Comments on: “Canopies and Coastlines” Route Details (Watopia)

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:19:09 +0000

In reply to B Poston. Weird, not sure how I broke that. But it's fixed now!

By: B Poston

B Poston — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:58:40 +0000

The map at the top of this one is the wrong route. Just letting someone know.

By: Gill

Gill — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:49:54 +0000

In reply to Dan Connelly. That’s where meetups are handy. They spawn further into the ride and remove the lead-in

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:32:28 +0000

In reply to Dan Connelly. Zwift is so much more fun and engaging than it has ever been. It is not perfect, but it makes the hours on the trainer go by a lot faster. Ride on!

By: Dan Connelly

Dan Connelly — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:07:22 +0000

In reply to Ernesto.

I agree — massive kudos to the Zwift world builders. It was remarkably eclectic but fits in seamlessly with other parts of Watopia. If my first day on Zwift had been today, I’d have not felt there was a striking contrast. And I am super-impressed with their creativity in mixing different terrains, ecosystems, and culture.

And they even teased us with a blocked off turnoff — an alternate route to Epic KOM to be added? I’ve been misled many times in the past (like expecting a France expansion).

By: Dan Connelly

Dan Connelly — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:13:50 +0000

In reply to Ron J.

The whole “lead-in” thing is sort of strange. But it is what it is: part of the game. The most extreme example is probably Innsbruck where a route starts at the top of the main climb. When riding, unless you teleport to a rider already on the climb, you need to ride to the top just to start. But in an event you can actually start at the top and still get route credit. London Surrey Hills also comes to mind, where you climb Kite Hill as the lead-in (which caused me confusion because the first time I did it I bailed before climbing Kite Hill the 2nd time, thinking I’d completed all of the climbs).

IRL lead-ins are common since I need to ride to the start of rides, and pro races often have “neutral zones” not included on the main stats.

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:35:52 +0000

I just finished Canopies and Coastline as my Stage Five of the ToW. I really like this route, even the hilly lead-in. The route is colorful, lots of visuals to keep me engaged and enough sprints to keep me challenged. I have been riding Zwift for a very long time and I am happy to see how far it has come along. Good job. Ride On!

By: Emilio_Lence

Emilio_Lence — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:46:31 +0000

Hi Eric.
First of all, thank for the new maps of the new routes. Could it be possible to add the elevation of the lead-in in routes like this one?

By: Ruffin

Ruffin — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 12:59:33 +0000

Looks like a nice alternative to Sand and Sequoias reversed. But the best part of that older route is it doesn’t have a sprint, as I can’t resist wasting my legs any time I see that little green pylon or whatever it is, and then my cruise speed tanks for a while.

Looking forward to this one, but not the sprints.

(I know in theory I can skip them. The problem is I… um… can’t. Let a Clydesdale have something.)

By: Ron J

Ron J — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 12:21:26 +0000

In reply to Tim. It’s just frustrating to have an update every other day when I go to load the app. Sometimes they fail and have to reload or it freezes the app. it seems like I have had more updates in one month than all of the past three years. And they are finicky to load. As for the routes, I don’t really care. It was in gest. I was nearly complete with all the routes. It’s like being on a long ride and or hike and thinking you’re almost there but discover your mileage error