“Watopia’s Waistband” Route Details (Watopia)

Animated “Watopia’s Waistband” Route Details (Watopia) Map
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Originally created as a “rebel route”, Watopia’s Waistband was launched in game as an event-only route, then became an open route in the December 2022 update. It’s called “Watopia’s Waistband” because it’s a perimeter route that nicely encircles key landmarks in Watopia proper including downtown Watopia, Fuego Flats, the Italian Villas, the Volcano, and the Fishing Village.

Originally created as a “rebel route”, Watopia’s Waistband was launched in game as an event-only route, then became an open route in the December 2022 update. It’s called “Watopia’s Waistband” because it’s a perimeter route that nicely encircles key landmarks in Watopia proper including downtown Watopia, Fuego Flats, the Italian Villas, the Volcano, and the Fishing Village.

Route Basics

Length: 25.5 km (15.8 miles)
Elevation:
95 m (312‘)
Lead-In: 2.4 km (1.5 miles)
Map: Watopia

Start & Finish

When freeriding you will spawn just before the desert start pens, giving us a lead-in of approximately 2.4km before the sprint finish line. The official route start and end is at the desert arch (Fuego Flats sprint finish line).

Restriction:

Achievement Badge: 555 XP

Sprint & KQOM Segments

Fuego Flats Sprint (0.5 km, 0.2%)

Strava Segments

Watopia's Waistband

Bike Selection

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Route Description

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We begin on Fuego Flats at the spawn point, moving clockwise around the desert loop until it drops us off on Ocean Blvd. Take Ocean Blvd toward the Fishing Village (away from Downtown), turn left toward the Italian Village, then another left at the fountain to head toward the Volcano.

Ride partly around the Volcano clockwise, then make our way through the downtown start/finish line and onto Ocean Boulevard before a quick left back to Fuego Flats for the final false flat haul toward the desert arch for the finish.

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Torsten
Torsten
2 years ago

Why is there no badge for this route?

Torsten
Torsten
2 years ago
Reply to  Torsten

No nadge, also means no XP points, right?

Chris
Chris
2 years ago
Reply to  Torsten

Event only routes don’t have badges, because they are not free ride routes

Jesse
Jesse
3 months ago
Reply to  Torsten

There is now

Mike
Mike
2 years ago

Anyone know why I can create a meetup ride with this route in the companion app?

Mike
Mike
2 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Can’t, rather..

JayDee
JayDee
2 years ago

This should be a regular route.
What’s the idea behind “event-only” routes anyway? It’s not like you cannot ride it, you just have to do the turns manually, which is a faff when you don’t remember the route precisely yet…

P W
P W
1 year ago

Road with Diesel the other night and although the route was supposed to be “watopia’s waistband” the pace bot was riding “hilly loop/route reverse”.

Do you know anything about this potential error?

Tom
Tom
10 months ago

Hi Eric,
Do you think the Rebel Route Watopia’s Waistband will become a badge?

Edmund
Edmund
3 months ago

It appears that this route now earns route badges?

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
3 months ago
Reply to  Edmund

I just noticed that this morning when I was looking at badges, I did not yet have. I wonder if that showed up in the last release.

Geno
Geno
1 month ago

Above, there is an error. ”Route Basics” gives the length as 25.5km, but the route is actually 27.8km

Patrick Muhl
Patrick Muhl
1 month ago
Reply to  Geno

no mistake, there is just a lead-in…

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