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00:00 What you might not know about Zwift
00:46 Community is at the heart of Zwift!
01:32 Zwift Companion
02:17 Fitness Tests Made Easy
03:54 Ride At 100KPH!
04:58 New Racing Score
05:52 Konami Code!
06:59 Zwift Cog
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09:13 Community
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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!
Any chance we could get a video on how to put my Kawasaki in my smart trainer?
Man up and ride through the winter like Eddie did in the 70's FFS!
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.
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!
At 68, my fitness is not improving.
Contra code 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You forgot to mention the price has kept creeping up and up and up to where it is turning people away
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.
Best hack is watching this video that gives you promo codes to enter that will give you about 30 new jerseys including the GCN one ( GOGCN btw ) not my video but I did it last night and now am sporting a retro trek kit https://youtu.be/7wZen2DP5l8?si=TSdoiT2GtVjC78tn
You forgot to mention that it's too expensive. There are free(!) alternatives that I think are even better in some terms. (MyWhoosh, IndieVelo). But if you're a social rider Zwift is unbeatable.
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.
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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😂
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.
IndieVelo gives you electronic shifting without the need of special hardware like Zwift and its free. I feel that we already pay a monthly subscription for Zwift they should make virtual gearing standard instead of selling us extra hardware.
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.
don't let the spider in your garage put you off, they're you personal fan, celebrating your effort
When I jumped into the virtual cycling "world" last January, I tried Zwift and Rouvy. While Zwift has a better social scene, I quickly tired of the synthetic world and silly game functions. In contrast, Rouvy's real-life routes and riding dynamics are amazing. I love exploring different places around the world. There's always something new to discover, which keeps things interesting. While there aren't as many races and events in Rouvy as there are in Zwift, there are still enough to motivate my competitive spirit. If Rouvy didn't exist, I'd likely be happy with Zwift–but I'm glad that there are options.
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!
missed out ZRL & ladder racing. which are team events. Event comms are normally Discord rather than the in game messaging.
I got Zwift about 6 weeks ago and I'm loving it and I've lost over 10kg with diet and Zwift
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.
Great video!
I wish somebody would demonstrate how Discord is used with Zwift. Being tech-challenged, I’ve managed to be able to use Zwift but not the racing because shy about how to use discord.
I did down a hill the other day. I was actually scared! I mean – in real life!
Tip: In the Comoanion App, you can add Workouts (and maybe Routes) to "My List", which functions like YouTube's Watch Later feature.
Then on Zwift, the workout at the top of "My List" will be displayed in the top left. This way you can jump into the action sooner.
I added the six Zwift Academy Workouts to "My List" and worked through them.
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.
1) Cancel and move over to indieVelo – it’s FREE 🙌🏻
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.
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.
I like a fitness test! Then again I have an unhealthy relationship with discomfort and pain….
15,000 followers, and only following 9 others?
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.
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.
I am thinking about buying a setup for zwift instead of a road bike since winter is coming. This video was perfectly timed!
Another good way to go 100kph is repack rush
To reach 100km speed on zwift. Do downhill from alpe change your weight to 100kg. 😅
Looking forward to zwift season
So annoyed my relatively new Kickr V5 isn't compatible with Zwift Hub/Virtual Shifting.
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I have a campagnolo groupset on my canyon racebike , does the Cog also works with that groepset?
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
The Companion app I find to be extremely useless, most ofnthe time. It fails to connect, and then is just a way to scroll on my phone…