It appears that ToW Stage 4 only allows you to select the Zwift gravel frame and Zwift gravel wheelset.
Surely, someone at Zwift must be aware that they offer multiple gravel frames and wheelsets?!?
I think they configured it that way so that people don’t show up with road or TT bikes.
They could have configured it to require a gravel bike. They didn’t have to configure it to require their gravel bike.
I suppose it’s only like when other events are locked to certain bikes.
Obviously they’re paying for the privilege but given this is a Zwift event it’s their right to lock you to a Zwift bike.
I never even noticed.
I can’t decide which is my favourite comment; the one by Andrew Hughes or the one by Milian89.
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and if they changed the surface to be more like Cadillac gravel then why didn’t they remove all the dust clouds! So annoying!
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but surely that’s upto the user to decide, if I want to use a TT or normal bike I should be able to and not be forced into something else, was a road bike enforced on previous stages?
I agree Rich. But then we have to deal with all the complaints about the bike (Road and TT) being slower. I think it is fun seeing people on road bike in the Jungle. LOL
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Cant we just put the jungle back to a normal road surface and then we can watch how many people actually use that area again.
Top zwifting tbf, Spend 6 months designing & building this area, release it to much excitement, get fairly positive feedback, change the road surface and watch the numbers dwindle away.
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The trouble is, a lot of users aren’t going to notice they’re on a gravel bike (given how much it looks like a road bike), and so will be confused why it seems so much harder next time in the Jungle on their road bikes.
I thought my question was clear, but people seem to be dead set on answering a different one.
The question is not, “Why does ToW Stage 4 lock in the Zwift gravel bike and wheels?”
The question is, “Why even bother offering different gravel equipment options if they can’t be used in a gravel event?”
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No having different surfaces makes it interesting and fun.
Not all gravel events lock the bike choice. For now it only look like the ToW is doing it.
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Really… I must be missing something then
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Name an equally significant gravel event.
Or, even looking at percentages, with a ToW Stage 4 event every hour, what percentage of gravel events lock you to Zwift gravel frame & wheels?
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Tour de Zwift didnt lock the bike choice a few months ago, and that was before all the new frames and wheels were introduced.
Doesn’t make much sense that they locked it this time.
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Oh, but it does. They annoy more people this way!
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Eric S’s take on the new gravel surface. Interesting that this surface is only for ToW so far. Presumably it might become a permanent feature of the Jungle? Which sounds like it will speed it up for road bikes compared to the current Jungle surface?
i feel like the jungle circuits would be used a lot more in zwift events if they were paved. the scenery is nice, as far as zwift scenery goes, and the terrain is useful for over/unders
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