Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
This will seem to go against my prior comment in this thread, but it really doesnt- I am one who struggles to accept e-sports. I dont fully view zwift as an e-sport though. A zwift race(that is legitimately run and not hacked or whatever) requires athletic talent, even if its just being able to turn your legs fast and with power.
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So physiological talent. Because for sure, actually riding a bike in a bike race requires a very specific set of skills not used on Zwift.
Bike racing itself is a skill. Pedaling hard...isn't. You're either genetically capable and trained to do so, or you aren't. You can learn to bike race. You can't learn to get a 400 watt ftp.
Zwift does not teach you to bike race. It teaches you how to video game and pedal hard. Zwifting is not racing a bike. It's playing a video game with your aerobic system.