Last couple of rides I have done felt the same way. Going on a descent felt way harder to push than going uphill.

It is very obvious, when going up 8%+ have little to no resistance and same grade down is wtf. Taken to only riding fugit as its flat and the reverse resistance driving me nuts. If it keeps up i will just cancel zwifting as the joy will be gone.

I think Zwift probably hit an all time high for number of users this weekend and I am sure they are scrambling to manage the load and that might be causing a few issues. With that said both my wife and I put in about 4 hours each this weekend on Zwift and didn't have any issues (other than very crowded roads.) Maybe give Zwift a few days to sort things out before just pulling the plug.... I am guessing all the online biking platforms have challenges right now with the increased loads.

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True, but i am not using during peak periods.

Also last 4 days, if i get to top of leader board, all the other board times disappear, and i keep jersey until hour expired then no one listed onboard.

I haven't noticed this specifically, but when I tried to do a WO in Erg mode yesterday the wattage seemed WAY off. My warm up is a 10 min ramp up from 100W to 200W. By the end of it I was dying. I tried restarting Zwift, unplugging and restarting the trainer (Tacx Neo)... no luck. When not in Zwift and just monitoring using the Tacx utility, wattage seemed fine.

Roll with it - I’d start lapping Alpe Du Zwift and pick up your Tron bike before they fix it 👍🏼

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(opening lines from Tim Krabbe's The Rider , 1978

This was my first thought.

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With the entire world riding indoors right now I am not sure there is a "not peak time"

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started zwifting in nov of last year, so already have the tron bike, plus i don't care for the easy spin feeling going uphill. one ould always set their resistance level to zero if that was a goal.

it makes group rides very undesirable and I was starting to do a few more of those. it's not second nature to remember to shift the wrong way going uphill and downhill

sounds like a bug. recalibrate your trainer and ensure firmware is up to date (just in case), but if that doesn't fix it report it to support@zwift.com. Be sure to tell them what trainer you're using. Shouldn't have anything to do with when you're riding.

(Worked for Zwift for a 3 years).

have done all that and called and left number

uninstall and reinstall Zwift?

Must be some bugs flying around in Zwift. Last evening while riding I noticed the riders in front of me on the riders board were riders approaching me from the opposite direction and not riders ahead of me going the same direction.

Serious question/no pink.......This isn't an April fools prank on us, is it?

No. You have to take your bike off the trainer and attach it to your front fork instead. Then you'll spin with very low resistance on the downhills as intended.

Today for some reason I was on a road bike instead of a tri-bike and I did't change anything. Very annoying. Hoping it was just an "April fools" but definitely not what I pay for.

Yes. April fools. Happens every year. Just a bit of fun...enjoy the retro 80’s vibe.

Thanks, I'll try that when i get home.

I have a friend that had that problem with a kicker snap. It turned out to be a firmware problem.

Zwift has been struggling the last few days......I don't think it can handle all the traffic

I sent in my log file to support. Everything is updated and reinstalled, still no love.

Rode outside yesterday......uphills were uphill as expected

bummer. sorry to hear that

at least the weather has been nice the past few days.

To reach some of the better routes, I probably need to use the trails, but those have been a total zoo and a half...

and here we are over 3 weeks later and issue persists. I have gotten used to it, ie I just don't have to shift unless I want a harder gear to go uphill with. I thinks its probably the equivalent of having settings set to 0% difficulty, but it isn't set there Zwift has not gotten back to me since I sent files in 3 weeks back.

alas it is still crappy weather here for me, so I continue to use it