This weekend has lots of popular events on tap, including the Zwift Unlocked series. Zwift Unlocked, along with many community events, are featuring the fresh New York City roads released this week. In fact, three of our picks below are on new routes!
🤝World Vegan Day
✅ Good Cause ✅ Jersey Unlock ✅ Banded Ride ✅ Popular
Team Vegan is holding a special ride 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.”
This is an open-paced group ride on Flatland Loop for 35km, and it’s banded, so as long as you pedal you’ll stay with the group.
The ride also includes a rare unlock: the VC kit from the vegan cyclist Tyler Pearce. (See the kit on this post.)
Saturday, November 1 @ 3:15pm UTC/11:15am ET/8:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5136643
🥇Team Not Pogi – Take No Prisoners Crit Racing
✅ Popular ✅ New Route ✅ Mass Start
Team Not Pogi’s popular weekly crit is being held on New York’s fresh Double Span Spin route on Sunday, with riders racing 2 laps for a total length of 19.6km and 200 meters of elevation.
This is a mass start, even though riders are grouped into categories. Get ready to push to your limit!
Sunday, November 2 @ 5:45pm UTC/12:45pm ET/9:45am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5170013
🤝DBC X NYC Virtual Tour
✅ Jersey Unlock ✅ Popular ✅ New Roads
Makesi from DadBod Cycling is hosting a virtual tour of the new roads this Saturday. This is your chance to unlock the exclusive DBC Jersey in Zwift as well – see it on his Insta post.
This is an open-paced group ride on The Greenway (36.8km, 292m).
Saturday, November 1 @ 5pm UTC/1pm ET/10am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5164783
🥇 Tiny Races in Prospect Park
✅ Popular Race ✅ V02 Workout ✅ New Routes
This Saturday’s Tiny Races are being held on the new Prospect Park roads, using different routes and powerups so each race is its own challenge. Learn about the routes on the Tiny Race homepage.
Over 900 racers participated in last week’s Tiny Race events. Come see what all the fuss is about!
Saturday in three different timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces
🥇The Ultimate Women’s Mini Races – SHOWDOWN
✅ Popular Race ✅ Ladies Only ✅ Unique Event
Women’s Mini Races (3 races in an hour) happen each Sunday, but the ULTIMATE Mini Races are a bigger monthly event with a lot more signups. If you’re looking for punchy women-only racing, these races are the place to be.
This Sunday’s races are rolling courses, with each race longer than the previous. Races are on the Innsbruckring (1 lap), Hilly Route Reverse (1 lap), and Jarvis Seaside Sprint (1 lap) routes.
Sunday, November 2 @ 4pm UTC/11am ET/8am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/esrt
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!
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