The Pink Tron

Carnac the Magnificent

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.

Bit By A Beaver

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. 

Riding With Friends

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.

Herd's Storied Racing Lore

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.

Team Tactics

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.

Course Design

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.

Going Slow to Go Fast

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!)

Relays and Alleys

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.

Return to Yellow

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.

Real Baloney (or Bologna!)

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 Bike: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/elites-square-avanti-justo2-smart-trainers-hands-on.html
Steve's picture of Bologna: https://viciouscycle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screenshot-2022-12-21-192553.jpg