You can buy the Buffalo bike from the Dropshop. I believe it is under 10.000 drops.
Yeah, I just started with Zwift end of October, so Iām only L25 right now - no buffalo for me! I think for the third stage I am going to bring a MTB into the crit course though, a mountain bike seems appropriate for a crit course right? 
In order to keep the post related to the TDZ Iāll remind folks that the Neokyo Crit Course offered now in Stage 3 (which you will see me ripping through on a beautiful MTB it seems) is the one āevent onlyā route badge, so if you donāt have that route badge it is probably worth doing the short route in addition to whatever other route youāre doing.
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What is the best bike to use for Stage 4 Serpentine 8 route? Would a gravel bike be a better option than a MTB for that course?
Mostly dirt roads. MTB in the Jungle is the fastest.
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I refuse to think about gear for a virtual ride so I just ride my Tron bike everywhere, even on the dirt.
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MTB is about 0.8w/kg faster than any road bike on dirt. I saw this on several races & rides in the Jungle and on the Serpentine 8 this morning. I was at 2.5 for most of the ride and paced with road bikes AND the Tron at 3.3. I believe the inverse is true on pavement.
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I used a MTB on Stage 4. I was pacing around around 2.9.
At the start (on the paved section) I shot back to around position 700, but pulled my way to 400 by the end of the stage without changing my pace.
Posting this here as the original specific thread appears to have been closed. Iāve been riding the TDZ and while from stage 2 onwards everything has been fine ZP wise (event posting to the profile page and updating numbers), Stage 1 is still missing. It appears in my activities and I have the completion badge, but ZP not recognising it as an event. I know there was an issue and this was being looked into (understandable as there were over 2000 riders in the session I joined ā¦ the Monday 5pm GMT one). I guess my question is, will the data be recovered and applied to our profile? Or is this a case of chalking it up to experience and moving on ā¦
Iāll try and find out next week.
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Thanks James ā¦
Okā¦ the dust clouds need to be addressed again. Can we please tone them down? Riding these large group events in the jungle with a constant dust cloud on your screen is a bit much. As soon as the road goes downhill and speed picks up you canāt see anything.
I ride and race gravel IRL and it is never that bad, in fact, I never see hardly any dust when riding IRL. What does actually happen IRL is mud flinging up from those in front in wet conditions. Dry conditions are fine for visibility.
Please either tone it down or better yet, remove the dust completely from the dirt routes.
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I do see dust on a regular basis when riding on gravel, but there is always a motor vehicle involved. I guess itās the wind tunnel between the wheels that makes it airborne. And yes, I also find it annoying on Zwift.
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I have raced dry dusty roads IRL and donāt want to have it replicated I Zwift. It reminds me of dry eye lences, using bottle to clear the glasses and sand in my eyes and mouth. Itās too realistic Zwift! Please!
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Apart from that, I love the jungle! The scenery is great and the hills have just the right gradient and length for me to barely hang on. I wish there was more going on on these courses.
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Just a quick note to point out an apparent discrepancy in the elevation in the the Stage 5 Long Ride/A.
Has anyone else noticed that they are doing only around 257 m (843 ft) on that route, rather than what is listed in Companion>Events, i.e. 318 m (1045 ft)?
More info in this thread:
Yep, I think we had that listed wrong. It also appears to be wrong on both Zwift Insider and Zwift Hub.
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I have just noticed that my TDZ runs are showing up in Zwift Power as rides. Is that normal?
Normal. Group rides show up on ZP, but only races earn ranking points.
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All my TdZ runs so far are listed on Zwiftpower as rides. Iāve only been running on Zwift for about 2 weeks though and I havenāt run outside the TdZ yet so I donāt know if itās ānormalā.