Zwift’s big fondo events are a popular tradition where thousands of riders push themselves to finish long weekend rides. This season’s second set of fondo events happens this weekend, and finishers unlock the vintage February 2022 Fondo kit. Read on for details!
Route Details
This month’s fondo is on Watopia’s Medio Fondo route, which takes riders up the Hilly KOM Reverse and Volcano KOM and finishes on the Epic KOM. In between, you’ll ride the Jungle Circuit Reverse and various roads around Watopia proper.
- Route: Medio Fondo
- Length: 73.4km (45.6 miles)
- Elevation: 1010m (3314’)
Kit Unlock
Instead of releasing another set of fondo kits this season, Zwift is awarding different legacy Zwift Fondo kits each month. October’s legacy kit was originally used for the ZFondo series in February 2022:
Is this a race?
Officially, no. But hundreds (possibly thousands) of riders will turn out for each of these popular “fun race” events, and the front of each event will certainly be filled with strong riders going all out.
With so many riders participating, everyone should be able to find a group that suits their desired pace. You do you!
Categorization and RoboPacers
You must choose a category when you sign up, but the category you choose is entirely up to you, and all categories start together and are visible to each other.
The idea is that you’ll choose a category at the approximate pace you plan to ride, making it easy to see and group up with other riders targeting a similar pace. Each category will include a RoboPacer with a beacon, and you can choose to ride with that RoboPacer group or not.
Available categories:
- A: 4.2 W/kg (RoboPacer: Constance @4.2 W/kg)
- B: 3.2 W/kg (RoboPacer: Jacques @3.2 W/kg)
- C: 2.6 W/kg (RoboPacer: Coco @2.6 W/kg)
- D: 1.8 W/kg (RoboPacer: Miguel @1.8 W/kg)
- E: 1.5 W/kg (RoboPacer: D Bernie @1.5 W/kg)
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