Wrong course length!

Just completed Serpentine 8. It states 19.3km but to complete it is actually 26.5!!
Why not just put 26.5km!!!

hi @Joe_White

Welcome to the forum.

Because the loop has a lead-in, you have to ride to get to the start.

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Yeh I realise that but you still have to ride 26.5km to complete!!! So why not put that is all Iā€™m saying, itā€™s the same with other courses as well !

The main factor in the distance statements is that the route is repeated, without the lead-in, if you continue riding with no input of turns.
For instance, the volcano circuit is stated as:
Length:** 4.1 km (2.5 miles)
Elevation: 17 m (56ā€˜)
Lead-In:** 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
If you ride the circuit 1 time you ride the total of the lead-in plus the circuit however, if you ride the circuit 10 times for the badge you ride the lead-in once and then each following circuit is the stated route length. Thus the need to differentiate between lead-in and route.
Hope this clarifies.
JWR

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Okay. Iā€™ll bite. What about routes that donā€™t finish where they start, like ā€œTour of Fire and Iceā€? Why canā€™t that one just be total distance necessary to complete the route, rather than having a 2.8 km lead-in?

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Consistency. It makes sense for all the route distances to work the same way, loops or not.

We should be praising Zwift for this! :smiley:

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