One of my favorite Zwifty features (and one of the unsung heroes of Zwift’s social success) is the Ride On. These little blue thumbs delivered to my screen by other riders are always a fun mid-ride encouragement.
I especially love to give Ride Ons, so when I’m riding with a group for any significant amount of time, chances are good that any nearby riders will get a thumbs up from me.
After racing and riding with Zwift’s new Play Controllers for a few weeks, I noticed that the Ride On bomb dropped using Play’s Z button was on a slightly faster timer than the Companion app’s Ride On bomb. (Neither allows you to just tap the button repeatedly – you have to wait several seconds between button presses to deliver Ride On bombs.)
Were they on totally separate timers, and could I therefore trigger both simultaneously to give twice as many Rides Ons?
Turns out I can. Here’s a video demo:
Using this method you can drop 10 Ride Ons to nearby riders every ~8 seconds, making it easy to give everyone nearby a Ride On, even in a group of 50-100+ riders.
Note: thanks to an unannounced update in early 2025, you can use your keyboard‘s F3 button to drop a Ride On bomb as well. Doing so also makes your avatar exclaim, “Ride On!”
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