Paracyling added to Zwift -Handcycles and recumbant bikes

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I looked through the thread of feature requests and this topic comes up often but receives little votes. It is very likely that it gets little traction because there is a very small demographic on Zwift of para-cyclist. I myself am not a para-cyclist, but have many friends who are.

I would like to ask Zwift to build hand-cycle and recumbent bikes as an option just because it is the right thing to do. It will promote awareness among the greater cycling community, and will motivate many athletes to push themselves.

I know that Wahoo is currently pulling data from their users who are para-cyclist so that they can better meet their requirements. I am sure that they would be willing to provide that data to Zwift to help you build the models. As well as Top End and Catrike who are the leader in both hand-cycle and recumbent bike categories.

I will share this link to help encourage vote nonetheless, but, I hope that Zwift will champion this effort regardless of votes because I know that if they build it, it will have only positive impacts for our global cycling community at large.

This would be awesome if they could make this happen. The aerodynamics, weight, pedal stokes, cadence are a few that make a huge difference. This could be a huge game changer.

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Paul,

Would you give us an idea of how many votes this feature would need to gain support from Zwift? The feature request forum has many other ideas that have “died” on the vine. We don’t intend to let this one die on the vine.

Regards,
Bob

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There is no way I could answer that question.

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Paul,

I understand now. Thanks for the support on the forum. I assumed you were an employee of Zwift. I have started a dialog with Zwift directly with regards to para-cylcling.
-Bob

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New to Zwift and only started Adaptive Cycling earlier this year, (never knew it was an option)! Can’t ride a DF bike anymore due to injuries in the military and later on cancer x2 and complications from that! Now on a Catrike 700 with a CycleOps H2 we so NEED a better way to interact with Zwift for us NONTraditional Cyclist! Our trikes and handcycles perform so much different than a DF Bike please help us out!!!

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ICE Trike rider - yes please for this feature!

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fwiw . I put - recumbent in my last name, ive seen a few others doing this too…

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ZWIFT could actually take Para Cycling to the next level. Having already partnered with the UCI, it should be a quick fix to couple the Para Cycling Metric Data Table (Handicap tables issued in the UCI rule book) to the Watts performed per sporting class (C5 to C1; T3 to T1; H5 to H1).

Having Para Cycling Races on Zwift would help make the sport more accessible across the globe.

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Maybe the organization can approach Zwift. The whole community here would surely support it.

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I’ve got a Catrike that I occasionally ride in Zwift. It’s a slower way to go, but it rolls nonetheless.

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This would be so great. I’ve worked for years volunteering with a para-athlete cycling program for vets. Currently we use ancient computrainers and really really old awful Sufferfest videos for our indoor training. It would be so great to have better trainer options and online accessibility for the riders specific to their equiptment!

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I sent an email requesting this, but it doesn’t seem to get to their development team. I was told getting votes on the forum is a way to get the developers attention. Creating a single, attention grabbing topic may work and get people to vote on it.

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I think the best way would be to get Simon to do an interview with some athletes on the Zwiftcast. But a few voices on ZwiftInsider might be good too.

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Hello everyone! It has been a year since we started this post and it is still getting a little bit of attention. I know that we need a lot more support to encourage Swift to put the work in to help our paracgcling family.

I am asking everyone who has voted to copy the link to this forum and spread the word to fellow riders, zwifters, starve blogs and all social media outlets.

It would be great to see the day that swift can hold races and events for our para-athletes like they do for other venues!

Thank you all for your support on this initiative! Il look forward to seeing you all on Zwift!

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I would love to be able to select a recumbent bike for my avatar. I ride one because I have collapsed discs in my neck, which means the nerves to my arms get squished easily, so no more riding a traditional bike. Recumbent is the best option to carry on cycling and keep some feeling in my hands!
Please give us the option…

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The “Vocal” ones want paracycling avatars made available. Eric Min said yes but said he didn’t know when.
Priority in my book ahead of projects I want for myself. Let’s do this. Put a team on it.

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I agree ! I’m a hand cyclist myself

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Voted ! This is a great idea.

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I’m the paracycling head coach at the Norwegian Cycling Federation and I think Zwift could be very useful as a training tool. Our athletes are spread across the country so the are unable to train together very often, I would love to see Paracycling races on Zwift. The UCI is making a big effort to be fully inclusive in their competitions, I would like to see Zwift do the same. It would be great to setup a paracycling Zwift racing community. The game engineers could modify the aerodynamic and weight physics to replicate a handbike, tandem or a tricycle. And create para avatars. If any Zwift employees are reading this, contact me and we can get into more details.

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