{"id":64235,"date":"2023-12-16T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=64235"},"modified":"2023-12-16T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:47:22","slug":"switched-from-sugar-cookie-to-watopias-the-big-ring-sugar-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/switched-from-sugar-cookie-to-watopias-the-big-ring-sugar-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Switched From Sugar Cookie To Watopia&#8217;s The Big Ring (Sugar Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zwift Watopia The Big Ring 12\/16\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GhjHkaQs2Bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Watopia Sugar Cookie route danced around in my mind all morning and I thought that would be the ride today. Opening the Zwift companion app I scrolled through the upcoming events and one was on Watopia The Big Ring. Longer than Sugar Cookie by about 6 miles with just a little more elevation gain I opted for The Big Ring. My previous two rides on The Big Ring were under two hours long, a good length for today. I rolled away at 1:01 PM riding the Specialized Aethos S-Works bike with Zipp 808 wheels. The elevation gain had one big lump to get over with the rest mostly rolling hills. The gradient didn&#8217;t get above 6% as far as I can remember. I could&#8217;ve used a little 9% climb to get out of the saddle and give my sit bones relief though. The one big climb topped out at 325 feet. One Strava top result: <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10391131948\/segments\/3171209594086945474\">Going Coastal<\/a>\u00a0(33:12). Today was the fastest overall time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"224\" data-attachment-id=\"64236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/switched-from-sugar-cookie-to-watopias-the-big-ring-sugar-free\/12-16-2023-sporttracks-rides-history-zwift-watopia-the-big-ring\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=1840%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1840,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=600%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=800%2C149&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=1200%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-16-2023 SportTracks Rides History Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" class=\"wp-image-64236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?w=1840&amp;ssl=1 1840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=600%2C112&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=800%2C149&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=640%2C119&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Rides-History-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=1536%2C286&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>12-16-2023 SportTracks Rides History Zwift Watopia The Big Ring<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10391131948\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"64234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-16-2023-strava-ride-summary-zwift-watopia-the-big-ring\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=1041%2C1035&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,1035\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-16-2023 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=453%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=603%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"64234\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring-603x600.png?resize=603%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-16-2023 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" class=\"wp-image-64234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=603%2C600&amp;ssl=1 603w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=453%2C450&amp;ssl=1 453w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=483%2C480&amp;ssl=1 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?w=1041&amp;ssl=1 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>12-16-2023 Strava Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/10391131948\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"64233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-16-2023-strava-ride-map-zwift-watopia-the-big-ring\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=1043%2C1017&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1043,1017\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-16-2023 Strava Ride Map Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 Strava Ride Map Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 Strava Ride Map Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=462%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=615%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"64233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring-615x600.png?resize=615%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-16-2023 Strava Ride Map Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" class=\"wp-image-64233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=615%2C600&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=462%2C450&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=492%2C480&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-Strava-Ride-Map-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?w=1043&amp;ssl=1 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>12-16-2023 Strava Ride Map Zwift Watopia The Big Ring<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/31620888\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"701\" data-attachment-id=\"64232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-16-2023-sporttracks-ride-summary-zwift-watopia-the-big-ring\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=1831%2C1069&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1831,1069\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;12-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?fit=800%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=1200%2C701&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring\" class=\"wp-image-64232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?w=1831&amp;ssl=1 1831w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=800%2C467&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=640%2C374&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-16-2023-SportTracks-Ride-Summary-Zwift-Watopia-The-Big-Ring.png?resize=1536%2C897&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">12-16-2023 SportTracks Ride Summary Zwift Watopia The Big Ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watopia Sugar Cookie route danced around in my mind all morning and I thought that would be the ride today. Opening the Zwift companion app I scrolled through the upcoming events and one was on Watopia The Big Ring. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/switched-from-sugar-cookie-to-watopias-the-big-ring-sugar-free\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5352],"tags":[5304,5667,5429,5400,5347],"class_list":["post-64235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-the-big-ring","tag-virtual-ride","tag-watopia","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gI3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64238,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235\/revisions\/64238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}