· about 3 minutes · Issue 008
Zwift Plus costs €29.99 a month. Factor's Sarana trades grams for comfort.
Friday's brief: Zwift adds a pricier Plus tier with real video routes and a coach, Factor's ultra-endurance gravel bike gets tested, and a quiet race weekend.
📱 Tech
Zwift Plus: video routes and a coach for €29.99 a month
Zwift's new top tier adds Zwift Video, 21 filmed routes from six regions including Galibier, Sa Calobra and Lofoten, and Zwift Coach, which builds a training plan around your goal and available hours. It costs €29.99 a month or $299 a year, against $19 a month for regular Zwift, which stays. Zwift owns Rouvy now but says Rouvy keeps running on its own.
Source: DC Rainmaker
🏠 Indoor
Elite Rivo: a folding direct-drive trainer (RRP €499.99)
Elite's cheapest Zwift-ready trainer comes with Zwift Cog and Click fitted, so 8- to 12-speed bikes work without a cassette. Elite claims ±2.5% power accuracy, 18% max simulated gradient and a 10 kg body with folding legs and a handle. Swap in a normal cassette and it works with Rouvy, MyWhoosh and the rest.
Source: Zwift
🔧 Gear
Factor Sarana: 57 mm tyres, and it's not light
Velo's field test praises the leaf-spring rear end, which Factor claims cuts vibration by 18% with no pivots to service. The catch is weight: 9.58 kg as tested with a suspension fork, from a frame of about 1,200 g. It's 1x only, with a 52-tooth chainring max.
Source: Velo
K-EDGE AXS battery holder is back, minus a slot ($30)
The 3D-printed holder that carries a spare SRAM AXS battery under your bottle cage sold out in hours. The restock drops the CR2032 coin-cell slot after K-EDGE found it fell foul of a child safety law on accessible coin batteries.
Source: Bikerumor
🏁 Racing
Biggest races this weekend
Nothing makes the cut. The road season is done, the Gravel Earth Series wrapped in September, and the next UCI Gravel World Series stop is Dustman in Thailand on Sat 14 Nov. A rare weekend where the only race worth watching is the one to the café.
💰 Deals
Checked on each shop's own page on 29 Oct. Prices move.
- Elite Rivo with Zwift Cog and Click: €399.99 (RRP €499.99) at Bike-Discount, Germany, ships across the EU. A €100 cut on a new trainer.
- Hammerhead Karoo 3: €341.95 (RRP €500) at Rose Bikes, EU. Mount included. Still holding.
- Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR, 700x28C: €44.95 (RRP €95.95) at Rose Bikes, EU. Still under half price.
New tyres? Set pressures with our tire pressure calculator.
That's Friday. Tuesday brings gear and deals.
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