On Saturday I like to ride Zwift and listen to America’s Top 40 from the 70’s on the SiriusXM 70’s on 7 channel if the weather keeps me inside. Today that happened and the week reviewed by Casey Kasem was 12-17-1977. I checked ZwiftInsider.com to find a route to ride. I needed to ride at least 16 miles to reach 100 for the week so far. Makuri Islands has routes I haven’t rode but most are less than the 16 miles. To fix that I created a meetup on the Island Hopper route setting the distance to 23.7 miles, a little over two laps. This meant some climbing. The meetup started at 11:10 AM with about 20,000 Zwifters online but not in my meetup. When I finished I covered 23.71 miles and climbed 876 feet.

That’s me taking a drink in the YouTube video thumbnail above. The Specialized S-Works bike with DuraAce wheels is my usual bike.

Island Hopper is 11.1 miles plus a .1 mile lead in and 422 feet of climbing per lap. ZwiftInsider.com describes the route “Looking for the full Urukazi tour? The Island Hopper covers all Urukazi roads (except for the connector roads to Neokyo and Yumezi). This route takes you on two loops of the Urukazi island complex. Your first loop takes the innermost roads on each of the islands, while the second loop takes the outermost roads.” I rode on every road surface Zwift offers but I didn’t change bikes. I sprinted several times with good results for me as the Strava segments show below. I was passed by several large groups.