Couldn’t those folks just join Jacques or Yumi instead of Coco?
And they will have the pace they want, and without the sudden increases in speed that happen now.
That’s what people are asking for.
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My wish for the 2026 Wishlist is a rep of the recumbent side of cycling. Both the bikes and the trikes (tadpole and delta)
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TT bikes are a bit faster than standard road bikes without draft, and they could just make them shorter if they want them to go faster without changing the advertised pace. Just adjust it until the group speed is where they want it to be.
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And if you kept the dynamic pacing …
… the less-draftable climbs would then be really interesting. 
Instead of just going from Z2 to Z3 like now you’d go from Z2 to Z4. What fun!
If you’re following a 3.2 wkg pacer you’re probably sitting in at maybe 2.5 wkg on the flats? When they hit a decent climb at 3.5, you’ll have to be hitting most of that as well. That’s a good old delta.
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A sure sign of a change that won’t happen is when you hear someone say “if everyone would just do X…”
Sure they could do something differently, but what they will do is what they want to do, as long as they have free will.
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Which solves the “problem” of people dropping the robopacers on climbs! 
Right? Wasn’t that the whole idea of the dynamic pacing?
Or perhaps, the pace increase on climbs wouldn’t be so drastic, then people wouldn’t be going from easier effort to high effort? Which I think would make most people happier.
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Wish Number Three: Keep all of the Robopacers in the same world so we can work the progression by teleporting without having to end the ride and jump over to the next power level. The Watopia pacers are always together but when the pacers are in other worlds, they get split between two of them usually. Like Richmond and Makuri. Or London and Scotland. Seems an easy fix…
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1. Allow ‘Incognito” rides.
We can set our rides to private, but while we’re riding anyone can see us.
Some of us “work from home” and may not want to be seen riding during the day.
Others may just want to ride without anyone knowing, just like a solo ride IRL that’s not posted on Strava.
2, Rode Stats available during workouts.
3. Options to get rid of the streaks, goals, riders nearby, “close the gap” (does anyone care about or want this, anyone?).
4. Option to go directly to the end of a workout without going through each step.
5. Garage with favorite, pre-configured bikes.
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This would be handy.
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Imagine if the sweat drop multiplier wasn’t lost during the teleporting? 
Would be great for those of us warming up before joining a faster robopacer!
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I think the gripe on riders in front of RPs is more relevant to the pointy end higher w/kg RPs. Everywhere else this is hugely typical. Random quick fan view of the Maria RP
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I’ve said it a hundred times but the pace partners need to be on custom Tron Trial bikes that have custom aero stats to hit about the speeds they should in a group, but without being subject to manipulation by pack behavior.
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Hi,
- Option to go directly to the end of a workout without going through each step.
- Garage with favorite, pre-configured bikes.
Yes!
For me:
- start the timing of races at…start/opening gate – I know it’s longtime request but I’m not sure where we are at this point, if it’s a no-go or maybe there’s still some hope without breaking anything. Then we can have the complete .fit file (and not throwing away these 40-sec before the banner – even more at some new routes in NYC – at 300+W to keep up with leading group). Start at banner crossing is ok on real life events when the start is neutralized but it’s not really the mood on Zwift.
- improve workouts’ warm-up and cooldown: starting the ramp-up at third- or half-FTP could be very painful; even with switching at 80%. Same for the start of the cooldown after a demanding interval: it will be nice to have some non-ERG slot before resuming the end of the workout (without switching the ERG mode off manually).
- List all the badges available: for challenges, free-ride and event-only as well. Let these carrots be visible!
- I wouldn’t have write that a few months ago but…add 100 more levels. Level-freeze is a little bit depressive. And add a stat with # we are to reach 100 (obviously we are a lot as the +2 are not rare during pacer-rides).
Additional note: I’m ok with “Close the gap” message as I race a lot and often find myself at the back of a group…it’s the last reminder that I really need to push more before being dropped for good ;o)
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the pace partners need to be on custom Tron Trial bikes that have custom aero stats to hit about the speeds they should in a group, but without being subject to manipulation by pack behavior.
Not sure to understand: I thought it’s the W or W/kg which affect our ride with RPs. The speed could be different depending on the blob but it does not matter to me. Do I miss the point? On a personal note, I’m gladly joining Yumi when I have the legs because I found the effort more natural (little more W on uphill for example) than with Miguel or Maria (who I have to wait at the top and go full gaz to rejoin during the downhill).
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Zwift Wishlist:
- IN GAME POINTS - have the race results pop up with the points instead of just the finishing order (with a note that it will change as more riders finish) - live points standings based on the points scheme for that races. All this is possible, it works with a Sauce Mod (Arend Terra’s ZenMaster mod);
- Adopt vELO 2 as the ZRS scheme;
- Bulk race edit capability in ZwiftPower or the ZwiftPower replacement. Most organizers run multiple time slots of a race, and it would allow Zwift to;
- Require WTRL to configure ZwiftPower (or replacement system) so that the race results are accurate from an individual standpoint and can be taken into account for vELO / ZRS.
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Exactly so…
What’s that then?
Join the Constance group for 2 hours where the speeds often exceed 50km/h, you can make the effort of others way harder if you want. And they can do the same to you. You’ll understand quickly. In the group yesterday it was possible to split it by 3-4 seconds and those folk left behind would’ve have to sprint back.
Yes, everyone loves “dynamic” pace but not this.
The lower speed robopacers don’t seem as affected - they are not going as fast.
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If you’re getting full draft and the RP is getting full draft it doesn’t really matter. But if you’re not getting full draft, if you slip to the back of the blob and a gap opens in front of you suddenly you need to to close it without full draft. That gap could be from yourself, the rider in front, or someone 20+ riders in front of you. If the RP blob is going at it’s usual speed closing these gaps is generally quite achievable. If people are pulling the RP along and increasing the pack speed then these gaps can be very difficult to close.
How hard it is depends on the speed you need to do because of the increased drag resistance at higher speeds, that’s what makes it so noticeable with the fastest RP groups. The same effect happens with the slower RP groups too, and the weaker riders in the group are the ones most impacted.
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@Chris_D9, @Tom_Shelton,
Oh ok, I totally missed the point–I never go w/ RP faster than Coco.
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