Zwift has announced a big series of events in collaboration with Machines for Freedom and Saris. It all starts this Sunday! Join the community for a social ride or workout, earn an exclusive kit, and participate in the sweet prize giveaway. Zwift says:
It’s all in honor of International Women’s Day. When women ride together, magic happens. Led by women at Zwift and the best of our community, these are the rides that can’t be missed! Make new friends and connect with old ones as we’ll roll at friendly paces, and share laughs, advice, and motivation.
Event Schedule
Multiple 60-minute women’s group rides are scheduled each day between March 8-26. These rides alternate routes between Watopia’s Waistband, Greatest London Flat, Volcano Flat, and Greater London Flat. See event list on ZwiftHacks >
There are also 60-minute “Join the Swarm Workouts” events that women AND men can ride. See event list on ZwiftHacks >
Kit Unlock
Complete any event in the series to unlock the HIVE Collection limited edition kit. It’s also available for purchase, along with a cap and water bottle, for your IRL rides!
Ultimate Prize Pack Giveaway
Know a queen bee that would love to Zwift? Or a worker bee who really needs an upgrade? As part of the celebration, 5 Ultimate Prize Packages will be given away to women who inspire their cycling community!
Each package contains the full Machines collection, a Saris H3 Smart Trainer, MP1 Motion Platform, TD1 Desk, a free year of Zwift, and entry to the gravel race of your choice: Dirty Kanza, Rooted Vermont, Rasputista, or Steamboat Gravel.
Find out how to nominate your queen bees at zwift.com/machines
Learn more at https://www.zwift.com/machines
How can I ride as a male cyclist?
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“There are also 60-minute “Join the Swarm Workouts” events that women AND men can ride. See event list on ZwiftHacks >”
https://zwifthacks.com/app/events/?key=5e618f1b9bc52
But if you’re looking at trying to enter the Ultimate Prize contest, it’s only for women and seems to be separate from the rides.
You can’t join the group rides but you can join the workouts. You can also encourage the ladies that are on Zwift. It is the same time as the tour of Watopia so you can do those events and get double Xp points.
So this is only for women?
Men can do the workout rides. And men can nominate ladies to win one of the prize packages.
The group rides, though, are for ladies it only it appears.
Looking forward to men only group rides and kits in the future.
With around 10% of Zwifters being female… if you want a men-only group ride, just join basically any group ride. And especially any race. It’ll be all dudes. Or nearly so.
Zwift does women-only stuff because they’re so under-represented. Doesn’t hurt us guys at all, so no big deal, I say!
Look forward to see your big efforts on 19th November