Zwift price increase
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ok 3 courses, using the same 'roads' in different combinationscougie wrote:It's not three routes it's three maps with many different routes available on each.All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
bianchimoon wrote:
ok 3 courses, using the same 'roads' in different combinationscougie wrote:It's not three routes it's three maps with many different routes available on each.
you can ride Watopia and ride several different routes without doing same roads different ways.0 -
https://zwiftblog.com/route-details/
I counted 13 routes on Watopia and thats before we get to the other maps.
Richmond is my least favourite and I think thats reflected in the app as that appears pretty rarely.0 -
markhewitt1978 wrote:Richj wrote:shiznit76 wrote:Can you pay monthly so can cancel during summer when not using it?
I pay monthly and can cancel at anytime (well I believe I can). Just checked and my price is locked in at £8.
For me its worth it, I follow the plans/workouts and build my own and am finding it works really well. Its the only platform I have used where I have managed to turbo for 2hrs so feel it does something right.
I don't get the racing or group rides stuff.....but that's because I just get dropped
heh same here. I've not managed to find a group ride yet where I'm not riding on the limit for 5-10 mins then get dropped, same every time. Nothing like Zwift to make you realise that you're slow!
Surely my powermeter must be under reading. My legs say Im cycling hard, Zwift says Im shite.
I agree that most of Richmond seems a long straight slog."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Zwift has 13 routes o watopia alone and you can make extra turns on those anyway so yes you're wrong.
There's a seven day free trial anyway so you can look for yourself.0 -
cougie wrote:Zwift has 13 routes o watopia alone and you can make extra turns on those anyway so yes you're wrong.
There's a seven day free trial anyway so you can look for yourself.
Yes there's around a hundred virtual kilometres of roads on Watopia alone including flat stuff, punchy climbs, longer climbs (not Alpine long) and rolling terrain. London and Richmond are more specialised courses that some people find boring - I'm not a Richmond fan.
Plus there's an entirely new map being released early next year!
Grab the free trial and dive in. Make your own mind up. It's not for everyone, but I find the interactive side of racing, group rides, workouts and generally free riding much more immersive than other programs out there.0 -
ben@31 wrote:Daniel B wrote:..... like some courses not being available on certain days, and people saying to change course they need to completely exit the app, and then log back in again?
Your correct that they have different courses on different days. Heres the schedule
https://zwiftblog.com/schedule/
However, after you've done it once, the hack to ride whatever course you want is quite an easy thing to do before you open Zwift. Ive no idea why you would change course halfway through a ride?
https://zwiftblog.com/world-tag/comment-page-1/
There's two things. The 'world' which is on a calendar rotation and officially can't be changed - although lots of people use the world tag.
Second there is the course which is the pre-selected route around the virtual word you choose when you log in. This does require you to log out and log in again to change - however - it's perfectly possible to choose your own route in the game using the arrow keys on the keyboard or the mobile link app - some people seem unable to do this for some reason, I do wonder how they manage road junctions in real life.0 -
The new "Surrey hills" route goes live this week.0
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Dannbodge wrote:The new "Surrey hills" route goes live this week.
It looks quite dull
I was tempted to hack the world and ride it yesterday .... but decided that in a couple of months I will be bored of London again, so why bring that boredom forward by 2 days .... by waiting till Tuesday I have got 2 more days before my will to live ends 0 -
fat daddy wrote:Dannbodge wrote:The new "Surrey hills" route goes live this week.
It looks quite dull
I was tempted to hack the world and ride it yesterday .... but decided that in a couple of months I will be bored of London again, so why bring that boredom forward by 2 days .... by waiting till Tuesday I have got 2 more days before my will to live ends
What makes an "interesting" course on Zwift?0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:What makes an "interesting" course on Zwift?
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(1) more varied scenery ie Watopia mountain, coming out of the snow shelter on the road, sharp ramps and drops a precipice a bridge. compared to Box/Leith with is mostly, simple grey road with plain greens of field and tree, not much in the way of "features"
(2) more varied terrain ie Watopia, the Esses, continual and dramatic changes in direction and elevation compared to London with few bends and a constant to easy changing elevation
Personally indoor training will always be a bore compared to going outside, there just isn't the same level of stimulation sat indoors watching a TV .... so to make it interesting the Image on that TV needs to be far more extreme than real life in order to make up for the other lack of sensory information. Zwift needs to be more unreal to make it better .. hence people preferring Watopia than Richmond and London
All personal of course ... you might like it
EDIT: .... oh and a terrain that encourages interaction with other riders ..... for some reason I can ride in London and not get into any spur of the moment races or comradery .... but 99% of the time riding Watopia I always end up working with or against another rider despite any attempts of that day0 -
London's always freaks me out with blokes in business attire and wearing shorts. Is that a thing down there now ?0
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cougie wrote:London's always freaks me out with blokes in business attire and wearing shorts. Is that a thing down there now ?
That's more a Hamilton thing.
London is realistic in the way people barge through gaps that aren't there and make turns right in front of you without indicating.0 -
fat daddy wrote:Dannbodge wrote:The new "Surrey hills" route goes live this week.
It looks quite dull
I was tempted to hack the world and ride it yesterday .... but decided that in a couple of months I will be bored of London again, so why bring that boredom forward by 2 days .... by waiting till Tuesday I have got 2 more days before my will to live ends
You need to race more and then you wouldn't worry about the scenery! :shock:0 -
We've barely got decent enough winter weather in my part of the US that I can't justify Zwift unless I was a serious Cat 2 or faster racer boy.
Given I'm just Cat 5 or 4 pack-fodder, not for me.
They need to pair up with Epic Gaming from the US on their scenery and networking. Or Epic Gaming could just buy them out and get it done right with plenty of variety. Then you could integrate Navy Seal or James Bond style missions into your virtual cycling workout!
Bing!0 -
Another £5pcm increase announced earlier this week (May '24), trying not to turbo now spring has sprung, but will definitely be considering other options come autumn.
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Just put it into an inflation calculator - it's about £1 up on what it would be if it had kept pace with inflation since the last increase.
I'll can it over summer because it's good for the soul to be forced out and about but will be back for more come September/October.
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Never has £5 or $5 dollars caused such tight @rsed angst amongst cyclists.
No increase since 2017.
A little more than the cost of a coffee, less than a pint of beer, 10% of the cost of a half decent tyre.
If you really are that hard up that the increase makes a difference, then perhaps reconsider the sport, or at least your equipment.
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I think they were nuts putting the price up in May. If they put prices up in October at the same time as announcing new worlds/features it would have got a very different reaction.
Would agree about the general cost in the scheme of things though.
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You live in Dorset. Why do you even need Zwift?
As a resident of Cornwall, my issue is paying £200 and using £40 of it. It's not like I can't afford it, it's just that I haven't lost the objection to wasting money just because I have more than none.
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I cancelled my subscription well before the price hike… I don’t think I will rejoin in the autumn at the new price… plenty of better value alternatives
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Ditto. I object to 38% price increases, no matter how they dress it up. Now a Fulgaz user.
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FYI - To anyone looking to save money and considering Fulgaz, it doesn't appear to be widely known that you get 2 users for the price of 1 if an annual subscription is taken out. It's called family membership but a friend can be added too. That's £3.80/month each.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.2 -
Anyone tried My Whoosh yet?
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Yawn.
Look at the period since the price was last increased.
Presumably you have also stopped buying food since it has gone up by a similar amount over the same period, or numerous other things we all spend money on.
Enjoy the tumbleweed.
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What's wrong with tumbleweed? 😉
I prefer riding solo outdoors too.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
So do I, but my brief experience of RGT was that there weren't even enough Bots and that cycling indoors uniquely changes ones experience of time.
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I cancelled mine but ended up rejoining as I couldn't get the Saudi backed one whatever it's called to work and it seemed to rain every time I wanted to ride outside.
I do still think it's expensive for what is basically a video game but right now I do find I'm using it a quite a lot. It helped that I got demoted to C (age, lack of miles and started using it for zone 2) so I find I can actually have fun in a race rather than it being however many minutes max effort just to finish in the bunch which is what B had become after stopping proper "training" a couple of years ago.
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Did you try the lite version of MyWhoosh, called MyWhoosh Go, I think?
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Not sure what version, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times over a few days
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