Introduced in Zwift’s May 2021 Yumezi launch, Countryside Tour is sort of a reverse Chain Chomper with some extra flat road at the beginning.
Introduced in Zwift’s May 2021 Yumezi launch, Countryside Tour is sort of a reverse Chain Chomper with some extra flat road at the beginning.
Route Basics
Length: 15.8 km (9.8 miles)
Elevation: 185 m (607‘)
Lead-In: 0 km ( miles)
Map: Makuri Islands
Start & Finish
Begins and ends at lap arch
Achievement Badge: 310 XP
Banners and Leaderboards
(in order of appearance)
Country Sprint
Temple KOM from Fishing Village Side
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
Go with your most aero road bike since there’s so much tarmac at the start. But on a one-lap race, swap to a gravel bike before starting the Temple KOM, then stay on your gravel bike through the lap arch/finish. (It’s not worth the time lost to swap back.)
Route Description
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This route breaks up nicely into 3 sections of roughly equal length: the flat start, the Temple KOM, and the descent from the KOM tree back to the start line.
We begin with a 5.5km flat warmup through the farmlands to the Country Sprint arch. Then the road begins to climb as you go through Village Onsen and the Fishing Village before turning left onto the dirt path of the Temple KOM climb.
The Temple KOM ends at the giant mystical tree, then we descend through the marketplace/Castle area to the start banner to do it all over again.
This one is ok, I switched to the mountain bike once. The end is a short tarmac road almost all downhill to the end. The climbing on the gravel is steady without any serious degrees though no distance or gradient shown in game as of yet.
This one I could ride again as the nice graphics are more enjoyable uphill (slower speed). A bit too short for a workout though if you don’t fancy 2 laps without bike changes.
Zwifthub stats incorrect route end secobd time through the “Country print” Total mileage 13.2
What would be the preferred bike choice in this course in races where there are multiple laps? I see that if it is only one lap, then it can be a good choice to swap from a road bike to gravel before the climb and then keep the gravel bike until the finishing line. But this might not be the case when there are multiple laps.