Absolutely! I don't like sad bear.

Thats a really great idea

I wish a ride on bomb would target any recent ride ons on top of the locals

Nice to have an auto-reciprocal ride on...

Grandma sounds like a badass!

I bet she cranked out 5 watts/kg 😀👍

Great attitude! That is what makes this platform great!

Lol! Ride on back! Glad to have you on Zwift and on the channel!

Congratulations! That's a killer ride!

I think a lot of people go through that same progression. Once you get the time in on the platform, you abandon that thought process in relatively short order.

Lol, good approach. Lungs belong on the inside of our chest cavity.

That's pretty much the way I do it.

I hit the ride on bomb constantly, I end up getting a lot of RIs on return

I am one of those newbie Zwift people. Started on Jan 1st. I only know how to use the group RideOn button circle thingy on the app. I just hit that as often as I can, especially if I catch a draft from someone for awhile as a thanks for the small rest/recover from trying to catch them, lol.

@@TheWoodman65 I am like you. I hit that Ride On Bomb Circle regularly, particularly when I come across a small blob of riders. Spread the love and the drops.

Absolutely, I wish they would give a better option for events. If you do a group workout or event it would be nice to use a single button for all participants 🙂

Glad you took on the challenge!! Hope you got lots of ride ons at least!

DNF, for me. 4k of climbing demolished me, but a new PR for me, never climbed that much in a ride before :-)

You're awesome, as always!!

@@EverythingIsPhotogenic lol - not always, more random awesome ;)

You must live in a small community then, I guess. When I go out in the real world for a ride or run or whatever, almost all the waves and nods come from strangers. There are only a few familiar faces I recognize and I don't know those people either. I have just seen them over and over again. You're essentially saying 'Hi!' and the expectation is a reply. I guess the weird thing about Zwift is that you can give Ride Ons when you're nowhere near those people (in the virtual world). It's like an equivalent of seeing someone's status and sending them a message. And you might only read those messages when you get back (I bring a phone with me for emergencies, not to chat). Of course, then there is the "city effect" when there are just so many people going past you that you can't greet them all. That's why people use the bomb (besides the fact that giving individual ride ons is too difficult). Also, when you get many ride ons, not all of them will show up. Essentially, when there is a ride on displayed, incoming ride ons get muted. This pertains mainly to people with large followings. But also when you give a bomb and a bunch of people return it in a short timespan, it won't show all of them. As I understand it, the times add up. It just won't get displayed. I believe there is a sort of incognito mode when people do group rides. I believe the rest of the world can't see you, but I'm not sure. You see them so it's not deserted but only the group can see you.

@@jobicek By strangers on Zwift, what I mean is that I don't even know who sent the "ride on" some times as in there is so much going on with the workout. For instance, was it the guy in front on me, behind, right side or maybe not even on the same road I'm riding. Essentially it would take a lot of effort to find the person and send back a ride-on (sometimes) On the other hand, when I'm on the real road I see a stranger and I know exactly where he/she is located and I actually make my best effort to wave back and maybe they will nod or not and that is OK. When I'm sitting around with the phone in my hand and someone I follow starts riding I send them a ride on with no expectation of them returning a message. I hope that if they are in a dark place the ride-on would help them push thru. I agree with you.

That's why I wanted to make the video. I often feel guilty when I review my ride and see that people have given me far more ride ons that I thought and I didn't reciprocate really any of them because I am staring at the ass of my avatar or the timer. Everyone has their own agenda. At the end of the day we are all one community and want people to enjoy the sport we love, even if we don't press all the buttons.

For sure! Once upon a time the bulk drop was available but they stripped it out of group events and races and only allowed it for meetups and pace partners (and free ride of course)

You're awesome!! 🙏

Totally agree. I think most people transcend this idea once they have spent some appreciable time on the platform. At first they are all excited and playing with buttons and think of it like leaving a comment on someone's facebook, not really that hard to at least give it a reaction if you see it. Then with time they realize what a chore it can be and the randomness that they will get in terms of followers and ride ons that they can't possibly pin down and they move into the understanding of why there is a poor return. I have never been a huge fan of the panhandling element. I don't care when someone drops in a facebook group and says "hey I'm riding X today, trying to nab he Jensie badge, a ride on would be appreciated." If I see that I try to support, but one of the guys in the comments said they were literally begging and spamming the chat to get the badge all ride long and that is really annoying. They would have gotten in for sure in the course of the minimum of 5 hours they were going to spend on the bike, no reason to hector the community for likes. I always feel a little guilty when I look at a ride later and see the rides on I get that I am completely oblivious to. I think it's like 20 and it's some ridiculous amount. I do the same thing at work, I'll check out events coming up and drop the thumb to the people I follow and that is probably the lion's share of the ride ons I give. One of these days I am just going to spend a ride being absolutely obnoxious and giving ride ons to everyone... but not like the people that confuse the ride on voice with the actual ride on... when I used to have sounds on, I would want to physically gouge out my ears listening to that souther "Riiide Ooown" over and over and over again. 😂

@@EverythingIsPhotogenic those audible ride-on voices gag me. Especially the woman's voice. It sounds so phony and artificial that it makes me cringe, like whoever was saying it was trying to be really cool and totally didn't understand how to be cool because they never were cool and because I never was cool I understand how she isn't cool when she tries to be cool. I know you understand that because you're cool.

@@ZwiftingWithGranny When she says "hammer time" or "I'm toast" I literally want to jump off the roof of my house. And it's 4 stories tall so that's saying a lot! lol

You need to select a rider and give a specific ride on. The key is only for animations and can be brought up any time by clicking the screen. Your rider will say "ride on" audibly but won't give one. Click a rider and hit the orange thumb to give a ride on or follow them and do it in the companion app.

Yep, it's actually one hundred avatars. It is to limit the load on your GPU. Having to draw the churn of that many avatars would put an inordinate strain on your system and causes even some of the best equipment to crash. Sometimes you can see more in the pen, but in motion it's ~100.

There are two ride ons. The voice one next to the toast does nothing. When you click on a rider and give them a directed thumb, that increases their drops earnings to double for 15 seconds. So riders at the lower levels can get a little game cash to spend on bikes and such. Once you spend enough time on the platform, you've earned enough drops to get the best bikes in all the categories 5 times over and they don't have much value. Maybe if Zwfit kept the bikes fresh or had more expensive top tier options, that would be a more critical component of the game.

Interesting question. I totally understand the sentiment and know that feeling is very real for a lot of women from either direct experience of close anecdotal understanding. I'm going to be honest, for me personally, I never give it a whole lot of thought, but there are reasons for that. Most probative being I live in a very suburban/ semi-rural area with a very small and respectful cycling community relatively speaking. Everyone knows everyone who rides either directly or by one or two degrees of separation. Women are revered and protected and anything resembling disrespect or form is swiftly dispensed with in our local clubs and shop teams. Secondly, I have been in male dominated industries for some time professionally and I don't take any shit. I carry myself with a sense of purpose and awareness in everything I do. I rarely get messed with anywhere, and when I do, generally an acerbic retort has people feeling rather sheepish very quickly. It's not a natural position for women and I totally get that, I've had to develop it with experience dealing with a LOT of men. I honestly get most of my harassment from aggressive male drivers and I suspect it has more to do with bitterness about sharing the road and very little if anything to do with me being a woman. In terms of Zwift, in 6 years I have NEVER been a victim of anything even remotely adjacent to inappropriate on the platform, despite having a clearly female avatar. That is not to say it doesn't exist, but I have a public profile and haven't had any weird chats or otherwise come my way. Random ride ons... Yep, all the time... People probably scope out my profile too, but there is literally nothing sensitive there at all so I honestly am not concerned with it. Strava would probably be the biggest concern with map data... That's crossed my mind relatively often, not so much as a woman but just as a human but the community is so big and I've been on Strava since 2014 with not even a blip - probably stems from my geography again. I also live literally 100 feet from the village police station. I'm certainly alert at all times, but I have the privilege of substantial insulation. I have a friend who just moved here from Baltimore and literally couldn't go from the parking lot into her workplace without harassment of one form or another, so I certainly don't take my perspective for granted as being that of the overwhelming majority. I always advocate for women being alert and purposeful. Always know your escape plan... Wheres your phone, can you unlock it quickly? have your camera set up for quick launch from your lock screen... I've had many an aggressive driver back off in a split second when they realize they're on camera. My ultimate hope is that the 5 percent women will become 10, then 20 and soon resemble the closer to 50 seen in triathlon. I think we will get there and the power in numbers will encourage more women to ride with confidence. I hope this was somewhat helpful 🙂

@@EverythingIsPhotogenic Very helpful, thank you! I'm relieved to hear that you've only had positive experiences on Zwift. I had avoided it for a long time specifically because of the social aspect. Kind of a cycling curmudgeon, I guess. I stuck with TR and my pre-subscription Sufferfest videos on repeat. I love Zwift so far. It's giving me much needed training inspiration. Thanks again!

You're the best! Ride On - see when it's easy to reciprocate, I do it! 😉

Right? I rode next to a pro triathlete that I know of rather well for a solid 10 minutes in a group ride once before I noticed the little green verification mark. Just in my own little world.