Zwift’s Scotland map has beautiful views and purpose-built racing segments including the Sgurr climb, Glasgow Crit Circuit, and of course Breakaway Brae.
But there are only 5 official Scotland routes, so we decided it was time to create some thoughtful new Rebel Routes.
Today we introduce the first in our series of Scotland Rebel Routes. (Watch this space, as we’ll be introducing a new one every Monday in May!)
“Fower Power” completes each of the four (“fower” in Scots) loops of the Scotland map in a counterclockwise direction, starting in Glasgow at the southwest side of the map and working your way northeast to the Tower area.
About Rebel Routes
“Rebel Routes” are Zwift rides not available on Zwift’s routes list, thus requiring manual navigation.
The reward for your rebel ride? Exploring a new route, knowing you’ve gone where few Zwifters have gone before. And a Strava segment rank in the tens or hundreds instead of the thousands! Rebel Routes are also included as a separate category on our Veloviewer Route Hunter leaderboard.
Route Description
We begin with a loop through Glasgow by choosing City and the Sgurr as our route. After a short lead-in (just under 1km) Fower Power begins at the Champion’s Sprint banner.
Ride the Glasgow Crit Circuit loop first, but in a counterclockwise (reverse) direction. If the road feels unfamiliar, there is a reason why: no official Zwift route takes us through Glasgow in this direction.
After Glasgow it’s a CCW loop of the Sgurr/Cliffs, the Loch/Sgurr, and finally our smallest loop which takes us up Breakaway Brae twice. When you ride through the Breakaway Brae banner a second time, you’re finished.
Profile
Not much is flat on this circuit, but there are no massive climbs either. (Unless you count the Sgurr, which you’ll climb in both directions.)
Getting Started + Lead-In
The easiest way to get started is to choose “City and the Sgurr” from your Scotland route options. This is the only route that puts you on the correct road in the correct direction. You’ll have a short (~900m) lead-in to the Champion’s Sprint banner start line.
Turn by Turn
Here are the turns you’ll need to make to successfully complete Fower Power after starting from the City and the Sgurr spawn point:
- Left to Glasgow (still in the lead-in portion)
- Right to Sgurr Summit
- Left to Sgurr Summit
- Left to Cliffs
- Left to Sgurr Summit
- Right to Tower
- Left to Cliffs
- Left to Cliffs
- Left to Sgurr Summit
- Left to Tower
- Straight (Right) to Tower
- Left to Glasgow
- Left to Tower
Route details:
Distance: 19.74km (12.27 miles)
Elevation Gain: 214m (702′)
Strava Segment
Rebel Route Suggestions
Got an idea for a great Rebel Route? Share it below and maybe we’ll publish a post about it!
I worked out that 10 laps of the Muckle Yin followed by 8 laps of the Glasgow crit circuit (277km, 3176m elevation) comes very close to the official men’s elite road world championship in Glasgow (277.6km, 3167m).
So that’s my Rebel route for Scotland.
Rebel route suggestion: Makuri Pretzel
That’s a title. What is the route?
the map is too complicated to spell it out here, but the idea is as much of it as possible. It would be impossible to cover every inch without a lot of repetition. Too bad Road Captain doesn’t include Urukazi yet.
Suggestion for a new Rebel Route: All of Makuri in 1 go
https://www.strava.com/activities/8940857116
Ignore this!
3 years ago I rode many of the Rebel Routes, including “Spiral into the Volcano”. I thought that there should be one where all “arms” in Watopia were included and therefore made “My rebel route: Full Spiral Into The Volcano”. The day I rode the route it happened that I got to ride with Julian Alaphilippe for a while. What a great ride 🙂
Link to Strave: https://www.strava.com/activities/3386246145
Keep your eyes peeled. Quite a lot of turns for this route. Most of them are non default and you only get a few seconds from the notification to the turn. Some of them are also whilst travelling downhill at speed