Zwift version 1.111 begins its phased rollout today. It includes new gravel bikes and wheels, and several event-only routes are now available for free riding. See details below…
New Gravel Frames+Wheels
Just in time for the Pas Racing Series that began yesterday, Zwift has released the rest of their promised gravel frames and wheels. We’ve got three new frames:
- Specialized Diverge 4: level 12+, 400,000 Drops, 2 stars aero, 2 stars weight
- Pinarello Dogma GR: level 30+, 1,100,100 Drops, 2 stars aero, 3 stars weight
- Cervelo Aspero 5: level 35+, 1,250,000 Drops, 3 stars aero, 3 stars weight (the first 3-star aero gravel frame on Zwift!)
There’s a new gravel wheelset as well: the Roval Terra Aero CLX. These wheels are available at level 38+ for 650,000 Drops, and are rated 3 stars for aero and 3 stars for weight.
Watch this space for speed test results for each of these new items, as well as our first-ever Gravel Charts page comparing the speeds of all the gravel frames and wheels!
Newly Opened Routes
Six newish routes that were previously event-only are now available for free rides and meetups. If you haven’t earned these route badges yet, they’re easier to access now:
- Kaze Kicker (Makuri Islands)
- Hudson Hustle (New York)
- Cobbled Crown (Richmond)
- Peaky Pavé (France)
- Three Step Sisters (Watopia)
- The Epiloch (Scotland)
HRM Consent
Zwift says, “Zwifters who use heart rate monitors (HRMs) will be prompted to provide one-time consent to share heart rate data with Zwift the next time they connect the HRM device. The HRM will not auto-pair until consent has been given. If consent is not provided, the HRM device will not be paired. There is no change to how Zwift uses heart rate data. Consent can be withdrawn at any time in Settings > Permissions.”
Retired Bikes
While not announced in the release notes, this update removes the following old frames from the Drop Shop:
- Canyon 2019 Grail
- Pinarello 2015 Dogma 8
- Pinarello 2020 Dogma F12
- Cervelo Aspero
If you own any of these frames, they will remain in your garage. But you won’t be able to purchase these frames once you upgrade to Zwift version 1.111.
Release Notes
Zwift supplied the following additional release notes:
- Android: Fixed an issue where title music was not playing on Android, turn up the volume before you turn up the watts!
Discuss this update in Zwift’s forum >
Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
What’s the reason for the HRM consent prompt? I’ve never seen that before in a fitness app.
same with every other consent form im guessing… just making sure that there is no way they can ever be screwed by a dirty lawyer either now or in the future
Zwift’s legal department, I’m sure!
It’s likely for EU RED…
My guess would be someone sued Zwift for disclosing their “confidential medical information.” In some US states the medical disclosure laws are very strict and violation can lead to big trouble.
It’s probably new EU regulations, dc rain maker has been talking about it in a few articles, here is one of them https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/01/garmin-hrm-depth-review.html
@Eric Schlange ,
how are the gravel speed tests working out?
Is the Cervelo Aspero 5 better than the Cannondale (maybe I should be upgrading that one)?
Thanks.
See https://zwiftinsider.com/cervelo-aspero-5/
So the people who received this update currently have an advantage in the gravel series over the rest because of the new wheels
DW I’ve written Zwift to demand all gravel race wins for this period come with an asterisk!
That’s a shame it would be fun to have a 15+ sec advantage for just being the chosen 😎
A 15 second advantage? Getting access to the best bikes/wheels from today’s update gives you… maybe a second or two in these races.
I don’t like to get this deep into the weeds, but to explain my comment…
Bikes wouldn’t make a difference yet because there wouldn’t be any way to upgrade them this quickly.
For wheelsets, however, the only competitors are the recently released zipp, which – based on unlock level, drops cost, and zwift stars (for what they’re worth) – are not as good as the new wheels. Based on your article, the zipp are 13 seconds faster than all other gravel wheels, so 15 seconds for a 3 star aero (vs 2) is a fair assumption – you can cut it in half and say 7 sec since the current race lasts 30 minutes.
For anybody who has not yet received the update, their options are:
1. Spend 550k drops on the zipp, knowing in a couple of days they will upgrade
2. Race with an inherited 7 sec disadvantage
3. Not race until they get the update – hence my comment.
I personally don’t care, maybe the difference isn’t even that noticeable, but for me it’s the principle of fair competition and I’m also trying to understand – why are they doing a phased rollout of new items in the middle of an event directly related to them? Seems very avoidable
Tbf may not be in zwifts hands. Pushing an update to various platforms simultaneously has many variables. Individual platform review processes may cause desync and developers may want to release for a small number first before risking bricking everyone’s app at once. Plus each platform may have its own challenges for that specific update. Def a stressful time for them.
The time saving numbers assume no drafting. In a race situation the actual gains will be much less
Fair enough. I’m thinking in more of a long term perspective – for example say one day a very strong wheelset releases on the day of a zrl race and half of the field has it and the other half is locked behind the update.
I can see feature updates releasing in a phased approach, but I’m not a big fan of items that affect competition releasing that way. But hey after all it’s just a video game
It is amazing what your readers could achieve if they read the post instead of skimming to as fast as possible get to the comments to yap, complain, gripe, and whine, and whinge…🙄
You forgot to type “/s”
The three stepsister route was so much fun let’s do it again!!!
Looks like Zwift pulled the plug on the Red Rock course? It was obviously buggy, but not a terrible concept. More concerning is the general attitude at Zwift of “it’s good enough”. AI recommendations and training score are fundamentally broken/useless but apparently “good enough” to roll out. This time it bit them, with a sponsor. Looks even worse when the people in charge seem to be more focused on partying in Spain. This gravel series was supposed to be one of the main Zwift events of the season and this is the care they put into it?
Yup. See note at https://zwiftinsider.com/pas-racing/
Are those that did race it going to have to do the replacement stage too?!?
Dear Satan noooooo. Do a workout again!??!!! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
😅
it should be possible to use road tires on gravel bikes. that would make leveling a tad less mind boggling on tarmac.
No.
when a new challenge is completed will a new badge get added to the challenges in the achievements tab? I finished the Big Spin yesterday and did not see a completion badge
Depends on the challenge. Some have badges, some don’t. Zwift hasn’t been giving us badges for challenges very often lately…
Im sick of zwift pushing gravel.
Typical roadie. 😀
Seriously, though: gravel is a hugely popular thing in the cycling world. Zwift sort of has to push it. I don’t think they push it too much, but then again, I’ve recently gotten really into gravel riding, so….
I enjoy gravel ride outdoor, but isnt indoor gravel riding really just riding with dirt effect on screen with lower speed?
Yeah, I suppose. I do think Zwift could do cooler things with gravel, like the “golden forest” section of Makuri Islands… make it feel like you’re out on a lonely gravel road, with a tree tunnel, narrower road, etc…
The golden forest is probably my favorite stretch of road, visually, on Zwift. Watopia’s Epik KoM bypass and the stretch of Southern Coast road between the Sasquatch and Woodland sprints and the wooded stretch of Yumezi between the country sprint and the Castle KoM that looks like it is out of a Studio Ghibli film rate pretty highly as well.
My all-time favorite stretch of road on Zwift (in terms of visuals anyway) was Repack Ridge (RIP).
Those are all the kinds of roads I like to ride outdoors, and the scenery reminds me of that. Not sure whether it’s the tropical flora/fauna or what, but the Jungle doesn’t do it for me in the same way (even back when the Crr was the same as the road).
I was really looking forward to trying out the new Mountain Island or whatever it’s called. Have been waiting for the 3-4 years for it ever since it was first announced as a test of a new way for their designers to design new roads more quickly. Pretty bummed not to get to try it.
Don’t worry about missing the scenery on gravel mountain, it didn’t seem like anything special to me. It just looked like the rock mountains near the start of tempus fugit plus a brown colored road.
And the occasional loose dog chasing you….”canine intervals” is what we used to call those LOL
Reminds me of this classic American Flyers clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8uP-dxllKQ
Spot on! LOVE that movie.
The golden forest is beautifully done. Some areas of Zwift are such a pleasure to virtually ride through. This forest, along with Neokyo and some of the villages, makes Makuri Island a really satisfying world. Scotland is also well done. On the other hand, the New York expansion is not good. It doesn’t seem like the people who made it have an appreciation for what gives the real New York its gritty charm. Gravel routes need to give you a sense of accessing a part of the world you couldn’t get to otherwise. The Bryce Canyon vibe I was seeing in the pictures piqued my interest.
Bingo, you put it very well!
Hey Eric, can we get speed tests comparing TT bikes vs. gravel bikes on gravel/dirt? Of particular interest would be fully upgraded TT bikes vs. level 1 gravel bikes. This always comes up as a debate on the WTRL TTT on the Jungle Circuit. I don’t think we have enough data to figure out what the best bike choice is for TTTs on gravel/dirt. Thanks!
If you compare the fastest TT setups and gravel setups…
Level 5 TT beats Level 0 gravel.
But level 5 Gravel beats level 5 TT.
This is on the Jungle Circuit…
The music not playing was a feature, not a bug. The menu just had nature sounds, chirping etc. It was nice. Now sitting on the menu screens I have the awful music blaring and no box to turn it off and get back to the birds.
So the speaker icon on the login screen kills the music but not the sound effects, sanity saved, or how ever much was still left of it.
Hello, is there anything in the works where you can trade in bikes and wheels in the garage?
Thanks
Not that I know of.
I just finished upgraded the Aspero but the one that was in the game already not the one from the upgrade. It would be nice that if you have an older bike from that same brand you could use half of the upgrades already done on the new model if the person decide to buy that bike. All the work to upgrade the bike just want to use some of the upgrades, kind of like using parts that are great on an old bike in a newer bike.
Would defeat the point of adding new bike. This is a way of Zwift keeping people engaged in the game and now you my feel you need the new version upgraded and my pay over summer so you have the bike for the next indoor season.
YES!!!! was waiting for new bikes! Love this update Zwift!
Does anybody know what tier the Diverge 4 will be regarding upgrades?
Mid-tier
Is there any update on Coros connectivity and import for “outside” rides? I read elsewhere (DC Rainmaker) that it was planned for April 2026?
Don’t forget to update the firmware on your Zwift Click once this latest software update is done. I hadn’t and my Click would not connect. Had to update the firmware on it to get things to work again.
My Zwift Connectors Controllers on my racersteer will not connect now – first time I try after the new upgrade is downloaded. Anything wrong with the upgrade?
same problem
Same… on iPad but cannot upgrade to iOS 26. Also broken on iphone that cannot run iOS 26
ok turns out if I update the Zwift Play controllers… it will work… Seems like you have to use a whole separate app (Companion App) to do firmware updates. I would have expected Zwift app to at least tell me it was out of date…
They also added a Red Rock Loop Reverse badge (to go along with the Red Rock Loop and Red Rock Loop Arcade badges that were added in the previous update).
Will they have more avatar updates for gravel release? More scruffy beard options and maybe beer bellies? Also a microbrew pub? 😉
Did this update change the amount of XP for the Route of the Week? Today I did Downtown Eruption and I got 250 XP (I haven’t done the climb of the week).
I’ve also noticed that I now have a Ride of the Week card on the iPad app, which combines the Route and the Climb of the Week and has a progress bar.
My Garmin HRM1G no longer pairs since the updated. Is there a fix for this?
Every time I do a Zwift update (this one included) it knocks out the ant+ connection I have to my pedals. I have read this is not an uncommon problem but I can’t seem to find a way to prevent this going forward.
Has anyone noticed that Zwift is taking longer to log in than before? The final stage just before it reaches the pairing screen takes forever.