I tried swift in the past and never got hooked and tried it again today.
I just don’t get it? Atlas with trainer road I have a plan/goal power etc…
am I missing something? not doing right?
I really want to like it and be entertained but beside giving people thumbs up I don’t know how else you interact
They have training plans as well. Also races and group rides. I love getting on group rides that are at my limit with the drafting I try not to get dropped like in real life. I just hold on for as long as I can. You can also use it for running as well. Haven’t done any group runs but have done some solo. Something to look at on the treadmill .
Everyone is different but for me, I like Zwift (level 24). In fact, I checked my Strava a month ago and found that I had only ridden 400 miles outside in 34 months while I rode over 3000 miles on the trainer. Until recently that was a dumb trainer. That might not be much mileage for some of you but I haven’t been training for anything in particular. I have to admit that my bike handling has suffered.
not in love with zwift either… been on/off since beta. Passes the time in winter is about all I use it for.
try the races, they are a lot of fun and incredible workouts.
try the races, they are a lot of fun and incredible workouts.
They were fun until the ones I liked doing stopped A,B,C,D groupings… I can’t keep up with A’s B’s
Do you have a smart trainer? if not, Zwift is much more fun with a smart trainer.
Try different courses and challenges. I love the mountain route on Watopia. Challenging and also beautiful and makes 1hr go by quickly.
Find some riders to chase just like in real life.
Try their group rides. They are good and will make time fly by
If you really want to challenge yourself, give their races a try.
I also find having a bigger screen much better for the entertainment value than using an iPad or phone. They put tons of work on little details and graphics and you will enjoy it much more on a big screen.
Give their structured workout a try. They have a lot of workouts and you can create your own and even export works from TrainingPeaks to Zwift.
Do you have a smart trainer? if not, Zwift is much more fun with a smart trainer.
Try different courses and challenges. I love the mountain route on Watopia. Challenging and also beautiful and makes 1hr go by quickly.
Find some riders to chase just like in real life.
Try their group rides. They are good and will make time fly by
If you really want to challenge yourself, give their races a try.
I also find having a bigger screen much better for the entertainment value than using an iPad or phone. They put tons of work on little details and graphics and you will enjoy it much more on a big screen.
Give their structured workout a try. They have a lot of workouts and you can create your own and even export works from TrainingPeaks to Zwift.
This. I would bet those who don’t like Zwift are not using a smart trainer. Try the Pretzel route on a smart trainer. I have yet to do a group ride or a race but hammering for the KOM’s on the bigger climbs sure is a fun workout.
Smart trainer + Zwift (fast) group ride or race = lots of fun
Close 5k km on Zwift this year, maybe 500 or so outdoors and most of that would be tt’s or races.
Here are the group rides I try and hit up:
Most fun would be the Back to Work Ride on Monday night’s, sometimes 80+ people will start and by the end maybe 10 of us hammering it out! I try and do two group rides back to back with one being a long warm up.
(Times in EST)
Monday:
3:55pm - SAS Surise 45 min
8pm - Back to Work Ride 38km
Wednesday:
7pm - CIS Training Ride 1 hour
8pm - Ride North America 1 hour
How do you find out the race schedule? I would love to find out when I can mix it up in a bike race this winter.
Few people here are saying those that don’t like zwift probably don’t have smart trainers…
I have a kickr, and a fairly large TV directly in front of my bike. I didn’t care for zwift. This is just because if I’m going to distract myself I’d rather watch netflix or something else. Watching virtual me go around zwift island, richmond, london, etc is all fine and dandy, but it’s not super entertaining to me and doesn’t replace outside riding. Moreover I never felt zwift was realistic, particularly on downhills where I would spin out on even the slightest downhill. To get around this I either have to turn off erg mode, or suffer through putting out no more than 100 watts on a downhill. Either way the “magic” of riding zwift has been lost. I get a lot of people like it for the visuals. That’s cool, just not for me.
How do you find out the race schedule? I would love to find out when I can mix it up in a bike race this winter.
been a while but there’s a facebook group called zwift riders, and another i think called zwift racers. Request to join those. And just read their descriptions and any help documents they have stickied. It’s been a long time since i was on either of those sites but they should have some resources for new riders/racers and if there’s not you can of course always ask for help.
I have a kickr, and a fairly large TV directly in front of my bike. I didn’t care for zwift.
Same for me when I was riding. I tried Zwift and it just wasn’t for me. My preference was TrainerRoad and a podcast with headphones. Allowed me to zone out and get the workout done.
How do you find out the race schedule? I would love to find out when I can mix it up in a bike race this winter.
Awesome thanks for this. I don’t have facebook so I had heard about races in the past but had no way to actually find them.
Probably a smart trainer.
I have a kickr, and a fairly large TV directly in front of my bike. I didn’t care for zwift.
Same for me when I was riding. I tried Zwift and it just wasn’t for me. My preference was TrainerRoad and a podcast with headphones. Allowed me to zone out and get the workout done.
I understand how you feel. I first tried Zwift when it was still in beta at a friends house one night and couldn’t understand why people were enjoying it so much.
A year later I gave it another shot once I got a smart trainer. I logged in and immediately a big group ride passed me, which I then chased and joined up with. Was lots of fun.
I probably enjoy it so much because i’m really competitive. I have to put a movie on when I’m doing an easy ride to stop myself from chasing other riders and end up forgetting I was suppose to be doing an ‘easy ride’.
I prefer to stare at the workout in TR and watch TV over Zwift
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I tried swift in the past and never got hooked and tried it again today.
I just don’t get it? Atlas with trainer road I have a plan/goal power etc…
am I missing something? not doing right?
I really want to like it and be entertained but beside giving people thumbs up I don’t know how else you interactIt’s absolutely a “your mileage may vary” thing. TrainerRoad is probably a more effective pure training tool, but I am an ADHD video game nerd and enjoy the social aspect (have friends who use it). I used to watch cycling while riding, but feel like Zwift is at least a stimulus that is related to my actual workout.
am I missing something? not doing right?
I really want to like it and be entertained but beside giving people thumbs up I don’t know how else you interact
I saw this post the other day… and someone asked the exact same thing to me in person yesterday. So here’s my reply, in video.
What is Zwift? What is it all about? (in less than 90 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSgVJNo3o1k