Originally Posted by rm -rf

The public group rides I've done need quite a bit of work: leaders and sweepers, a description of the ride type and speeds, texts during the ride, etc. Private invitation rides are simple to arrange, and the riders already should know what to expect. I like that both types of groups rides are available.

Pacer bot rides with teleporting!
I've been doing the Zwift bot pacer rides, but in the past, I wanted to warm up first so I wouldn't get dropped.
Now: I pick an easy pace group, do a longer warmup, then hit the Teleport button on the phone app. It's the one that looks like two map marker icons.




Now I see all the bot speed groups and can pick one. I get the usual 10 seconds to start pedaling. And if I get dropped, I can teleport back to that group instead of doing the frustrating high wattage efforts to close the gap. I've done "intervals" this way, with a set of jumps to a too-fast group. How long can I hang on the fast pace?

The whole session gets recorded as one ride. (The map shows straight lines connecting the teleported locations of the different start points during the ride.)