Is it possible to find out when a pace bot will be doing a given ride in advance?
(Eg when one will be going up the Alpe)
Hi @Donald_Smith1674, welcome to the forums!
The pace partners currently only ride on the same routes every day. Coco is always on Tempus Fugit, Dan is always on the flat route, I think Amelia is on road to ruins I think, I can’t remember where Bowie rides (I’m not fast enough for the A and B bots). There was a report that one of them escaped Watopia and rode in Yorkshire recently, but I didn’t see that.
The original schedule that was posted can be found here, but I think they aren’t really following that anymore. They seem to always be on now.
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Last weekend there were two pace bots on different routes. I personally rode many laps with Coco Cadence on the Sand & Sequoia’s loop. Others had reported that Amelia was riding in Yorkshire.
My guess is that was some bug that was fixed shortly after.
@Shawn_McAfee_DIRT how was riding with Coco on the hills? It is very natural to increase power on the hills, but Coco will stay at a constant 2.5 w/kg or whatever, was she too slow on the incline and then too fast on the decent?
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@Mike_Rowe1 it wasn’t too different. I have found it easier on the uphills to stay with all the pace partners (minus Amelia). Here is a comparison between 1 lap of Tempus and Titans Loop which includes the Fuego Flat and Titan’s Grove. Strava | Run and Cycling Tracking on the Social Network for Athletes
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I’ve not tried this yet, but if you turn the trainer difficulty off then the hills won’t matter and it should make it easier to stay with the bots.
Last night I tried jumping into the Coco pace pack and after about 20 seconds that group and everyone else in that area of Watopia disappeared for about 2 minutes before things slowly came back. The Coco pace group was gone. What happened?
Sounds like your internet connection was disrupted
I was still there though, power, speed and cadence were still showing. 
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You can start a ride on Zwift, disconnect from the internet and ride by yourself with no issues.
Still sounds like you had a connection to the internet issue.
Thanks, Did not know that. I might just do that once in a while for some alone time. 
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You just need to make sure you reconnect before you end your ride.
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Let’s not get into the trainer difficulty debates. This thread will be ruined.
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Funny story. I am 59kg. No joke here, that’s verified on my Withings scale (which isn’t syncing to the server, but I don’t want to derail the thread) and in my 20s I was closer to 56. Riding IRL in the Midwestern US, which generally lacks extended climbs, I could get away from my ride buddies on the rollers, but they’d always catch me afterward.
Bowie puts out 3.2 W/kg rain, shine, climb, or descent, and IIRC Bowie is 80kg. So, going up the hills, I can pretty easily stay with him/it. Going down, I usually have to push my tempo to stay with the group.
I shudder to think what would happen if I tried to stay with Amelia, who is 4 W/kg, but at least she/it is 65kg. I can put out that power for maybe 20 minutes tops.
I’ve actually lost count of how many times I’ve gotten on and only got a few minutes ride in before the bots say goodbye.
Internet drop out possible. You keep cycling in Zwift and everyone else dissappears.