The Zwift Big Spin: Adventure is Calling

Today Zwift announced the third edition of their popular Big Spin, a prize-filled group ride series kicking off March 16!

This year’s theme is “Adventure is Calling”, with each week’s ride and prize spinner themed after a different Watopian biome. Read on for details…

Mystery Spinners

Zwift has rolled out a fun new Easter egg this year: Mystery Spinners placed at the end of some Watopia segments! These spinners just went live today and will be in Watopia until the end of Big Spin 2026.

Where are the Mystery Spinners?

We’ll be publishing a post on Monday with more info on Mystery Spinners, including (if possible) a Rebel Route that hits every spinner in one go. Until then, here’s a map of their locations:

What do they unlock?

Mystery Spinners unlock Big Spin “vault” prizes – items from past Zwift Big Spins in 2024 and 2025. That’s a big list of prizes which includes the BMX Bandit from 2025, the Atomic Cruiser from 2024, various pieces of footwear and headwear, and eight different kits.

Schedule + Routes

Big Spin events are scheduled hourly at the half-hour mark.

• Stage 1 (Desert Discovery): March 16-22
  • Route: Flat Out Fast (22.3km, 49m)
• Stage 2 (Hidden Temple): March 23-29
  • Route: Mayan San Remo (21.3km, 219m)
• Stage 3 (Lost Coast Adventure): March 30-April 5
  • Route: Southern Coast Cruise (26.3km, 147m)
• Stage 4 (Titans Grove): April 6-12
  • Route: Sand and Sequoias (22.4km, 181m)
• Make-Up Week: April 13-19

See upcoming events at zwift.com/the-zwift-big-spin >

On-Demand Stages

Need more spins so you can unlock that sweet MX Rider, or perhaps you’re looking to ride a different Big Spin route than Zwift has scheduled for the week? You can complete Big Spin stages on-demand, meaning you ride the route on your own schedule, not in the official Zwift events.

(You can also organize Meetups, Club Rides, or do the route during a workout. Just make sure you finish the route in order to get credit and a spin.)

Completing a stage on demand will still get you a prize spin, and you can complete the same stage as many times as you’d like, whenever you’d like.

Prize Spinner

The Big Spin prize spinner we’ve come to love will make an appearance at the end of each Big Spin route (here’s a shot from last year’s Big Spin):

Each time you complete a Zwift Big Spin route (in an event or on demand), the spinner will pop up to give you a prize. If it lands on a prize you’ve already won, you’ll get a healthy Drops bonus (landing on the MX Rider twice gives you a 40,000 Drops bonus, for example)!

The prize spinner has 6 slots, each with a different probability. One slot, the lowest probability, is reserved for the coveted MX Rider. Three more slots are for the Big Spin Tri-Spoke, Big Spin Limeade Helmet, and Jungle Phones.

The other two slots’ prizes change on each stage (see images below), giving us a total of 12 possible prizes throughout the series. These prizes won’t be available in the Drop Shop any time soon (probably never), so this may be your only known chance to unlock them.

Stage-Specific Unlocks

Fuego Flats (Stage 1)

Mayan Jungle (Stage 2)

Southern Coast (Stage 3)

Titans Grove (Stage 4)

Full Spinner Prize List:

• Stage 1 
  • Rhinestone Rider Kit
  • Rhinestone Rider Hat
• Stage 2
  • Mayan Camo Kit
  • Paisley Bandana 
• Stage 3
  • Lumberjack Chic Kit
  • Lumberjack Chic Beanie
• Stage 4
  • Dino-mite Kit
  • Dino-mite Hard Hat
• Always On 
  • MX Rider
  • Big Spin Tri-Spoke
  • Big Spin Limeade Helmet
  • Jungle Phones

Are these races?

Officially, no. Zwift Big Spin events are group rides without a stated pace. That means some riders will treat them as races, and the front of these rides will certainly be “spicy.”

Others will just spin their legs for a prize-laden recovery effort. You do you… just have fun!

Questions or comments?

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