“Mech Isle Loop” Route Details (Makuri Islands)
The shortest route in the Urukazi map, Mech Isle Loop takes you on a quick circuit of Mech Isle. What do they do here, anyway? It’s all a bit hush-hush, but the gigantic robo-parts seen here and there would indicate that the island lives up to its name.
The shortest route in the Urukazi map, Mech Isle Loop takes you on a quick circuit of Mech Isle. What do they do here, anyway? It’s all a bit hush-hush, but the gigantic robo-parts seen here and there would indicate that the island lives up to its name.
Route Basics
Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
Elevation: 39m (128′)
+0.1km (0.1 miles) lead-in with 1m (3′) elevation
Map: Makuri Islands
ZIMetrics
Rating: 2.1/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 6.1 minutes
3 W/kg: 6.8 minutes
2 W/kg: 8.4 minutes
Start & Finish
Virtual start/finish line just south of the start pens.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 80 XP
Run Achievement Badge: 80 XP
Sprint & KQOM Segments |
| None |
Strava Segments
Route Description
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Many of the structures on Zwift’s Mech Isle take inspiration from the Aquapolis, built in Okinawa for Expo ’75. You’ll notice there aren’t any residential buildings, but plenty of industrial structures: this island is clearly the center for work in Urukazi.
The Mech Isle Loop begins just past the start pens with a virtual banner – this will also be your finish line. As you ride, the paved road along the well-developed northern shoreline gives way to a dirt road on the “wilder” southern part of the island. This road then tilts upward, winding its way up the island’s main climb and ending at a bridge.
Then it’s a quick dirt descent back to pavement as you spin along the more developed northern shoreline, back to where you began.
This combined with the upcoming new pack dynamics will be interesting as you should be able to create a break on the gravel
Would those be the same huge robot parts that can be seen, being transported by train, in Neokyo?
Are we going to see Godzilla in a scrap with a Mech? 🤔
FYSA looks like you can’t free ride this route… Is that all routes with virtual banners?
I used the gravel bike in a tiny race on this route and can confirm that it is definitely very fast on the dirt climb/descent (got an 8-second gap over everyone in that section), but the group of road bikes caught me very quickly once we hit the pavement and I finished several seconds behind the lead group. It’s certainly not impossible to win on a gravel bike on this route, but you’ll need to commit more than I did. I didn’t want to completely explode since there was another tiny race to go.
I’m a pretty weak (heavy!) climber and the gravel bike definitely suited me, I gained more places off-road than I lost on the tarmac plus overtaking so many people on the climb was a revelation.
Any idea if a tt bike beats a gravel bike in a tt?
Zwift TT racing series is on this course this week. One lap. I think most people on TT bike. I’m on Casex TT bike and went under 6 mins
While running, should you wear the trail running Merrells or the carbon plated Nike 2%s?