Zwift Update Version 1.86 (142533) Released

March 18, 2025

LAST UPDATED March 18, 2025

Zwift version 1.86 begins its phased rollout today. This is a major release – Zwift’s largest so far this year – delivering major changes to the Drop Shop and Garage including new bikes, frame/wheel performance modifications, and the much-anticipated Bike Upgrades system. Read on for details…

Bike Upgrades

Zwift’s release notes say, “the Zwift Garage now features a Bike Upgrade system that lets Zwifters upgrade any bike and hand cycle to five (5) upgrade stages for increased performance.”

It’s the long-awaited “Garage Upgrades” functionality announced back in September 2024, and it adds lots of new carrots for Zwifters to chase. It also gives us a reason to spend Drops and think strategically about which bikes to upgrade and when!

This is a big update, so we’ve put together a detailed post all about it.

Read “All About Zwift’s New ‘Bike Upgrades’ Functionality” >

Performance Changes

To support the Bike Upgrades system and increase in-game realism, this week’s update includes performance tweaks to nearly all bikes and wheelsets in game. Again, there’s way too much detail to share here, but the good news is we published a post last week detailing the new performance characteristics of all the road frames and wheels:

Read “Learn About Upcoming Frame and Wheelset Performance Changes on Zwift” >

There’s much more to talk about in this space, including performance changes to the Tron (Concept Z1) bike as well as TT, MTB, and Gravel frames. Watch Zwift Insider for more info soon.

7 New Bikes

Everyone loves new bike day! Four new “production” road bikes have been added to the Drop Shop: the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 (Level 40+), Specialized Tarmac SL8 (Level 35+), Cannondale CAAD13 (Level 14+), and Cannondale Super Six EVO LAB71 (Level 40+):

~~We are now running speed tests on these bikes. They are fast. We will publish results as soon as possible.~~ Speed test results for these bikes can be found in this post.

Additionally, three new “Halo Bikes” are now “available” in the Drop Shop: the Specialized Project 74, Pinarello Espada, and Cannondale R4000 Roller Blade:

We say “available” for the Halo Bikes because Zwifters will have to put in a lot of work and spend a pile of Drops before they even have the opportunity to unlock a Halo Bike. Read our Bike Upgrades post for more info.

Drop Shop Price Changes

The Pinarello Dogma F 2024 has slightly increased in price, from 1,400,000 to 1,750,000. That is the only frame with a new price. Wheels, on the other hand, have (almost) all increased in price:

Wheelset	Old Price	New Price
Bontrager Aeolus5	67,700	150,000
CADEX 36	223,900	375,000
CADEX 42	119,500	425,000
CADEX 65	216,900	450,000
Campy 35	250,000	350,000
Campy 50	150,000	450,000
DTSwiss 62	400,000	500,000
DTSwiss DISC	655,000	750,000
Enve SES 2.2	174,300	400,000
Enve SES 3.4	200,000	525,000
Enve SES 6.7	150,000	525,000
Enve SES 7.8	278,900	550,000
Enve SES 8.9	250,000	550,000
FFWD RYOT55	136,100	200,000
Giant SLR 0	165,100	450,000
HED Vanquish RC6 Pro	120,000	175,000
Mavic Comete Pro	38,400	200,000
Mavic Cosmic CXR60c	39,800	150,000
Mavic Cosmic Ultimate	38,400	525,000
Novatec R4	37,900	150,000
Roval Alpinist CLX	634,300	550,000
Roval CLX64	150,000	525,000
Roval Rapide CLX	200,000	500,000
Shimano C40	85,300	300,000
Shimano C50	165,000	250,000
Shimano C60	187,000	325,000
Zipp 202	135,200	350,000
Zipp 353 NSW	168,800	600,000
Zipp 404	115,600	425,000
Zipp 454	204,300	600,000
Zipp 808	200,000	425,000
Zipp 808/Super9	450,000	650,000
Zipp 858	300,000	600,000
Zipp 858/Super9	550,000	750,000
Zwift 32mm Carbon	32,000	100,000

Additionally, four wheelsets have had their unlock levels changed:

HED Vanquish RC6 Pro: 17 to 10
Shimano C60: 10 to 17
FFWD RYOT55: 18 to 6
Mavic Cosmic Ultimate: 6 to 18

New Routes

Three new routes (and route badges) arrived in this update. Two are now available to free ride, while the third (Hilltop Hustle) is event-only at this time.

La Guardia After Party (New York)
- 20.8km, 326m
Neon After Party (Makuri Islands)
- 17.3km, 88m
Hilltop Hustle (Watopia)
- 16.3km, 346m

Retired Bikes

This wasn’t mentioned in the release notes, but Zwift has “retired” many older bike models in today’s release by removing them from the Drop Shop. (This is the first mass bike retirement in Zwift’s history.)

Here’s the full list of bikes retired in this release:

Specialized
- 2015 Shiv
- 2019 Tarmac Pro
- 2015 Tarmac
- 2015 Roubaix
- 2015 Amira
- 2016 S-Works Amira
- 2019 Ruby
- 2015 S-Works Ruby
- Specialized Allez 2015

Cannondale
- CAAD12
Pinarello
- 2019 Dogma F10
- 2015 Dogma 65.1
Canyon
- 2015 Ultimate
- 2015 Speedmax
Cervelo
- 2015 S3D
- 2015 S5
Scott
- Scott Foil 2015

If you already own one of these bikes, it will remain in your garage. But you won’t be able to purchase these bikes once you’ve installed version 1.86.

Release Notes

Zwift provided notes on additional tweaks and bug fixes in this update:

Improved the reliability of The Zwift Big Spin reward spinner.
Improved the navigation and appearance of the tabs shown on top of the Home screen.
Fixed an issue that caused Running progress to incorrectly count towards the Factory Tour challenge.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Shift Style and Gear Range settings to appear for trainers that do not support virtual shifting.
Windows: For Windows devices that are compatible with Video Screenshots, Video Screenshots is now disabled by default for devices that have less than 8 GB of RAM or fewer than 4 CPU cores. Video Screenshots can be re-enabled at any time for these devices under Settings → Video Screenshots.
iOS: Fixed an issue that could cause Bluetooth devices to not automatically reconnect if Zwift was open for an extended period of time.
Android: Fixed an issue that could prevent Bluetooth devices from automatically reconnecting after a disconnection.