Originally Posted by
clasher
I'm new to zwift this spring, and was flabbergasted about the UI too, I heard they were planning to release a big UI update this spring but the covid rush to zwift pushed those plans back. Since they introduced the meetup feature you can use that to jump to another route without having to exit the program or anything... simply create a meetup with the zwift companion app that starts after you expect to finish your route, I usually just finish the route and set the meetup for 5-10 minutes later, then refill my bottles/hit the can. You only need to invite one friend and they don't have to respond or join the meetup. Apparently you can do 3 routes a day like this but I've only done it to do 2 routes a day. If you're going for the Lutscher badges you can use the meetup trick to save the lead-in climb on the route.
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Ooh, anything to avoid the insane lead in on Lutscher for the badges. I have skipped over them so far because it doesn't seem worth it relative to other badges I can get. I'll go for them at some point, but it really seems like they should just count the whole thing if they want the lead in to be that long. They could make it a lollipop route like the Jungle, but give me credit for the lead in (and list it in the details so you don't think you're getting a nice short route only to find you've got all that climbing to do first).