Watts Up in Watopia: Fastest Bikes for the Tour

Did you ever wonder which bike and wheel combination is the fastest within Watopia? Well, speed tests conducted by Zwift Insider reveal that the course profile is a significant factor.

In an article posted last week, Zwift Insider revealed their bike and wheel recommendations for each of the six stages of Tour of Watopia. The article includes options for riders who are Level 15 and below, as well as for riders who have yet to earn their Zwift Concept Z1 bike (a.k.a. Tron Bike).

Additionally, Zwift Insider takes a deeper dive into performance charts on all the available wheelsets and frames in game, broken down by level and against the Tron bike.

However, if you are anything like me, you may worry less about which bike is the fastest and more about which bike looks the coolest or matches the bike you ride in the real world.

Here’s what we at Slowtwitch have planned for the rest of the week.

Guest World Schedule

Here’s this week’s guest worlds, so you can plan to earn some of the route badges you are missing:

Monday: Richmond & London
Tuesday: Makuri Islands & New York
Wednesday: Makuri Islands & New York
Thursday: Makuri Islands & New York
Friday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Saturday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Sunday: France & Paris

Slowtwich Indoors Event Preview (All Times Eastern)

Go to Zwift Events to sign up for these rides and runs.

Monday 100/100 Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
Join us for a group run on the virtual track of May Field that will kick start your week. Don’t forget that each of the five ride workouts and five run workouts have a short and long option. Rather than canceling a workout when you are crunched for time, you can complete the short version and still reap the benefits of the program.

Tuesday Ride of the Valkryies Workout (Women Only), 6:00 AM
This event is by and for women. It’s an almost no-drop, rubber-banded Structured Training workout, featuring a warm-up, set of intervals, and a cool-down.

Tuesday Structured Training, 7:00 PM
Our Tuesday ride features triathlon-focused cycling workouts written by coaches and pro athletes affiliated with Slowtwitch. The workouts last 60 minutes and will help add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule. This week’s workout is Deceptively Simple.

Wednesday Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
A more scenic group run on the Valley to Mountain Top course.

Thursday Rise & Grind, 5:35 AM
This workout is an early morning bracer for the East Coast crowd. This week’s workout is Mind Over Legs.

Thursday SWIFT Ride, 6:55 PM
The newest ride to the Slowtwitch Indoors family, Slowtwitch SWIFT (Strong Women, It's Fun Together!) is here to bring another women's only ride to a slightly friendlier time slot. This ride will focus slightly more on strength-based work so bring those climbing legs. But even if you're feeling more like Mark Cavendish in the mountains of the Tour de France, so long as you keep the pedals moving, you'll stay with our group. This week’s workout is Mind Over Legs.

Friday Festina Lente, 9:00 AM
This structured training workout is designed to get you geared up for the weekend. Roughly translated as “make haste, slowly,” Festina Lente features a workout that will get your engine running but still leave some in the tank for the big rides and races you have planned for the weekend. This ride is led by members of the Kanberra Cycling Team as lead beacon. This week’s workout is A Little Bit of Everything.

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