Zwift has been around for 10 years. So how many of us from closed beta at Jarvis Island are still around and active in the community?
I will reach 10 years this 24th November but it still felt like yesterday looking back at Scott Barger’s email of invitation. The experience has been a roller coaster and the community we have built together is still the gold standard amongst virtual apps today.
Cheerio.
10 years ago I couldn’t stand to spend 20 minutes on an indoor trainer even when the air quality index was 300+ but now I’m standing on the shoulders of giants
just over 5, but i get my money’s worth for sure. i’m not even particularly old and even i remember sitting on a fluid trainer outside in the snow watching 240p youtube videos of contador on youtube… i appreciate zwift
I only started around 2017 (with a different account).
So didn’t see Jarvis Island, but did have Epic KOM and used to smash that at 19 minutes. Those were the days… Sigh.
My invitation is dated Mar 11, 2015. I feel like I’m late to the party!
Jan 2017.
Never rode Jarvis and never saw a blue robot.
Ocean Blvd was still new.
Richmond and London were there but I think saw New York as a new expansion.
Back then it was a lot harder trying to get info on Zwift and how to Zwift.
A lot of blind exploring that would not be tolerated today.
I joined in January 2017 also, shortly after the iOS version was released.
London had not been expanded yet.
I had looked into Zwift much earlier, but I didn’t have a portable computer to use with it. So, when the iOS version launched, I was in.
Jarvis vet here, approaching 10 years but spend far more time on an alternative platform. Had lots of great experiences but started riding less when I saw how well a competitor executed on drafting/pack dynamics and a customizable HUD. On that latter point, I dug up an old exchange from eight and a half years ago here on the forum that I had with Jon Mayfield about customizable fields for the UI. Maybe that will see the light of day in September?