Hi,
I do get the whole point that streaks are meant to keep people moving on a consistent basis.
But when traveling or injured it really sucks to lose progress, while these things dare unavoidable and it feels unfair to be punished for them.
Would it be possible to add the possibility to pauze the streak in advance, say before the week starts, so people who know they can’t get on the bike the next week can keep their progress?
I think that kind of defeats the object of the whole streak process.
Don’t look at it as being punished but more as not being rewarded.
Just to be sure: I think the streak could be a great addition. Just suggesting an improvement 
I think it depends on how you define a streak and especially who gets to decide when you are doing well.
To me it would mean the number of times that I achieve the goal I set for myself, not the one that is forced upon me by Zwift. Currently they get to decide that I must ride on Zwift every week, or else cannot enjoy the streaks just because I travel regularly and don’t want to ride indoors when the weather is good outdoors.
As it is now, I would prefer not to have the obligatory update rubbing it in after every ride. That’s actually demotivating and counterproductive: Will upvote the posts requesting that.
That’s okay, so would the rest of us, including those of us who do ride every day 
Folks have been asking for this one single feature since it released, and Zwift still can’t seem to figure out all of the requests for “we don’t want to see it”, actually means: ‘we don’t want it to show up at all.’
Maybe the streaks should be for months instead of weeks. Like extra XP for riding once a month. Or perhaps once a year would make it more accessible?
Suppose I go on vacation for a week. I am not going to be near my Zwift setup. Should I have to start over?
The entire point of a streak is not missing any, so yeah you would start over.
Pro tip, it doesnt matter and means nothing, no one can see how many weeks you have gone without missing a ride, you get nothing special for keeping a streak going… it is rather pointless.
If you have Zwift on your mobile phone you can open Zwift using that (no need to pair to anything)
Start a free ride in a world that has RoboPacers and teleport to them in such a way that when the pedal assist times out you can roll downhill and accumulate mileage. Repeat until you’ve ridden 2km or more and save your ride. Voila!
Check out my activity on Strava: Zwift - Pacer Group Ride: Castle to Castle in Makuri Islands with Jacques | Strava
Well yes because you’ve not done anything to continue the streak.
Suppose you do the same lottery numbers every week but accidentally miss a week. That week your numbers come up. Should they still give you the prize?
The big difference is That you get to decide for yourself if and when you play the lottery.
In this case Zwift has determined that we all have to play every week.
I cannot do that, so the whole streak thing is still very annoying to me.
Faking rides is not going to be my way to solve it either.
You get to decide if you ride or not.
You go on vacation voluntarily. You are making the decision not to ride.
No, I actually don’t decide that because there are other things in my life that will have to go before Zwift (yes, hot take ).
It just wouldn’t be a streak anymore if you would pause it. It’s as simple as that.
What would you tell those who take extra efforts to continue their streak? The whole point of the streak would be gone.
I would probably be able to set a new WR in marathon running if I would be allowed to pause every now and then. Okay, I know, bad example.
True. That Goes back to the question who gets to decide how often we should use Zwift.
Someone suggested setting the streak to monthly. I would like that.
Or maybe let us opt out of streaks, also fine.
My point is that it’s annoying to have a goal forced on me by Zwift and then getting negative feedback after each ride because I’m not performing well on their goal.
I agree with this, in part. It should be optional. But I don’t see a negative feedback, even starting a new streak seems to be a positive message.
Like your positive disposition here
Also, the screen itself is very optimistic so I should not have called it negative. That is not fair.
It’s just that when I know that the streak is only going to be a couple of weeks, it’s not motivating at all.
