While Tour of Watopia is well underway and ever-popular, especially with new Watopia routes featured this week, I’m not featuring it in this post because so many great community events are happening, too! See below for my picks, including two rides on Zwift’s most ridiculous route ever, which I just rode today with a few hundred Zwifty friends.
Note: clocks change in the US this weekend, so it’s possible some of these times may shift by an hour. Be sure to check the Companion app to confirm event times!
🤝THE FAST LANE
✅ A Category ✅ Drafting TT ✅ Popular ✅ Route Badge
We featured this new fast ride last week, and this weekend it’s got more signups than any other event! This is sort of a stripped down and fast version of the popular Sunday WOW ride we often feature, which means fast TT bikes and disc wheels, with drafting enabled.
There’s only one category for this ride, though, and the stated pace is 3.5-4.2 W/kg. Spicy! This week’s ride is on the epic new The Watopia 150 route (152.2km, 0m).
Saturday, October 31 at 8am UTC/4am ET/Friday 1am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5759899
🤝 LEQP Provence Badge Hunter Series
✅ Route Badge ✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Kit Unlock
If The Fast Lane is too spicy for you, here’s a ride on the same route – The Watopia 150 (152.2km, 0m) – but with easier pacing options. If you’ve never earned this route badge (3000 XP bonus!), or just want a solid long ride with friends, join the fun! Choose between C (2.6-3.2 w/kg) and D (2.2-2.5 w/kg) paces.
Sunday, November 1 @ 7:30am UTC/3:30am ET/12:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5761552
🤝 Bikealicious Joy Ride
✅ Banded ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Endurance Challenge
So many new Watopia routes in this week’s big release! Here’s a banded ride on the challenging Four Foalsmen (70.2km, 624m).
The Bikealicious crew is always friendly, and this is a “keep together” ride, so as long as you keep pedaling, you’ll stay with the group. It’s a good chance to grab this route badge if you haven’t done so yet, which comes with a whopping 3460 XP!
Saturday, October 31 @ 7am UTC/3am ET/12am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5759858
🤝🌎World 🥗Vegan Day+ Unlock🐾
✅ Good Cause ✅ Jersey Unlock
Team Vegan is holding two special rides to celebrate the biggest day of their year, World Vegan Day. And lots of riders are already signed up for this “day to raise awareness and celebrate the vegan lifestyle and how it can benefit you, the animals, and the environment.”
These are open-paced group rides on Watopia’s Coast Crusher (42.8km, 211m). Finishers will unlock the Team Vegan kit.
Saturday, November 1 @ 8am UTC/4am ET/1am PT and 4:30pm UTC/12:30pm ET/9:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5136643 and zwift.com/events/view/5745796
🤝 The Breakfast Club: World Tour (Kickoff)
✅ Popular ✅ Unlocks ✅ Double XP
This is the first event of Team Evolve’s new tour, which runs for 16 Sundays, November 1 through February 28. These are group rides with two pace options: D at 1-2 W/kg and C at 2-2.5 W/kg. This kickoff event is on Makuri Islands’ Chasing the Sun (35.1km, 315m).
There’s a prize draw with some great prizes, including a Zwift Ride + KICKR Core 2! See event description for clarity, and visit teamevolve.cc/breakfast-club for full details.
Sunday, November 1 @ 8:30am UTC/4:30am ET/1:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5761622
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!
