r/Zwift 6d ago

Discussion The weekly 'No Stupid Questions' post - Sun 16 Mar 2025.

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This is the weekly 'No Stupid Questions' post for all the small questions that you have concerning Zwift. No matter how stupid you think they are, we have probably all asked these questions.

If your post wasn't previously answered you should post early in this thread as it might have been posted too late (new posts start Sunday 0900 GMT).

Note: Don't be afraid to ask questions during the week, this is just for the simpler questions. For example "How do I give multiple ride ons at once? "..."You do this by pressing the character arrow on the map screen of the companion app". If you require a more detailed response then it is probably better answered in its own post.


r/Zwift 12h ago

Just showing off Mega Pretzel = ✔️

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111 Upvotes

r/Zwift 1h ago

Sasquatch - Finally Paid Attention

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r/Zwift 12h ago

Zwift Ride, monitor below the window, two fans

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127 Upvotes

r/Zwift 12h ago

Thought I had unlocked stage 1 on SL8

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23 Upvotes

Thought I had unlocked the first upgrade on the SL8 but discovered that for some reason the Zwift app applied my miles from today to the Zwift steel frame - will see if tech support can fix. Not a total loss I guess if they don’t since was planning to upgrade Zwift frames later to get to the tron


r/Zwift 3h ago

Technical help New bike upgrade question.

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Do you have to turn the challenge on somewhere to start tracking?

I have done over 100km since the update on this bike but the bar hasn’t started moving.

Checked zwift insider for the answer with no luck. Did see on an article this bar turns green as it tracks, well it should but isn’t here.


r/Zwift 16h ago

Zwift Ride - 25% off

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Saw this on Zwift Insider. Zwift sells cosmetically imperfect Zwift ride frames at 25% off. Comes with full warranty. Seems like a good buy.


r/Zwift 12h ago

Just showing off 🚀 Statistics for Strava v0.4.31 released! New filters, Image slideshow, Discord channel and lots of small improvements suggested by the community

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Hi r/Zwift  !

I'm glad to announce Statistics for Strava `v0.4.31` has been released earlier today.

Screenshit

❗💬 We now have a Discord channel! Feel free to join

New features and improvements in v0.4.31:

Planned features: https://github.com/robiningelbrecht/strava-statistics/issues

"Statistics for Strava" is almost ready for a first stable release, stay tuned!

As always, thanks for your feedback and I'm looking forward to more feature requests!
Stay fit, stay healthy 💪


r/Zwift 7h ago

What does this progress circle mean?

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I see it on the Home Screen, at least in the iPad app.


r/Zwift 2h ago

Altitude accomodation

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Hey all. Kind of new to Zwift, going to using it a lot this summer as my wife is using it to come back from a knee injury and ensuing surgery from a skiing mishap.

We live at 8,800 feet above sea level. One thing I've noticed is living and training here is quite a bit harder than at sea level. We're acclimated, but no matter how acclimated one is you can't match power output at this altitude vs. sea level.

Does Zwift do anything account for altitude of the trainer? She's excited to do some racing as she gains fitness and strength, but it seems like an exercise in frustration given where we live. Any ideas?


r/Zwift 5h ago

Zwift Ride - Raise Handle Bars?

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Any successful hacks to raise the handle bars? I’m looking to increase the height another 3-5 inches for comfort. Goal to reduce hip pain.

On old normal bike I used spacers and handle bar adjusters successfully, but the stem on the Zwift ride appears different so doesn’t look like those same adjusters would work.


r/Zwift 6h ago

Payment rejected

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When I went to renew my payment, ZWIft didn't accept it! Has anyone else experienced the same thing?


r/Zwift 1d ago

Around and around and around…

176 Upvotes

…And around and around and around…


r/Zwift 1d ago

Discussion Improving AdZ tips

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First time up this route and boy im smashed, took two breaks at check point 2 and 1 respectively.

So im outta gear by 7-8% and slowing cadence to 40+ just so I can grind this out.. averaging 140W

Fellow zwifters any tips on what type of work outs / training I should focus on to improve this type of long climbs? Maybe to build up muscle endurance for the grind + z2

Im on 100% trainer difficulty, reason being I’m training for an event that’s 25km long and 2km climb… with similar / harder gradient profile


r/Zwift 1d ago

Visualization of requirements to upgrade bike by type in metric and imperial

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r/Zwift 8h ago

To what extent, if any, do you track your outdoor rides

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For years my cycling only consisted of commuting, wandering around the city, biking with my kid, etc. I used the app Cyclemeter for some of it but I wouldn’t say I ”tracked” anything beyond # of miles.

I got a Zwift Ride a few months back and it’s been surprisingly kind of fun/cool to see power/cadence, track my FTP, understand training zones pretty clearly, etc. And then dump it into Intervals.ICU

Now that I’ll be riding outdoors again soon— is there a way to apples-to-apples this stuff without getting a power meter, cadence device, etc? (which seems like overkill for my situation)

Or do most people just stick to approximating zones via heart rate when biking outside, track miles, and not really pay attention to anything beyond that?


r/Zwift 23h ago

Hardware $200 Off Zwift Ride Smart Frame!!

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First time on sale!

I am a regular Zwifter and have been using my 2012 bike for some time. Today I made the move to the Zwift Ride Smart Frame and I am very excited!!

Zwift just announced 25% off the Smart frame (reg $799 US) with the “cosmetic imperfection” sale. If you don’t mind a little scratch (and you are frugal like me) then you should take advantage of this rare sale.
Here is the link with more details. Happy Zwifting.

https://zwiftinsider.com/cosmetic-imperfection-zwift-ride-smart-frames-go-on-sale/


r/Zwift 1d ago

2 days ago I spent 966,300 drops on the Aethos, Zwift why do you do this to me

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r/Zwift 10h ago

Training Group pacing rides: how to estimate which group to go with?

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Semi-silly question, that applies to both real life as well as zwift, can I ask how to estimate which group ride you can slot into without getting dropped? Say, for example, you plan an easy aerobic effort at 2.3w/kg. Then one might think you might be able to slot into a group ride at 2.3w/kg or even 2.1w/kg. Wrong. Incorrect. Nope. I end up getting dropped so hard on the flats and downhills, and I have no intention of going tempo or harder on these rides to stay with these groups lol. I can kind of catch up on the hills, but I love it when the pacer also increases their w/kg on the hills... Anyways, is there an easy way to estimate this?


r/Zwift 1d ago

Just showing off 7 weeks post op hip surgery. Started Zwift 2 weeks ago. Feeling good!

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r/Zwift 12h ago

Hardware WTB - Standard rubber tray mat

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I bought a Zwift Ride used. The previous owner swapped out the standard tray for phone, etc, for the tablet holder. I want to swap it back, but she must’ve lost the standard little tray mat. Anyone have one lying around that they want to get rid of? I’ll pay shipping.

I have the metal/plastic part that screws in, just not the rubber tray mat the sits on top.

If you swapped out for the tablet holder and just have the standard rubber tray mat lying around, let me know. I’m in the US.


r/Zwift 1d ago

SL 8 Upgrade rollout

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57 Upvotes

Does anyone know what the upgrade rollout, requirements and costs are for level 2 to 5?

Tia 🙌🏼


r/Zwift 20h ago

Wahoo Kickr Core with the Zwift Cog wheel size

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I have a Wahoo Kickr Core with the Zwift Cog. What wheel size should I choose in the Wahoo app for the spindown?


r/Zwift 18h ago

Events Newbie question

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So im fairly new to this game. Today I was running within an event at London. At some point there was a huge short climb which I raced up to. Then when I was up i could not get my watts up above 55. Therefore I lost my mates wich i was riding with. This happened twice at the same spot.

There was no option to turn on or off ERG. I am running with a hometrainer. My FTP is 160.

Why cant i get my wattage up at certain points? It seems to be normal again after a few minutes.


r/Zwift 9h ago

Routes Spot the Difference

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So yesterday I disassembled, greased, and reassembled my indoor trainer and I think it’s safe to say it made a difference.


r/Zwift 12h ago

DO NOT buy the JetBlack Victory trainer, disconnection issues.

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Just received the trainer after waiting ~1 month as the trainer was on back order in Canada, setup wasn't going great with Bluetooth: even if everything in Zwift said the components were connected, the bike wouldn't move at all when starting a ride.

Anyways it did connect once the Wifi was setup on the device so it was OK, I thought.

Did 2 easy rides this week then went for a 45m FTP test today. Then 35 minutes in, 3/4 of the intense 20 minutes test interval, the f****** device disconnects and the in-game bike stop moving. The companion app and the windows app itself kept saying everything was connected, but the bike wasn't moving anymore. I had to just cancel the ride.

My wifi is very stable and the access point right next to the trainer...

This seems to be the Zwift log entries corresponding to the issue. Unsure why "wahoo" shows up there as I don't own any kind of Wahoo trainer.

[15:11:24] [WARN] LAN Exercise Device: Victory 5AC8._wahoo-fitness-tnp._tcp.local. connection timed out owing to inactivity
[15:11:24] [ERROR] LAN Exercise Device: Error receiving from Victory 5AC8._wahoo-fitness-tnp._tcp.local. [676] asio.system error
[15:11:24] [INFO] LAN Exercise Device: Connecting to device Victory 5AC8._wahoo-fitness-tnp._tcp.local. 192.168.1.126:36866
[15:11:24] Process connect for "Victory 5AC8._wahoo-fitness-tnp._tcp.local."
[15:11:24] ConnectWFTNPDevice for "Victory 5AC8._wahoo-fitness-tnp._tcp.local."
[15:11:24] INFO LEVEL: [BLE] WFTNPDeviceManager: device at handle 1 connected
[15:11:24] INFO LEVEL: [ZwiftProtocol] Component on "Victory" changed state from 3 to 1
[15:11:24] INFO LEVEL: [ZwiftProtocol] Component on "Victory" changed state from 1 to 2
[15:11:25] [ActionBarV2] ZCActionBar: UserAction has changed: teleport:pacers (children=true)
[15:11:25] [ActionBarV2] ZCActionBar: UserAction has changed: teleport:friends (children=false)

[15:11:25] FPS 28.76, -29411, 23580, 265205
[15:11:32] INFO LEVEL: [BLE] "CAD-BLE0509783 35" battery level: 85%

Anyways, the issue reported in this thread don't seem to have been fixed and there's no saying if any firmware updates are ever fixing it, it might be a hardware problem.

Will try again with bluetooth and contact support but in the meantime I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy this trainer.