zwift instead of a road bike since winter is coming. This video was perfectly timed!
Zwift is really a game changer. I love it and use ir on regular basis.
Thanks for sharing it with us! 🫶
Failed to mention that Zwift does NOT support the V5 Kickr for virtual shifting. There are a LOT of us V5 owners who got royally screwed by Zwift/Wahoo over this since they had previously stated that the V5 would be supported. Now they want all of us V5 owners to spend more money to get the virtual shifting. No thanks.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
There's been talk about this everywhere. The firmware cannot support everything. Yes, it's not ideal, but at least Wahoo hasn't abandoned it.
@@edgardwill4932 I gather you have to press a button on your smart phone or even worse on my pc keyboard. Also that doesn't really solve the issue does it as you would still have to swap over cassettes for each bike, the .cog and virtual shifting means you don't have to.
this is 100% Wahoo and Zwift has nothing to do with the decision. “That’s sounding increasingly challenging, due to running out of memory space in the V5 firmware.” -Dcrainmaker
@@talonlan Not really. In Indievelo you may use a bike with NO GEAR, with just ONE COG, and the gears can be shifted by software! That's the point! Get it?
Just adding that the new power Zone colours live is good - BUT DONT confuse it with HR zones from the menu screen. I think they should make the Bar for Hr zone and the power flasher on FTP power icon
Any resemblance to other programmes is purely coincidental. 😉
You should live stream your club ride on YT.
Any chance we could get a video on how to put my Kawasaki in my smart trainer?
Meh, you haven't done Zwift until you've done it with 4 wheels and over 500 horses!
So much fun! I can't wait to try out these tips. I only knew 2 of these tips.
Zwifting is so freaking hard compared to outdoor biking in my opinion. It's a whole other experience. I know it will prepare me even more for outdoor riding and probably make me faster, but damn, it makes you sweat. I thought i was fit doing some 15-20 mile rides in a hour in New Jersey but nope...not according to Zwift
Do you have a high-powered fan or fans? It makes all the difference
You can also hit 100kph by entering the climb portals when a particularly steep climb is featured. If you want to get more help, before you descend, open your profile and increase your weight.
Turn on the Everest challenge & leave it on until you get the Tron, I get many many Zwifters may already have the bike, but I wished I had known this when I started Zwifting.
IIRC the Everest Challenge is now the default active callenge (for new riders at least) since the last few updates.
But Tron-less riders should better check themselves anyway.
I didn’t know this and ended up having to do the entire thing twice before I got my tron. Nearing the end of my first attempt I switched challenges, and it started the climbing accumulation over from zero when I went back to the Everest challenge. I’m level 78 now, been on zwift since 2018.
@@se9741 ouch….
Only one I didn't know was the 2 x FTP trigger for standing up sprinting. I guess it had to be something!
Looking forward to zwift season
Surprised you didn't mention how your avatar shows when you are in the draft. If you are not riding a Tron bike, your avatar will be in a more bent over, aero position if you are by yourself or at the very front of a group. If you catch a good draft off of another rider or group, your avatar will sit up.
On the radio tower decent I hit 113kph with a aero power up on a tt bike and a big sprint
Great video!
Is there a difference on the results you get on the app if you are using a mtb or race bike?
I did down a hill the other day. I was actually scared! I mean - in real life!
is it easier to ride out the saddle with the Zwift bike compared
to connecting a road bike?
... I am spamming the begeezus out of the konami code tomorrow when I ride again. Holy heck, I wish they would've included that in the Play box when it first came out!
I wish Zwift had more options for disabled riders and people with health conditions - like more 1wpk pace group rides on different locations and more 30-45 minute rides with low elevation levels. Being a bottom feeder in Zwift can make for challenging options
You can turn down the effort while riding, then it reduces the energy targets on the training plans. It’s On the bar at the bottom next to the erg and chat button when in game and riding.
Do the zwift points score improve the higher or lower they are?
I am going to buy the wahoo which comes with zwift add on, my partner will want to have a go tho - is there a way of adding on that second player if you have an existing subscription? or could he play a free one on the side?
doing the grade test will impact upon your racing score. mine shot up and launched me into the next category up when I don't think i should have been there
you will get brought back down, thats how the score works loose against others of similar score and go down win and go up.
Any reason you are driving with the Zwift Cog V2 and not the V1 the Ride comes with?
missed out ZRL & ladder racing. which are team events. Event comms are normally Discord rather than the in game messaging.
always wondered does the 100kph badge easier to get on a TT frame. I've got it but wondered if quicker to get and if handling is taken out of equation for a TT bike
Not necessarily one for zwift, but any of the plethora of virtual apps out there. Would be great if you could import a gps file in to simulate a particular route. Maybe you have a particular spottive or event coming up that you want to train specifically for, this would be incredible. Extra points if it can do a bit of procedural world generation (a la minecraft)
Apparently I didn't google hard enough, there is a website that will convert gpx files to zwift workouts and Rouvy has a native route editor which also allows you to import gpx files in, or record your own footage to use.
You can simulate routes you’ve done with Kikcr and a Garmin / Wahoo head units
To reach 100km speed on zwift. Do downhill from alpe change your weight to 100kg. 😅
I’d like a solution for my kickr climb. I like the idea of the zwift frame so I can easily adjust the bike size for different people but I don’t want to get rid of the kickr climb
I've never used Zwift. All of the gamefication and the community stuff doesn't appeal to me but I might have to try it just for the big heads. Hilarious!
There are better alternatives now given Zwifts disproportionate pics hike to £18/$20/€20.
Indievelo is basic but good, Rouvy is advanced but less popular at $11/£12 or so
A great way to pass the time and stay fit, especially for this winter!
theres more to the avatar, and understanding whether you are drafting.
He's turning the blood on mortal kombat 😂
You can get the coveted special Ride On extra credit if a LVL 100 rider gives you a ride on. Not that achievement last Sunday.
I got that one on my first ride.
@@melissaanders7812 Woah!!!
Really wish the Zwift Ride was compatible with the Kickr Move and Kickr Climb
Another good way to go 100kph is repack rush
what does the yellow button at the bottom do?
I would like to see Zwift hooked up to a recumbent trike ( Catrike 700 or an ice box). I would like see how it translates the figures.
ICE VTX
I have a campagnolo groupset on my canyon racebike , does the Cog also works with that groepset?
Yes. I also have a Campagnolo setup. It works, although a bit noisy
@@ericonderdelinden6920 ThnX!
I wish I'd known it had a UI from the early 90s and was about to cost twice the price of Netflix 👌🤦♀
Yes. As somebody who played computer games from the Super Nintendo right up until the Nintendo GameCube, I find the Zwift graphics terrible. They are just not good enough for anybody used to playing video games. Not to mention the improved graphics of the latest consoles.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255 really I have been playing video games since the zx81 and currently have a rtx 3070 gaming set up and find the graphics perfectly fine on zwift even when running it through my apple tv. So I guess your anybody comment is BS really.
You do know this is a paid ad complete with follow up shills right?
@@jarhead4657 Just like in all big techs
i understand that you have to make videos about zwift as they are one of your primary sponsors, however in all honesty I was never able to get used to the cartoon worlds. I do however use Rouvy around 5 days each week - with a hill climb race every sunday morning and thursday evening ( last night was padron from this year's vuelta and last sunday was pico de los reales) as well as shorter flatter races on sunday afternoon and monday evening. I also raced alpe d'huez a few days ago - managed that elusive sub hour. for me, virtual cycling has become somewhat of an addiction. i can travel around the world and visit places i would probably never get to - when i want.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
ROUVY is great too
I loved rouvy's graphics but hated how empty it was, also way over priced compared to Zwift that costs more but has tons more to offer.
@@talonlan did you know Indievelo?
@@talonlansecond this. I started with rouvy and loved the graphics and real life mountains, but the lack of people and races (close to none timed nicely for Australians) made it feel like a boring grind. Anytime you jump on zwift you have thousands of people around you, races all day round with heaps of attendees, it really is hard to beat.
I've spent countless hours on my indoor trainer, but I’ve never taken the step to join Zwift. The subscription cost feels like a significant investment, and I’m concerned I wouldn’t take full advantage of its features to make it worthwhile. How can I figure out if it’s worth it for me?
Try it. There is a 14 day free trial.
I like a fitness test! Then again I have an unhealthy relationship with discomfort and pain....
Ive just bought the zwift ride set up and Im clueless, its hard to fathom if your not a computer whiz.
Indeed
Small tips 😉
Tacx need to make their trainers compatible with the Zwift cog. So annoying they can’t right now
during some Zwift races people say I'm using sticky watts or so, what does this mean?
I forgot to put ERG mode on in Zwift when doing my first FTP test, so I was up to 115 I cadence. Way better experience when ERG mode is on in FTP test.
Could somebody help me please ? I’m a 66 years old man, probably 2 stones overweight and an ex smoker, I haven’t been out on my road bike for about 10 years and I want to get weight off and generally get back to some sort of fitness, I’m interested in buying the zwift bike and trainer and was wondering if this setup and system is a bit too advanced and maybe I’d need to be fitter to get the benefit of this setup. Can any users pass on their thoughts please ? Thanks for any help.
At 68, my fitness is not improving.
At 68, like you, my fitness is not improving, but hay, at 68 it’s not declining 😊
Never say never.
Since there's no danger to going as fast as you can down a steep descent in Zwift, you can go as fast as the physics, your bike and abilities allow. So what's the fastest you folks have gone in Zwift, assuming that there wasn't some king of bug-caused fluke in the SW? I think I got over 50mph once, which isn't that fast compared to what pros can do. The weird thing is that I felt nervous even though there was no reason to!
I think the bubble heads were first used as an April Fools I did not know there was an Easter Egg for it.
Now you know what to do!
You don’t have to have the Zwift Cog to use virtual shifting, just the Zwift Click. However, the cog makes it easier since you won’t be tempted to switch gears mechanically.
explain how
@@percyveer2355 The Zwift cog has no mechanics in it and only a 14T cog. The gear ratios are controlled by Zwift and the trainer. So you can have a normal cassette on your bike and put it on the 14T cog. Lots of people have reported it’s quieter than the Zwift Cog v1
@@grobbosixtyone how do I get the virtual shift, I have the zwift controllers.
it´s missing the supertuck mode on downhill :)
banned by the UCI 😂
My favourite Easter egg on Zwift, is the one where you can give the person in front of you a puncture.
Why do I get a white outline around my avatar sometimes?
Companion does not work on ios 18, tried on android and it worked no problem.
Works on my iPhone with iOS18 👍
@@n22pdf Which one?
Works fine on my iPhone 13 with iOS18.1
@@us757 same setup but doesn’t work
FYI, your doing it wrong for the 100kph. Climb radio tower, go full areo rig and sprint the start of the down and stop peddling. The super tuck will do the rest unless you are really light.
I’d almost hit the 100k in a draft descending Achterbahn then bagged it almost by accident on the radio tower descent on the Tron with a short sprint 🙂
*cries in weighing 60kg*
i would love to use zwift but i would stop riding outdoors until ive "beaten" the game.
Teleporting! The phone app has a Teleport button when in the bot pacer rides. Tap it, and a list of all the speed groups appears. Pick an easier or harder one, or even the group you just got dropped from. You jump directly to the new group and have the usual 10 seconds to start pedaling. I use it to warm up with an easy pace, then jump to my usual group, or on to a too-fast-for-me group to see how long I can hang on.
Cog doesnt suppor the most popular premium trainer though. Where my V5 squad at?
So annoyed my relatively new Kickr V5 isn't compatible with Zwift Hub/Virtual Shifting.
Friedrich Loaf
I respect Zwift. It gives folk who don’t know about Rouvy somewhere to go. Zwift marketing budget is hoooooge.
I would say who know rouvy, and now know where to go 😂
Rouvy is too empty. Good graphics though.
@@bate01071 I know what you mean if you join randomly selected routes in Rouvy. The downside of choice, with users spread out. However, joining recommended routes often related to challenges are much better where more folk are concentrated. Personally I feel it very empty being in Zwift amongst an enormous swarm of riders in an XBox-like world. Another great solution to ride with others and have a lot of fun in Rouvy is to join in the Muckers Worldwide events, open to all, on Tuesday/Thursday nights at 1905 BST or Sundays at 0910 BST. Other times too. Great fun and in real-world stunning scenery.
I’d love to put my hands on the Zwift Ride frame to pair with my Zwift Hub One smart trainer. Please please Zwift release frame only for sale
They did.
@@bate01071 just checked. Still offered with kickr core. Where did you see it?
@@bate01071 found it!! Thanks for the heads up!
don't let the spider in your garage put you off, they're you personal fan, celebrating your effort
Hack: if you don't hate riding in the rain and wind don't bother with zwift. Tip: all the cash you save by riding your actual bike, upgrade your tyres, wheels, brakes etc. there is something about suffering up hills in the rain that no amount of tech can replicate.
Zwift racing scores are a joke right now. How can you band Cat D racers in with Cat B racers? So much for racing against people with similar abilities, might as well just have one big open class.
You forgot to mention the price has kept creeping up and up and up to where it is turning people away
it isn't though the price has gone up but so has the subscriber numbers
This is a paid ad complete with obvious shills. Pretty obvious.
Hopefully Indievelo keeps developing to be a good Zwift competitor. I’ve switched, it’s completely free and basically the same as Zwift in terms of game-engine and performance. I also like the customization they give you in setting things up and displaying everything on screen. It still lacks the social aspects like events, group rides etc but if you’re focusing on trainingplans or doing workouts it’s a no brainer imo.
Look like zwift commercial
Early😂
Timely
welcome!
Why is he not putting a towel on his cockpit?
Little personal don’t ya think
15,000 followers, and only following 9 others?
Contra code 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ad
It clearly states it’s an ad, you genius
Man up and ride through the winter like Eddie did in the 70's FFS!
Nice to have the choice these days though isn’t it? I’ve done the hard yards in bad weather!
Been there --you go ahead.
Great video and very interesting as well."Good evening everyone, I’m considering acquiring a Superior X-Road Team Issue GR Di2. Has anyone here heard of or tried this brand? Also, it comes with Maxwheel wheels. Does anyone have any information? Wishing you all a pleasant evening.
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@edgardwill4932 Two shills in a row. You guys have to try being less obvious.
How many Zwift promotional videos have GCN done recently ? (Other decent , cheaper alternatives do exist…. Just sayin 😉)
Hi, thanks for your comment. We are proud long-term partners as well as users of Zwift, they turned something that was pretty boring even for us hardcore cyclists, into something fun. Ride On!
@@gcn Proud long time partner is fine but acting like they are the only players in the game is another. As a partner, maybe you should push back a touch on their pricing scheme. Its way to expensive for what it is and for how stagnate the game is. $20 a month is more than most physical gyms (that appeal to the masses) where they supply the equipment. Zwift is software that can run fully locally and the user needs to supply $$$ worth of input devices. If zwift sent and lent out the smart trainer for a monthly fee, it be different but as for the software cost, its just greed.
@@kylecannon4217 20 $ for the access to the software? Damn I wasn't aware. That's not even greed, that's a rip-off.
@@kylecannon4217If you want lended equipment, look at Peloton. It's really expensive.
@@kylecannon4217 Just a FYI there subscriber count is still going up and all the other contenders to the thrown just don't offer half of what zwift does, I have tried rouvy ( totally dead world and bad companion app ), Fullgaz ( great looking but very lonely and no racing and very few looping rides ) and mywhoosh ( crashes all the time and bland looking.
Zwift gamified gimics combined with heavy GCN product placement. Yuk.
I got my 100km badge on the Cote de Pike descent
Great effort! 👏
I am disappointed in you guys! I know this is an ad BUT it cannot be the case that you do the same thing as “GCN auf Deutsch” you didn’t even tried picking different pictures for your thumbnail.
Bla bla it’s free content but I spent my valuable time on that ad.
Honestly their price it at the brink of "not worth it". I might just as well get an unlimited gym membership.
none - don't use zwift.
What a useful comment have you considered a career in public speaking?
MTB all the way! Nothing beats the experience of real wind, mud, and rain. And if your chain falls off or you get a puncture in the middle of nowhere, that’s part of the adventure. That’s true, pure cycling. I don’t have an issue with Zwift, but it’s a different sport. It’s like calling trail running the same as running on a treadmill-it’s just not the same experience. Zwift belongs on its own channel for virtual riding, rather than being grouped with gcn cycling. Both have their place, but they’re fundamentally different. I wish I could turn off alerts for virtual riding video!
Indievelo have virtual shifting and work perfectly for free! There's no need to expend money on hardware or that "zwift bikes". You can change gears just touching one key. So, any wallmart bike will may be use for training in virtual training!
@@MichelleMahony_Irl I ride both road and MTB. you can still get stuck in the middle of nowhere with a road bike.
179 quid too much
When you reach lvl 100 nothing more you can do. For recent increased price.