This week we get together to chat about how to get through racing a stage race (hint, recovery and nutrition are important), what we think of the Jarvis island update, Zwift's bike testing and the future upshot for racing, as well as our TTT bug-a-boos...in addition to the weekly roundup of Herd races!

This week on a very special episode of the Pink Tron (they're all special, though, this one's just as special as all the others), we discuss whether we'd like to ride with Eric Min in Mallorca or whether we'd be too worried about Zwifters' bike handling on mountain roads, whether we think the updates to the Zwift Racing Score algorithm are a step in the right direction, whether the new Zwift Camp sounds like what Zwift Academy should be, and what the silliest thing we've skipped in order to...

This week Steve, Stef, John and Brent chat about the new Zwift updates letting us sort our bikes, trainer troubles (including the Wahoo updates) and all the weeks Herd races. And of course, what we are drinking! Thanks for listening.

This week we discuss what setup we'd suggest for a total beginner - more suggestions welcome! Also, the new community course selected for series 2 of ZRL, the Herd takeover of Zwift Community Races, how we're doing on the Zwift Club Challenge, and a check in on the week in Herd Racing.

This week Brent, Sean, Chris, Stef, John and special guest Nathan Trachta talk about the start of everyone's favourite no categories Zwift scratch racing series - Herd Winter Racing! Nate gives us the low down on some new Herd Beginner Racing categories. We talk a bit about the mysterious thing growing up from the depths in Watopia and our favourites out of proposed new routes for ZRL Season 2. Plus the usual Herd racing round up. Moo!

It's a big crew in ahead of a big final weekend in the Herd Summer Racing Series. We discuss all the Herd racing events this week, delve far too deep into the news about Zwift Racing Score, hear about a controversial new form of sandbagging from John before wrapping up by sharing mechanical woes from our cycling journeys...  

This week we chat about the upcoming Community Racing Festival, the ongoing Herd Club Challenge, and the introduction of Zwift Racing Score as the primary categorization tool (along with the potential drawbacks). We once again try to convince Brent to Everest, this time in response to a rant about XP. Also, apparently it's possible to hack into Shimano Di2 shifting, and now we wait for a mass mechanical in a pro race. All this in addition to the weekly discussion of the Herd Racing schedule.

This week we discuss the introduction of Zwift Racing Score more broadly across the platform, VR glasses as the future of Zwift, a Metallica whiskey pairing, and Brent's inevitable Everesting failure, along with the week in Herd Racing (including strategy talk for the week's Climber's Gambit inspired HSRL race).

This week we've got a full house, and we chat like it. Among the topics: How cool is it that there's a Zwift Play Konami Code? How did we like the ZRL scoring system? What's the low hanging fruit for making Zwift a better racing game? How much time did Sean spend on his cocktail? We also chat about the week in Herd Racing, in particular this week's HSRL on Champs Elysees.

This week on The Pink Tron, Sean forgets the sweaty transition, so Brent fills in with an amazing feat of precognition, psychically divining how the episode ends...Also, we chat about the new ZRL points race points distribution and how it will affect riders' motivations as well as discussing the week in Herd Racing.

We audition a new format this week, leaning more into the having a chat side with less emphasis on going in depth into each of the week's Herd races. This week, Brent rants about free trade, Steve is interested in where dogs use the bathroom, and John tries a new mushroom beverage with limited success. 

Steve has to run off to see a movie (Logan, I think it was), so we quickly get to a discussion of riding with Herd friends, and the low bar of entry to community on Zwift and particularly why the Herd is quite welcoming. We do, as always, discuss the week in Herd Racing, including a return to standard HSRL scoring on Casse Pattes.

This week on the Pink Tron we look forward to a new series of HSRL, and back at each of our entries into the Herd Racing family and at some HSRL series' past. We also discuss the rest of the week in Herd Racing.

In honor of SD Worx unbelievable team tactics in the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift, we discuss how team tactics can go right or very very wrong in Zwift racing, and what tactical approaches annoy the hell out of us! We also discuss the week in Herd Racing, including a Tiny Race style HSRL this week.

This week the PT crew tries their hand at course design with the ZRL community designed race course in mind. We develop courses we'd like to see for Watopia, Makuri, Scotland, and France. Let us know what you'd like to race! Also, we discuss the week in Herd Racing, with a long HSRL race on Itza Party.

Sean, Stef, John and Brent (along with a racing Chris!) go through the week  of Herd Racing. We follow up with a brief chat about the newly announced next season of Zwift Racing League and the courses that have been announced. (Note that none of us had seen the recent news about the community course selection!)

This week we consider new event ideas that may some day make their way into the Herd Racing rotation, including a non-pen/non-event idea that we were all pretty excited about. Additionally, we chat about the week in Herd Racing, including this week's scratch race on the relatively new Glyph Heights route.

Coming back after a layoff can be daunting, especially if you feel like you've lost considerable fitness due to illness, vacation, or simply inactivity. We discuss some of the right ways and wrong ways to get back to it, although Brent's wrong ay seems to have been especially effective. We also, as always, discuss the week in Herd Racing.

This week Nate, Steve and Brent chat about the week in Herd Racing including week 1 in both the new series of Stampede and HSRL. If you don't know what week 1 in HSRL is, there's a big clue in the title! Then we chat a bit about experience with Herd Racing Score, Chasing Yellow and a bit about new tech announcements of interest to indoor cyclists. DC Rainmaker on new Jet Black Victory trainer: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/jetblack-victory-trainer.htmlDC Rainmaker on Elite Square Smart...

On this episode, Steve, Chris, Sean and Brent talk about the week of Herd Racing, how to manage sweaty situations as the weather warms up, some experiences with Zwift Racing Score and their experiences in the Chasing Yellow series. Also, what we've been drinking. 

Chris tries a Zwift workout plan, Brent considers riding the Chasing Yellow series, and we discuss the reemergence of the Zwift Racing Score, including its inclusion in Herd Beginner Racing. Additionally, we discuss the week in Herd Racing.

John and the group ponder the Zwift Ride, Sean tries out IndieVelo, and Chris waxes, along with the week in Herd racing including Three Little Sisters as the Little Sister of Itza Party.

John's tireless work in advertising mushroom related beverages gains another disciple, indicating that sponsorship of this podcast would indeed be a good investment. Also, we talk about the week in Herd Racing, as well as discussing our first impressions of the new roads. Take a look here for more details: https://zwiftinsider.com/update-1-67-0-130349/

We get together to chat about the week in Herd Racing as well as discussing the rollout of The Grade and how the ZRL summer shakedown is going. John drinks more mushrooms. Mushroom beverage marketing teams, hit us up!