Swift Zwift Tip: Riding Solo in Zwift

Want to escape the rat-race of the big bunches on Zwift? Here's a simple way to have the roads to yourself. Remember to re-enable what you've disabled before the end of your workout so it's saved up to Strava and the like.

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[tvguyau]

Now this is a very interesting and cool tip Shane. Thanks for this.

[jimhansen]

Wow, this is an awesome tip! I do about 80% of my rides solo in workouts (in ERG :p). Sometimes being alone is better - less temptation to chase someone or a attack a sprint. I'll definitely use this one. THANKS SHANE!

[marty]

Thanks Shane. I’ve been zwifting for well over a year now and had no idea I could do this! It appeals to the weirdo loner cyclist in me 😁 (aren’t we all a little bit)

[pauldamian]

Others, including me, have suggested this on Zwift Feature Request page. Should be an option in the program.

[stephend]

You can also schedule a meet-up for yourself and select to hide everyone else - that way you don't drop your connected features.

[michaelglidewell]

Great tip. I had been using the zwifthack preferences and setting my world to a non-calendar world (Richmond most of the time). This would be great just after a group ride when you want to cool down by yourself.

[BIGDO]

Wow... didn’t know this... best tip/hack yet...

[Carecovzki]

Do we still have the powerups and achievements while using airplane mode ON?

[TheRoshan]

they should allow an option to ride solo, annoying that we have to do this

[joespencer]

Does it need to be a wired connection. ..wouldn't it turn off the wifi from my laptop to?

[patrickobrien]

Probably stupid question but do will you still have the VR resistance with the smart trainer?

[vdiesel]

I want to ride with other people, but I don't won't to see the "Close the gap" Message ALL the time. If I do an easy ride in zone 1-2, I don't need to see that message everytime I approached a rider or a rider approach me. I did an 3 hours ride and saw that message 1000 times. Irritating :)

[brnlY]

Hey,
thank you for the tip. Somehow that is just a workaround for another issue I'm having. Whenever I try to do a recovery ride I end up chasing another wheel and therefore do more watts than I originally wanted.
But I would prefer if Zwift would have a limiter setting. For example if I set the limit to 180 Watts and I go over it for more than lets say 5 seconds it enables ERG and drops me down to 180 and then disables ERG again.

That would still give you the smart trainer experience without the boring ERG Mode all the time...

Does Zwift have a public issue tracker to track feature requests?

[pauldamian]

Great stuff! Now, how do I do this when I'm running zwift on a desktop PC with a wired internet connection? No "airplane" mode that I'm aware of. Would it be as simple as opening the Network Sharing and disabling your local area connection? Hmmmm... something to try later.

[vivianferreyra]

Hi; could we do it choosing the free ride option ( only ride)?

[dbalz]

I am having issues performing a spin down in Zwift. I am using Apple TV 4k and a Wahoo Kickr. Everything seems fine until it reaches 1 mile per hour where it just sits at that speed and then times out. Any suggestions? I did the spin down after riding so it was warmed up. Thanks

[toddbz]

What's the deal with Apple TV and not showing other riders post update?

[BenjaminEnemy]

Could this be a helpful thing to do if I am experiencing bad fps during rides? :O

[mjv]

I just tried this tip on my Windows 10 64 bit PC and there was no change. All of the riders remained.

[danielanderson]

Problem is how can u listen to music if your Internet not on