The Pink Tron

The Herd

A clown car of indoor cyclists gather each week over beverages to talk Zwift Racing - in particular the Herd Racing League.

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#288
Sunday · 29 min
Mixing It Up
This week Chris, Sean, Stef and Brent sit down to talk about the week in Herd Racing, the challenges of bike recommendations in a post-upgrade Zwift, ZRL plans and what we might expect from the new Zwift roads. Thanks for listening!
#287
September 12 · 49 min
Reaction to This Season on Zwift
Craig and Stef talk Scratch Race on Downtown Eruption for HSRL, Innsbruckring for HBR, a v2 Zwift Ride, and lots to discuss in Zwift's TSOZ press release.
#286
September 5 · 1 hr 5 min
Too Many Scores, Ratings & Thresholds...
Brent comes back from a Summer of Lacrosse (Summer of Malmo reference?) to chat with John, Stef and Craig about Double Espresso route in HSRL, Zwift maybe having fixed the longstanding custom-length race bug, JetBlack's indoor frame, and What on Earth is going on with Brent's ZRS?
#285
August 29 · 47 min
Quick, What Happened in the Last Six Months?
Sean returns from being shackled to his desk to chat with Craig and John. HSRL on Innsbruckring is painful. ECRO is horrible. HBR is on Tick Tock again.
#284
August 22 · 54 min
Read The Rules
John, Stef & Craig discuss a very true to legacy HRSL points-based iTT first round of HSRL 26 round 3 and just how much it rewards reading the race description, how Queen's Highway is an outstanding Herd Beginner Racing route, ZRL changes, ECRO Chasing Red and more.
#283
August 14 · 28 min
Mont What-re?
Craig, John, Steve & Stef chat about the HSRL series finale on Montmartre Mixer, and aren't sure whether to be excited or filled with dread. HBR is on Greater London Flat this week, vice London Flat last week. Is Greatest London Flat in the cards next week? Wait and find out. The crew is off for Cricket, Wiffleball, running and long outdoor rides coming up this weekend...
#282
August 7 · 45 min
Bike Fatigue
Craig, Stef & John discuss 10 laps of madness on Bell Lap with 2 FAL each lap for HSRL, London Flat for HBR, and roll our collective eyes at Zwift introducing another colourway for the Canyon Aeroad CFR - but it must be bought as another bike, and upgraded again...
#281
August 1 · 36 min
The Standoff
After a debate over who's hosting, Steve, Stef & Craig talk about HSRL on Cobbled Crown, new madness from friend of the show James Bailey, and wonder just how big the error bars are on Zwift Insider's equipment test data...
#280
July 25 · 14 min
G'Day From Down Under
In a special short chat, Marjolein, Stef and Steve catch up with HERD regular Craig Martin who is at the 2026 UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Brisbane, Australia. It's a long way from Canada as we discover! Here's the feed we mention during the chat: https://www.youtube.com/live/g3JU8Us_u9s?si=OIWC3PFJnZpiKHSC
#279
July 4 · 39 min
Peaky Points and too many new bikes
Brent, Stef, Chris, John & Craig talk about HSRL on Peaky Pavé, which has too many segments, Zwift's newly released equipment, of which there's too much, and the upcoming new climb in the Paris world, which is taking too long...
#278
June 28 · 41 min
Bill & Bologna
HSRL is on Bologna TT, and Craig & Stef welcome Bill R to his first appearance on the pod.
#277
June 19 · 34 min
We Didn't Name it "Weekly" for a Reason
Pink Tron returns after a short Hiatus with Craig, Chris, John & Stef discussing the final week of the first HSRL series of 2026 on the Ghostbusters-inspired Stay-Puft Pursuit. Peanut Butter Porter is a major talking point.
#276
June 5 · 32 min
The One Brent forgot to Upload On Time
Your slightly delayed Pink Tron talks about the Queen's Highway HSRL, firmware updates to play controllers and how we kill time on longer rides on the trainer. Happy listening everyone!
#275
May 22 · 43 min
That was not an Effective Strategy
Options abound for the HSRL Scratch Race on Yumezi Grit, Steve, John & Stef talk about their experiences on it. News is limited to a number of wheels and frames that are not the best, and then John grills Craig about his New England race trip.
#274
May 9 · 44 min
Are we wrong about power?
Craig, Stef & John discuss Scotland Smash for HSRL, 2 Bridges Loop HBR and whether we should all be ignoring power and riding on RPE...
#273
May 3 · 47 min
Oh No! Anyway..... (again)
Steve, Stef, John & Chris, joined late by Craig & Brent, talk about all the new with Zwift, Herd Summer Racing League, and are underwhelmed by just how much Zwift's acquiring Rouvy is going to affect us (except maybe Stef)
#272
April 25 · 33 min
The Last Chicken
Stef, John and Brent sit down to chat about the last weekend of No Spring Chickens racing, Herd Beginner Racing, some new updates to Zwift and our favourite (non-Herd!) Zwift kits. Let us know your favourites down in the comments!
#271
April 18 · 55 min
Old Nonsense
Steve, John, Stef & Craig talk about the Yumezi Gravel circuit, DRS has announced another series, and some sad news.
#270
April 11 · 31 min
Gravel Science
Steve, John, Stef & Craig cover Zwift's new gravel initiative and just how precisely it's been implemented.
#269
April 3 · 38 min
April Foolishness
Steve, John and Brent sit down to chat about the No Spring Chickens and Herd Beginner Races this weekend, the big "This Season in Zwift" news drop and what we would do if we could set up the Zwift April Fool's gag. Thanks for listening!

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