Never thought that this man will be the 1 who is able to explain basic things what we should know about zwift. Other young and fancy vbloggers did not give me such a detailed and understandable explanation.Thx!

Thank you sooo much for this. I've been baffled by the elevation profile, not realising that direction of travel can be either L-R or R-L

This is the most comprehensive video about the mini map. Very informative and helpful. Thanks for sharing this!

Well done - simple and thorough explanation! I found an explanation on Reddit that noted the rider direction can change in the middle of the ride because of the way the segments are glued together in the Zwift program. That is to say, you can start a ride/race with the profile showing you going left-to-right, then it switches without notice and your circle is going right-to-left on the profile, and it can change back. It typically happens at a fork in the road or turn, but it can happen anywhere. How confusing! Zwift should make the bubble and arrow bigger. Or, better yet, make it so riders are always traveling left-to-right.

Thanks Amigo, simple but, well explained video. I was looking for this explanations of the mini map. good job!!!

Thanks Ken, finally I know what all icons are. Clear and detailled instructions and information on the map! Also great 1 pager to download.

Excellent explanation sir. I have been writing for a few years on swift, and it is always been so confusing the way they have that map setup it's absolutely ridiculous but thank you very much for your very informative video

Train hard and have fun...words to live by! Great to finally figure out the blue KOM/QOM icon...snowy tops!

Zwift should employ Ken to help with their documentation. So much information that just can't be found elsewhere in four minutes!

Thanks for explaining the Zwift map. Without your guide, it is rather hard to figure out all of the icons on the map.

Thank you for the help in understanding the mini map!

King. Amazingly clear explanation of one of the worst UI designs I've ever encountered.

This WAS comprehensive. Thank you so much!

Brilliant thanks man. Please keep up these very useful videos. Cheers!

Very helpful!

First time I whatch a good explenation for the minimap. Thanks ! Good video!

Another useful vid Sir, however as a newbie the elevation profile is about as much use as a chocolate fire guard. Considering all our bike computers can offer a colour coded view of the route I find it bizarre that Zwift can't put a colour coded route elevation across the bottom of the screen. PS I have a 42 inch tv and can barely see the elevation coming up.

THERE'S AN ARROW!!! I was always confused by the elevation profile at the bottom of the map, still don't see the reason why it can be R-L sometimes. Good to know i need to bring my glasses to figure out which way i am going. :)

thx finally found a nice explanatory video on zwift's map....

Another great video, very helpful, thank you!

Great, informative video - you're the man!

Your videos is just what i need! Thank you! Really clear , including for spanish talkers like me! Thank you again! Just i little critic, i saw the video with a little low resolution, maybe was my internet connection... otherwise You are an excelent teacher!

Appreciate the help Ken. I have been trying to figure out how to change the Mini Map view

Best explanation I found! Thank you.

Thanks Ken, Loved watching this video. Would you mind doing a video on the different symbols in the companion app (hammer, toast). Haven't got a clue what they are for.

Perfect video! Thank you so much! Greetings from Germany. Stay safe

Thank you for making this video!

perfect! thank you!

Thank you so much for the extensive and clear details! But now I'm going to vent about Zwift and maybe you can answer some nagging questions that I'm sure many others have as well. 1. Yes, the bottom of the mini map has an orange arrow showing the direction, which is very hard to see even on my high resolution iMac. But why why oh why doesn't it just simply go in the same direction all the time!? (My Garmin Edge shows elevation profile always from left to right, simple and logical enough, right?) 2. In like manner, the elevation profile is also very hard to see. In my estimation it is using the bottom 10% of the map (which is alway small) as a transparent overlay. It's tiny! If I had my way, I would make the elevation profile a separate element, larger and with a "higher" profile just below the map, include a scale of miles so you could see how long a climb is, not just that its there, and reduce the size & font of the 12 or so "Zwifters nearby," which I have no trouble reading. 3. When coming to a hill climb or a sprint, the leaderboard shows up on the left, I think prior to said climb or sprint. BUT WHERE DOES IT START? (By comparison RGT, when you are approaching a sprint or hill climb, gives you clear warning how far it is to the start, much like the head unit on your bike counting down the distance to the start of a Strava segment) I have used Zwift maybe 15 times so I am not terribly experienced nor am I a complete newbie. But every time I use it I am amazed and disappointed at things that don't exist that I would take for granted. Zwift has so many users, they have money to develop, they must get a lot of feedback, yet it seems they have made no improvement in the interface. Thank you in advance. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the video, very useful

What I find weird about Zwift is if you pick out a route to ride, there is no marker or anything else to show you where the finish line is. You just have to remember how many km it is.

Thank you!

Good job explaining. I will say that the Zwift map is so small that it is almost impractical. The only information that is legible is % grade.

Great video- thanks for making. new to Zwift and I know I'm not the only one that has this question. Coming from outside riding with my Garmin/Strava and route loaded, I always knew when the next hill was coming up (how far before it starts) and more importantly when on that hill, how long in distance the climb was (to gauge out of saddle) and the %'s as climbing it. This seems impossible to know on Zwift and is making for uncomfortable climbs on my smart trainer. Am I correct that the info is not clear at all compared to outside rides with the route loaded on a Garmin and maybe other apps do this far better? This is important to me as I find my best indoor riding app. thanks!

Thank you sir!

Top tip, thanks.👍

They should hire you ! One month on zwift and I didn't know all that.

on appletv the minimap is not clickable/changeable unfortunately

Still I don’t understand the elevation map, you don’t see it moving. So when is it going up or down? I have no idea where I am on this map.

Is it possible to see hills in advance and to get an idea on how long they are?

An off the topic question are there any age classification rides?

Why don't zwift give out this information?! Thank you for your help.

useful

Ken if your not working with Zwift you should be.

Thank you very much! But please try to upgrade the video quality. ^^

Very helpful!