Here’s a good figure-8 route that I thought would be cool. Let me know what you think:
I like that route, but reversed and without the radio tower. Finish line at the bottom of The Grade.
Has steep hills so nobody will ride it.
And you can guess the rest of the usual arguments.
Zwift’s made steep routes before so I bet someone will ride it.
Sorry, but this is nonsense.
Are you new here?
No, I’m not. Maybe this is a route already you’re saying? Just probably haven’t checked or don’t remember. Just an idea.
Nothing to do with you 
Carry on with your relentless optimism, really do
I also love the idea of these routes and the expansion of worlds.
But the squeaky wheels get the attention. Lots of riders prefer riding with Coco at steady 2.5w on Tempus with 40km/h average speed so they get 120km in 3 hours.
It’s remarkable we got Alpe du Zwift!
You must be new. Any time hills are suggested a chorus of people pour cold water on it.
Just trying to stay positive.
I was replying to someone else, Kirk.
Negative reactions to every new idea are nothing new, it is a general problem. In times of (anti)social networks and public forums more than ever. But the loudest are rarely the smartest!
And no, I am not new here.
Ride on!
Sorry, I didn’t know.
I appreciate your enthusiasm and I hope you never lose it. When I design routes for myself that are not in the game, I usually try to avoid significant repetition of long segments like doing the Grade twice. Using the Mayan/Itza KOM path would be one way to reduce use of the Grade.
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it to you before, but if you design a rebel route and write it up there is some chance that Zwift Insider would publish it. That’s a fairly common way that new routes have been introduced to the game. I can’t recall ever seeing a route suggested here on the forum going into the game, and there have been a lot of suggestions over the years.
You can submit a route to Zwift Racing League - WTRL (ZRL Round 1 Route Design Contest Winner Selected | Zwift Insider).
Not the “Epic 8” though, it exceeds both distance and elevation gain.
That’s fine. Thanks though. I wasn’t planning on it being in a Zrace league event. Just a route that could be in game eventually so just giving out ideas.
“Here’s an idea”
“It sucks because people will say it sucks”
“Why does it suck?”
“Because other people, not me, prefer other things so your idea sucks”
“Yes, it’s all social media’s fault”
“What is?”
“All the negative people here saying the idea sucks”
“But, there’s only you 2 saying this. It’s like you’re arguing with imaginary voices in your heads”
