This weekend features a bit of everything. We start off with a popular annual charity ride, follow it up with two popular race series, then finish with two group rides that couldn’t be more different. Enjoy, and Ride On!
🤝 Ride Like King Celebration Rides
✅ Good Cause ✅ Popular ✅ Special Guests ✅ Prizes
The biggest event this weekend is the 17th annual Ride Like King (RLK). The RLK 17: Celebration Rides are open-paced group rides with a women-only option, guest ambassador leaders, and a party atmosphere with product giveaways as we rack up miles toward a big donation of Buffalo bikes!
Read all about the Ride Like King series >
Saturday’s rides are on Danger Noodle (32.3km, 413m), while Sunday’s are on Triple Flat Loops (36.2km, 134m).
Every 4 hours Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/rlk17
🥇 2025 SISU Pinkki – Stage 3
✅ Stage Race ✅ Unique Race ✅ Popular
The team at SISU Racing is holding its first Grand Tour of 2025, a 7-stage tour across the three weeks of the Men’s Giro d’Italia. Stage 3 is this Saturday, with a lap of Watopia’s Tides and Temples (39.1km, 470m).
Read all about the SISU Pinkki series >
This is a mass-start event using Zwift Racing Score with separate results for Men and Women.
Saturday in several timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/sisu
🥇 Zwift Women’s Racing Series p/b FemmeCycle Collab || Race 2
✅ Women Only ✅ Popular ✅ Unique Race
Zwift’s Women’s Racing Series has been rebooted for 2025, and ladies are loving the events! Saturday is your last chance to race stage 2, on Makuri Islands’ Turf N Surf (24.7km, 198m).
Note: this series is somewhat experimental because, for the first time ever, race groups are age-based!
Saturday, May 17 at 3:30pm UTC/11:30am ET/8:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwiftwomensracingseries
🤝 OWL.BiKe Grey Zone Trivia Ride
✅ Women Only ✅ Beginner-Friendly
Ladies, join the women of OWL.BiKe for a shorter, easier event. “Get ready to pedal and ponder! While we spin in the Grey Zone, we’ll challenge our ‘”‘Grey Matter’ with trivia questions ranging from music and movies, to aging and cycling.” 45 minutes on New York’s LaGuardia After Party at 1-1.5W/kg.
Saturday, May 17 @ 4:30pm UTC/12:30pm ET/9:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4985046
🤝 JETT Endurance Ride 100km 2.5~3.3w/kg
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Pace Options
Here’s a popular long ride with two pace options: B group at 3-3.3 W/kg, or C at 2.5-2.9 W/kg. Both groups will be riding 1 lap of the Zwift Gran Fondo 2022 route (92.8km, 1115m), with optional efforts on some of the intermediate segments if you’d like.
Choose your desired pace, listen to the ride leader, and get that endurance work done! Both categories have a leader (yellow beacon) and sweepers.
Saturday, May 17 at 8:05pm UTC/4:05pm ET/1:05pm PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4985073
How We Make Our Picks
We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:
- Is the event unique/innovative in some way?
- Are celebrities (pro riders, etc) attending/leading?
- Are signup counts already high, meaning the event is extra-popular?
- Does the ride include desirable unlocks or prizes?
- Does the event appeal to ladies on Zwift? (We like to support this under-represented group!)
- Is it for a good cause?
- Is it just plain crazy (extra long races, world record attempts, etc)?
- Is it a long-running, popular weekly event with a dedicated leader who deserves a shout out?
In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!
