Lots of variety in this weekend’s picks, with a couple of fresh route badges available, a group ride for a good cause, and a unique “Goldilocks” race with bonus seconds for top finishers up the Leg Snapper!
🤝 Bike MS Community Challenge
✅ Good Cause ✅ Kit Unlock
Join the team at Bike MS for their monthly Zwift Community Challenge! Two timeslots, with two distances to choose from, and you unlock not one but TWO jerseys when you complete an event! These rides are about raising awareness and support for the fight against multiple sclerosis. As the team says, “Multiple Sclerosis does not stop, so neither will we as we ride together for this great cause.”
This month’s rides are on Neokyo Crit Course, with distance options of 35km or 50km.
Sunday, May 12 at 12:20pm UTC/8:20am EDT 5:20am PDT
and 6:20pm UTC/2:20pm EDT/11:20am PDT
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/bikems
🤝 Team Velos – Route Bagger Challenge
✅ Beginner Friendly ✅ New Route Badge
The incredible Team Velos squad is hosting a route bagger ride on Saturday, on the newly-badged Spiral Into the Volcano route. The ride leader will set a steady pace of 1.9-2.1 W/kg, and sweepers will help any dropped riders.
Saturday, May 11 at 2pm UTC/10am EDT/7am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4342624
🥇 Stage 1: Bag That Badge – Queen’s Highway After Party
✅ Popular Event ✅ New Route
Hop into the first stage of May’s ZRacing series to earn one of the newest route badges in game, for one of the newest routes in game! Queen’s Highway After Party is 19.9km long, with 259m of climbing. It takes riders on five laps of the Queen’s Highway loop, followed by a finish up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse.
Multiple times throughout the weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zracingmay2024
🤝 BMTR Fundo
✅ Endurance Challenge
The BMTR Fundo is a personal challenge against the distance and/or the clock. Some participants will ride the event like a race and others will ride it more casually with a primary goal of completing the distance.
This week’s event is on Wandering Flats, with 4 distance options based on the category you choose (ranging from 41.8km to 160.9km).
Saturday, May 11 at 12:10pm UTC/8:10am EDT/5:10am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4374277
🥇 The Zwifty Fifty with DZR
✅ Unique Event
DZR says this race is “the Goldilocks of Zwift racing intensity and endurance balance.” When 25 is too little and 100 is too much, try this weekly race! This week riders are taking on 6 laps of Innsbruckring for a total race of 53km with 463m of climbing. And here’s something fun… there are bonus seconds awarded for the first three riders across the line on the Leg Snapper each lap! See dzrracingseries.com/the-zwifty-fifty for more info…
Sunday, May 12 at 12:45pm UTC/8:45am EDT/5:45am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4375488
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!
