8 Things I Wish I Knew About Zwift

Zwift is becoming ever popular as indoor training and racing continues to become more attractive to cyclists. But do you know everything you need to about Zwift? Are there any secret hacks that might improve your experience? We're here to tell you 8 things we wish we'd know sooner about Zwift!

Check out the GCN App:

#Cycling #GCN #RoadBike

Did you find these tips useful? Let us know if you have any more in the comments 👇

If you enjoyed this video, make sure to give it a thumbs up and share it with your friends. 👍

Watch more on GCN...

Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound:
ES_Best Bad Thing (Instrumental Version) - waykap
ES_Como Que No Fue (Instrumental Version) - Lu-Ni
ES_Pushing Away (Instrumental Version) - Mindme
ES_Spero - Lupus Nocte
ES_The Streets (Instrumental Version) - Roof

The Global Cycling Network (GCN) is the largest and fastest-growing online cycling channel in the world, bringing together a global community of road cyclists to celebrate everything that’s great about the world of cycling.

Our videos bring fans compelling daily content including expert tutorials, techniques, training, racing, cutting-edge bike tech, unparalleled behind the scenes event coverage, humour, entertainment, and more.

Presented by ex-pro riders, GCN offers a uniquely qualified insight into the world of cycling, and most importantly it’s fuelled by our passionate and enthusiastic fans – everyone who makes up the GCN community. We also bring you the latest and greatest tech to your attention, showcase the best places in the world to ride and get exclusive access to events and races.

Welcome to the Global Cycling Network | Inside #cycling

Thanks to our sponsors:

Leave us a comment below!

[gcn]

What's your favourite Zwift feature? Let us know 👇

[sebh]

Probably the smoothest "I sit myself on a bike while talking to the camera" right at the start ... kudos!

[BryanBalak]

The coolest feature I recently figured out was that if you are in map mode in the companion app, if you double tap the arrow icon, it will give kudos to the riders around you in a certain radius.

[davebannister]

I quite like using the "clean view" option to clear the clutter off the screen & then just use ZCA as a head unit as I would when riding outdoors. It reduces some of the artificial feel of Zwift especially if using a large screen close to the bike. It also seems more respectful to the graphics designer who spent hundreds of hours building the worlds which whilst not as realistic as other platforms are more flexible (e.g. u-turns & detours) & so more fun due to their efforts.

[NavigationTraining]

I think I rode past you, Manon, when you were filming. I was wondering why you were sitting on the side of road in Watopia haha.

[mathewrose]

My favorite hack is to pick longer routes that have the particular segments I want in order, even if I'm not going to ride the whole thing. I've found that the first half of Four Horsemen gives a 2, 7 and 21 minute climb in order in the first hour. Likewise, Uberpretzel packs a lot of early climbing in during the first hour followed by plenty of flat if you want to have an hour of climbing followed by an hour of zone 2. Pick the route that suits and stop when you've completed the parts you want.

[tristonsmy]

25km remaining? Manon, do GCN not give you a Zwift subscription for the videos you make for them?

[chadkimmel]

Not gonna lie, I’m only watching this video because of Manon.

[letsride]

I wish there was a way to tag fellow zwifter during the ride. Like if you were doing the Watopia volcano circuit and wanted to try and lap your friend. Would be great to tag them to be able to know where this tagged rider is on the map so you can give the right chase effort.

[Anurania]

We need some augmented reality apps for real world cycling, so you can ride your bike and see interesting things overlayed on your AR glasses. Game features like power ups and pokemon, or useful data like a GPS map and progress, Strava competitor tracks to race against, dangers like potholes that the community has marked on a map.

[paulm]

I wonder if they have a world that is only rideable for half the year at best, has a lots of potholes, angry hillbillies in pickup trucks, and shit all for cafe stops.

[NexusKhan]

Just a slight correction on Meetup, you could only invite users that are following you and not users that you are following...

[vernaburgess]

I think you can arrange a meet up in any world regardless of the schedule and you remain in it even if you leave the meet up. I learnt this on a Shane Miller 5min hack some weeks back.

[krazidy]

Manon take over at its finest 😂 I feel like every episode Manon is there.

[xtrailz]

A few days ago I was caught out by a rain shower, got drenched, then skidded and fell off my bike coming down a hill. I bet you can't do that on Zwift!

[dtrjones]

Thank you Manon, very informative. I'm one of those ones stuck on free riding with the same equipment, I really need to try more event types and customise accordingly!

[reinholdachleitner]

Great Swift info video, Manon is so nonchalant it's great to see.Safe riding GCN crew.

[kluptual]

i watch GCN on youtube and Instagram just for see manon

[ianfurqueron]

Can you schedule to repost this video again in the (Northern) Fall ...maybe around October? That is probably when I'll touch Zwift again.

[jasonhanson]

Love your hot-hatch. Props to driving a stick also!