- You're on Zwift.
- You know what to do.
- Now you need to know some hacks.
(energetic music)
- First up, the big question.
How do you get to ride in GCN kit?
Well, it is, in fact, very simple.
When in the game, all you do,
stop pedalling, then press "P".
As you can see, when you're prompted to enter the promo code
simply type in "GOGCN".
And there you go, GCN kit.
Here we go.
- Have you ever been on Zwift and seen someone riding around
on a bike that glows in the dark?
Well it's called the Tron Bike or the Concept Z1
to give it it's proper name.
And it's the fastest bike out there.
To get one, however, is a little bit harder
than unlocking the GCN kit.
So strictly speaking, it's not exactly a hack,
but it is cool so we thought we'd tell you about it anyway.
So when you are logging onto Zwift,
you need to select the Everest challenge.
Complete that, so riding over 8,000 metres of ascent,
and then keep on going.
All the way to 50,000 metres of climbing.
I told you it was quite tough.
And there are no shortcuts.
But look at that.
- Ooof, that's nice.
- Keep going, mate.
You've got a fair bit more to do.
- Alright, oh.
To unlock the daredevil achievement,
you need to hit 50 miles an hour.
And as in the real world, that can be pretty hard to do.
On Zwift, you need to ride the descent
of the reverse Watopia.
Pedalling hard across the short flat section,
and then smash the bottom part,
and you'll hit 50 by the bottom.
- Certain third party Zwift apps, like Zwift Power,
which basically is like anti-doping for Zwift racing,
will require you to input your user ID number
in order to use them.
Now to find that user ID number,
if you're using Zwift on Windows or a Mac,
you simply go into My Documents
and you click on the folder labelled Zwift
and then you click on the folder labelled "cp"
and in there you will see your user ID number.
Now if by any chance there's more than one,
it means that someone else has logged into
their Zwift account on the same device as you.
So you simply then need to open that folder
and ascertain which activity relates to one that you've done
and therefore you know which one is your ID number.
- Not much of a hack you might think,
but it is if you have two.
- Two fans.
- Yeah, two fans.
- Go on, Matt.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Allez allez allez up up up.
- No, Si, I meant two fans.
Not that fan and you, as a fan.
Two fans.
I mean, when it comes to cooling down, more is better.
And for the price, you get a lot of cooling for your buck.
So can you just put that fan down and leave my house?
Is that alright?
- It's alright.
I'll just go out and get you another one.
- Yeah, cheers. Just want another fan, that's all. So...
- [Simon] Go Matt, go, go, go!
- Go harder, more power, while staying cooler.
Can you go?
- [Simon] Say you are looking really good today.
- He's really weird.
- For the toughest climbing ride you can do,
ride up Zwift mountain.
Now once you've got to the top,
you can always use the U-turn function,
to go all the way back down again
before riding up to the top.
But quite personally, I enjoy doing the full loop itself,
including the descent.
- Zwift has three great worlds to ride,
and there's a schedule to let you know
where you you'll be riding whenever you decide to log on.
But there is also a great little hack
that actually allows you to choose.
So if you are using Zwift on Windows or a Mac,
you need to go into your documents,
click on a file labelled Zwift.
And then in there, you will see something called prefs.xml.
Now if you open that with like a text editor
like wordpad or something,
then you can actually add in an extra line of code,
and it will then choose which world you wanna ride in.
So world 1 is Watopia.
World 2 is Richmond.
And world 3 is London.
And if you pop that in just before the very bottom line
saying Zwift, and when you save it, and reopen Zwift,
you will be literally in your own world.
Look, there's Matt.
- [Matt] Look, solitude.
- It looks lonely, mate.
I'm not gonna lie.
- I mean I prefer riding with people.
Every now and again, I like a bit of solitude.
If you're training for long hard climbs,
you'd be wise to elevate as I have done here,
your front wheel.
I obviously need to get used to the lower pedal stroke,
but the orientation of the bike
will really assist with your technique.
One of the really cool things about Zwift
is you can generally spend more time on the bike
than you would when using other indoor training methods.
So even if you've got a fan, you are still gonna sweat a lot
So rather than get off your bike,
and have to refill your bidon,
have a stash of spare bidons, one or two,
or even five in this particular case
due to my very helpful domestique/soigneur here,
Simon on the side.
Here you go, Sy.
- Alright.
- Just have a replacement.
- Eh, you can have it but...
- I'm sweating loads, come on.
- I know, you need to buy me a coffee.
- Alright, I'll buy you a coffee.
I've been on here for 2.5 hours, I need another bidon.
- Ah, and a flapjack.
- Alright a flap.
Can I just have another bottle?
- Coffee and a flapjack?
- Okay.
- Alright there you go.
- Well talking of flapjacks,
if you are riding particularly long on Zwift,
as well as keeping yourself hydrated,
it's always a good idea to have some food to hand as well.
The last thing you want to do is blow indoors on Zwift.
Towel etiquette.
Drape on, over your handlebars
to protect both you bar tape and your headset.
Now regular Zwifters will be wise to be fully aware
of the corrosive effects of sweat or anyone like Simon.
- If you start messing around
with your power and your weight settings on Zwift,
then frankly you're a total nob in our books.
Especially because if you want to legally boost performance,
all you gotta do is go to customise your avatar
and then set your sock height length to optimum.
- Yep, which if you notice is quite low at the moment,
isn't it?
- It is.
- Give it a bit of a slide there.
- Wah, booya.
- [Matt] Here we go.
- [Simon] That is looking totally optimum.
Yeah...
- Sy, what's that no entry sign on the bottom left there.
- [Simon] I'm not sure, let's go on and have a look.
- [Matt] Click on that.
- [Both] Oh no!
(agitated mumbling)
- Hang on.
- [Matt] Quick, Sy.
(agitated noises)
- A big thank you to some of the Zwift online resources
for helping us put this video together.
In particular, zwiftblog.com.
- Yeah, if we've missed any Zwift hacks though,
then please pop them in the comments section down below.
Or just general indoor training tips as well.
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- Now for another Zwift video,
Sy racing on Zwift in fact,
you went pretty deep, didn't you?
Click just down here.
It's a lot of fun.
- You tried quite hard commentating, didn't you?
- I did, yeah.
- It was a pretty epic evening all around, yeah.
- Yeah, I was sweating.
- Yeah, and if you are new to Zwift,
and so you don't just need hacks,
you need to know how to do it.
Then please just click up there for a video on that.
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