“The Muckle Yin” Route Details (Scotland)
Looking to cover all the roads in Zwift’s Scotland? The Muckle Yin (Scottish for “Big One”) is the longest route in Scotland, taking you around the Highlands loop, over the Sgurr in both directions, and onto the streets of Glasgow.
Route Basics
Length: 23.4 km (14.5 miles)
Elevation: 282m (925′)
+0.2km (0.1 miles) lead-in
Map: Scotland
ZIMetrics
Rating: 12.7/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 36 minutes
3 W/kg: 40 minutes
2 W/kg: 51 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins and ends at the Glasgow start/finish line.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 470 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
There’s no perfect bike for all riders on this route, given the key gravel Sgurr climb and the mostly-fast rolling paved roads. Choose your weapon wisely!
Route Description
Route profile by ZwiftHub – the place to plan and track your route achievements!
This pitchy route begins and ends in Glasgow, but you quickly leave the city and head to the countryside to ride the scenic Highlands roads and ascend to the Sgurr Summit in both directions.
After your second descent of the Sgurr you’ll make your way back to Glasgow to complete the city circuit, finishing with the Champion’s Sprint.
Ridealong Video
Looks pointy
Quite.
Hey Eric,
my english is not the best, i`m from Germany, i have a question because i always read about switch bikes in the race. i didnt found any information about how this is possible, i ride with an ipad on iOs.
can you tell me if its possible to switch bikes in the race on iOs, and how it works?
Best regards
Thomas Gebel
Hi Thomas. Das ist eigentlich ganz simpel, Du musst nur dafür anhalten, dann kannst Du wie vor dem Start des Rennens Dein Rad auswählen (Menü > Garagentor > Rahmen in “Meine Garage”). Der Trick ist hier also das mögliche schnelle Anhalten: Dafür aufhören zu pedalieren und ausrollen lassen oder Menü > Pairing (Bluetooth Symbol) und wieder zurück zur Garage.
Im Video von Shane Miller kannst Du Dir es auch ansehen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33YMT3SDge8
Ist nicht leicht zu verstehen, aber er sagt, mit iOS geht es genauso, außer dass man nicht keine Tasten hat und man auf dem herkömmlichen Weg dahin navigieren muss.
Es geht auch auf dem ipad unter 15 Sekunden. Wichtig ist es, vorher die beiden Bikes schon mal anzuwählen und ggfs Bikes zu wählen, die nahe beieinander sind. Zwift speichert die letzte Kombi.
Would be nice to the effort score on these route descriptions. They have changed from the old difficulty scores to include…1.5, 2.5 etc.
Please tell me this route is paved and not dirt!
There’s a little bit of dirt in it, but only part of the middle section
Mostly tarmac surface but the rolling up and down with some flat guessing Scott addict or pin. dogma f with Enve 7.8 climb yet aero. Gravel section not long enough to switch to gravel bike unless you going for that segment as lost of tarmac after that would require a change back to road bike on a downhill which will cost a rider being in group they were in on the gravel climb. A rider would need a massive time gap to do the change.
My guess, fastest aero bike you can get
And no need to switch
I just raced it the this morning and I used the Tron bike. Worked fine. It’s just so varied that no bike is perfect so all bikes are perfect!
This looks like an amazing race route.
I think it’s the best route on Zwift.
Cool but I can’t see a velodrome on that map!
If you look closely to the top of the map at breakaway brae, and you squint hard enough, you can actually see one
Hopefully they continue to expand this map as they have done with others over time. Seems like a lot of possibilities of longer routes, bigger climbs given the surround landscape. Would be disappointing if the longest route stayed at only 15ish miles with ~900ft vert.
I really want to do events and free rides in scotland but “early march” apparently has not come yet. I hope they expand this and maybe make a transition like they do with Makuri from the city, etc. from Yorkshire.
Eric, a very small point – the lead-in above is not showing anything. I think it is about 0.5 mile.
I don’t think it’s even that far.
This is by far the best Race route on Zwift, and super fun to ride 😀👌👊
Such a shame that there is again no decent climb in the route. It’s all max 2 minute sprint efforts. Disappointing.
When will we be able to create a club event for this and other Scot routes?
Why I didn’t earn a badge for this route when finishing Ride Scotland: Route 5: The Muckle Yin? I had distance of 23.6 km while crossing a finish line and continued riding untill 24.5 km.
I did this ride a minute ago and finished at just under 23.5km. The length listed is a little too long.
Should the Sgurr Summit N have a red bar over the segment in the sideways elevation diagram the way all of the other segments are shown in red? You have a line drawn marking it but the climb is still all grey.
Good catch. Fixed!
So, it is unclear to me if there are sprint points for the first time through the sprint at the beginning of he race. That might change how one races the course if you were a stronger sprinter. Does it sound both times through for points or just the last time as shown on the elevation map.
For this week’s ZRL race, there are sprint points for ONLY the first time through. At the finish there are no FTS or FAL points, because WTRL says Zwift’s tracking of times is erratic when the finish line is also the finish arch for the segment.
I wish there was a later starting time, like est 9 pm as 7 is impossible for me.