Originally Posted by
Hiro11
I ignore everything on Zwift.
I love when you go on the KOM leaderboard for Zwift segments and you see these people who averaged 500 watts for 20 minutes or whatever. If you dig into their Strava, invariably they are 50 year old men who never ride outside and when they do it's 18 miles at 16mph. Yes I have too much free time.
Another example: all of the people in the Zwift sub****** who post: "I just started cycling two months ago and I just broke 50 minutes on AdZ at 4.5w/kg!" No you didn't.
Despite this I think most people on Zwift are actually riding with honest power. Not that it really matters since a cheater at 4.5 W/kg appears no different to a genuine 4.5 W/kg rider. They are both just anonymous riders unless you know them personally. All that matters to me is that my own power and weight are realistic.