Steve, Craig, John & Nate talk about Hot Laps, Tick Tock, and the news, before touching briefly on the issue that I'm sure no one noticed or had heard about with ZRL...

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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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