A complete list of kids Zwift events

     There are tons of juniors out there who are looking for riders their age, skill level, and who share the same interests. Zwift has made some progress on making Zwift for juniors better but there are still only a few events that happen on a regular basis for juniors. There are currently no events that are on the official events that are kids ONLY. All of them are for juniors with adults welcome except the BCN youth ride where they tell adults not to come. Of course there will always be adults that come for whatever reason. Here are the events!

Sas kids ride

The Sas kids ride has been around since quarenteen and has been quite popular for juniors. The ride is lead by the awesome Sas lead team who are very supportive and fun. Some kids race the ride even though it isn't labbled a race. There are plenty of adults who join these events which is kind of what ruins the ride and makes them just like most other rides in my opnion but it is better than nothing

Team CLS kids ride

These rides happen every Sunday at 9am pst. I have done this ride many times but it has been filled with quite a few adults and it isn't a race. It is paced at 1.3-1.5 with a 5 minute ish mini race at the very end. The leaders are good and very engaging. They have a good sweep who is supportive so it is kind of like a America version of the Sas kids ride.

BCN youth

I have not participated in this event because the time does not work for me but I like the way that the event is organized based off the description. It is a ride paced at 2 wpk so faster than the other but not too fast. The thing that stands out about this ride is that it is lead by kids and they advise adults not to join which will encourage more kids to join the event.

ZTPL.CC kids ride

I have not heard much about this ride but it is a more moderately paced ride at 2wpk, or 3wpk. I have not tried the event but it is lead by kids and they do mini races, attack, they just have fun like most kids. No structured workout just ride. This style of ride is pretty enticing for me because most rides are just steady 2 wpk without any efforts.

Teams + meet up rides

Bikely Youth Team leads a lot of rides every saturday and they also run part of the Tour4kids that Paul and I organize. We use the meetup feature which isn't ideal but it does the job. For the next 3 weeks there are no training rides, only the tour4kids rides. The Bikely Youth Team rides are juniors only and it is easy with some sprints, races, and short efforts.

Overall Kids cycling on Zwift has come a long way. Starting with the first kids team Team Kids, then with SAS, CLS, ZTPL, then BCN joining in recently, and BYT currently on the rise still gaining members. Zwift has not done any official kids only rides or races, if they really wanted to encourage junior cycling on Zwift they probably could have done age filter categories for kids to make racing more fun for kids. SAS, CLS, ZTPL, BCN, and BYT have all done an amazing job organizing events but if you are looking for more racing I would join BYT and the Tour4Kids race series. Thanks for reading and ride on!