We at Good Time Riders (GTR) noticed that our Copper and lower Bronze-ranked riders (on ZwiftRacing.app‘s vELO Rating) were getting dropped in ladder races and not having as much fun as we’d like them to have. So we changed the game, creating the GTR Bronze and Copper race series! It’s a monthly series with a new GC starting every month.
Our aim is simple: create a fun, inclusive space for riders to compete with others of similar abilities, to get stronger whilst having fun and hopefully give them a boost to join ladder races in the future.
And the feedback and attendance from across the Zwift platform has been fantastic. So much so that in September, we added a race for Silver-ranked riders.Â
Races tend to be around 25km in distance and bumps that test the legs are kept to a max 300m incline, so everyone can feel challenged but enjoy the race experience.Â
vELO Score Groupings
Instead of the ‘old’ categories ABCD or Zwift Racing Score, we use vELO scores from Zwiftracing.app. We find that this is a better way to make sure that riders in a race are of similar strength, which makes things more fun than getting dropped out of the gate by much stronger riders.
Of course, there will still be differences in strength, but that’s part of racing.
Schedule and Route Details
Races are on Fridays at 5:30pm UTC (1:30pm ET/10:30 PT).
In October we race on the following:
- Friday October 3: 2 laps on London FlatÂ
- Friday October 10: 3 laps of Loch LoopÂ
- Tuesday October 14: 3 laps of Two Bridges LoopÂ
- Tuesday October 21: 1 lap of Turf ’n SurfÂ
- Tuesday October 28: 1 lap of BRAEk-fast Crits and GritsÂ
How to Join
To register, you must first become a member of the series Discord server at https://discord.gg/FNR5TXndAH. Racepasses are only available on this Discord server, in the “#racepasses” channel.
