scooter23 wrote:
I just want a progress bar for each course to show how far I have left before I pick up the XPs. I don't like having to open the zwift hub website and approximate where I am compared to the end of the course. This is especially helpful for newbies and first-time course wanderers and those who may not know about the zwift hub website. It is done for events but not for open, free riding.
Yep, this is an obvious one. They have route badges, but no easy way to see what routes you've already completed, or as you say, to see your progress when pursuing one.
As for the lap button topic: It's true that workout mode provides intervals so long as that's how you want to do your laps. But what if you don't always ride to a prescribed time based plan? I know I don't. I don't rely on a coach for my schedule and I see fit to modify my plan based on how I feel and how I'm performing on the day. Sometimes I'll programme a workout, but very often, I'll base my intervals on geographical features, or adjust interval duration, and/or quantity. For example I often do threshold intervals using the EPIC KOM, or VO2max intervals using one of the shorter KOM climbs. The duration is the time it takes to get to the top, then roll down and do it again. The intensity may be based on the time for the segment. I'd like to have an average power for those intervals and have them recorded as an interval by Zwift when it uploads the data, but currently I have to use my Garmin device to see and record interval data.
Zwift separates itself from a bike computer and a power meter, or TrainerRoad by the graphical interface. Without flexibility that allows you base efforts on the terrain and record them, that is squandered. I don't care if most people have a plan from their coach that says to do 2x20min at 100%FTP on 5min of recovery. I want to do X climbs of the Epic KOM in Xmins with easy pedaling descents for recovery. It's what Zwift invites..... but it's not properly realised. That last and surely easiest 5% is missing.