Today Zwift announced the second edition of their popular Zwift Big Spin, a prize-filled group ride series kicking off March 3!
This year’s theme is “Ride! Spin! Win! Through the Decades”, with each week’s ride and prize spinner themed after a different decade. Read on for details…
Prize Spinner
The prize spinner we usually only see atop Alpe du Zwift will make an appearance at the end of each Big Spin route:
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 BMX Bandit twice gives you a 40,000 Drops bonus, for example)!
The prize spinner has 6 slots, with different probabilities assigned to each. One slot, the lowest probability, is reserved for the coveted BMX Bandit Bike. Three more slots are for the Big Spin Headphones, Sticker Skater Helmet, and Groovy TT wheels.
The other two slots’ prizes will change for each stage, giving us a total of 12 possible prizes throughout the series. And Zwift tells us these prizes won’t be available in the Drop Shop any time soon (possibly never), so this is your only known chance to unlock them.
Prize List:
- 1970’s Kit
- 1970’s Bucket Hat
- 1980’s Kit
- 1980’s Paper Hat
- 1990’s Kit
- 1990’s Headphones
- 2000’s Kit
- 2000’s Sunglasses
Schedule and Route Details
Stage events will be held hourly at the half-hour mark, with each stage’s first event kicking off at 5:30pm UTC on the start dates below, and the final event happening at 3:30pm UTC on the end date below.
- Stage 1 (The Seventies): March 3-10
- Route: Greater London 8 (24.3km, 280m)
- Stage 2 (The Eighties): March 10-17
- Route: Jurassic Coast (19.7km, 212m)
- Stage 3 (The Nineties): March 17-24
- Route: Douce France (24.2km, 133m)
- Stage 4 (The New Millenium): March 24-31
- Route: Watopia’s Waistband (27.7km, 112m)
- Make-Up Week: March 31-April 6, ending 12:30pm UTC April 7
See upcoming events at zwift.com/the-zwift-big-spin >
On-Demand Stages
Pining for that sweet BMX bike? Get more spins! This year, riders can choose to complete Zwift 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, but keep in mind you must wait until that stage begins before riding its route. Once the stage has begun (4pm UTC on the start dates listed above), Zwift tells us any method of completing the route will earn credit for completion plus a prize spin at the end.
On-demand stages open on the dates listed above, but do not close until the very end of the Big Spin on April 7.
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!
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