Episodes
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Ep 215: Zwift Community Live and the latest Zwift updates
This April saw the launch of Zwift Community Live. This epic four-day event brought together the Zwift community in Mallorca to connect fellow Zwifters, ambassadors, community leaders, special guests, and passionate riders from around the globe. Dave Towle joins Rebecca Charlton to talk about the...
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Ep 214: A Zwift Academy special featuring Matt Stephens, plus winners Emily Dixon and Noah Ramsay
Co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle are back to explore the result of this year’s Zwift Academy finals. Friend of Zwift, ex-pro and the ever-entertaining Matt Stephens drops in for a chat about his role in the process and his impressions of the finals for 2025. Emily Dixon discusses the…
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Ep 213: Zwiftcast Women’s History Month Special 2 of 2: Featuring Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, the Khaltsha Cycling Academy & Simon Schofield
In this second of two special Zwiftcast episodes in celebration of Women’s History Month, co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle are joined by an array of special guests. Listen along with our Watch The Femmes rides for an exclusive headphone unlock. https://www.zwift.com/uk/watchthefemmes Eric...
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Ep 212: Zwiftcast Women’s History Month Special 1 of 2: Featuring the Wheeltalk Podcast mums, plus Watch the Femmes, Zwift Games and Spin to Win
In March, Zwiftcast will spotlight incredible women’s stories. Hosted by Rebecca Charlton, Dave Towle and Kate Veronneau, each episode dives into powerful stories and inspiring missions. Complete any Zwiftcast ride to unlock the exclusive Watch the Femmes headphones and show your support. In this...
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Ep 208: Happy New Year from the Zwiftcast - Tour de Zwift, Prediction games and community favourite Cat Allen drops in
The Zwiftcast team are back to wish you a Happy New Year with co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle, joined by a host of special guests. Eric Schlange joins for the whole episode to bring us up to speed on everything we need to know in the world of Zwift, plus discuss new year’s resolutions…
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Ep 211: TrainerRoad integration is here, Zwift Academy returns & we meet the Older Women in Lycra!
Zwiftcast co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle are back together to bring you the latest fortnightly episode with news and updates galore, including the much anticipated TrainerRoad integration, news of Sir Chris Hoy's launch of Tour de 4 and the eagerly anticipated return of Zwift Academy!...
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Ep 210: Ashton Lambie's incredible life-stories, Zwift Community Live chat and community member Joe Baxter talks Zwift and his traumatic recovery from a brain tumour
Prepare to be truly inspired by this episode as the man known for perhaps the greatest moustache in the cycling world, Ashton Lambie has a brilliantly candid chat with co-host Dave Towle about the many wonderful strings to his bow, being married to an astronaut and plenty more intriguing facts...
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Ep 209: Tour Down Under, enchiladas and T-Rex chat, featuring Kate Veronneau, Puck Moonen and Callan O'Keefe
Co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle are back with a brand new episode of the Zwiftcast to talk about going full enchilada with the Tour de Zwift, and it's a jam-packed episode with guests galore. Zwift’s Director of Women’s Strategy, Kate Veronneau dials in from the Tour Down Under as the…
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Ep 207: A Christmas edition of The Zwiftcast…plus Shane, Nathan and Eric are back!
A Christmas edition of the ZwiftCast with Olympic Gold Medallist Dani Rowe MBE…plus Shane, Nathan & Eric are back! The ZwiftCast is back for a festive Christmas Eve special with its new regular hosts, British cycling broadcaster Rebecca Charlton and American cycling announcer Dave Towle. The duo...
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Ep 206: A new cast for the ZwiftCast and interview with Eric Min and Matt Stephens
After a brief hiatus, the Zwiftcast is back with British broadcaster, Zwifter and life-long cyclist Rebecca Charlton joining American cycling favourite, commentator and announcer Dave Towle as your new co-hosts. In this episode, they chat with Zwift's CEO and Co-Founder, Eric Min, to discuss...
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Episode 205: This Season On Zwift Special - Shiny New Things
In what has now become a tradition, Zwift HQ today revealed a bagful of new features, both in hardware and software, coming down the track as the Northern Hemisphere Peak Season ramps up. The Zwiftcasters run through the shiny new things - some of which are being implemented immediately and some...
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Ep 204: The "Simon Switch" + thrills on the Alpe + all the Zwifty News
After the most thrilling finish to a Grand Tour for many years, perhaps ever, Simon and the Zwiftcasters assess the effect Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is likely to have on the sport in the future. In one of their favourite metrics - bums on saddles - already huge progress is being made.…
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Ep 203: The XP Row, Amazing Stats on Zwifters' Levels and the Women's Tour avec Zwift
This episode kicks of with a sequence looking at the community reaction to HQ’s latest changes to the XP system and, in turn, Zwifters’ levels. It’s fair to say the latest changes were not universally welcomed, and Simon, Shane and Eric pick apart the reasons. HQ acknowledged that the changes…
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Episode 202: Zwifting just got cheaper . . . .hardware prices plunge amid fierce trainer price battle
The Zwiftcast hosts discuss the really significant implications of what looks very much like a price war on trainers as Australian manufacturer Jet Black unveils a gob-smackingly good value - and fully featured - trainer at Eurobike. Simon chats to Shane and Eric about the consequences, with the...
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Episode 201:The Zwiftcast Is Back! What Did We Miss?
After a very long coffee stop, the Zwiftcast returns to resume the familiar mix of Zwifty chat and gossip. Simon, Shane and Nathan are joined by friend of the pod, Eric Schlange of Zwift Insider and special guest Dave Towle. Quite a lot happened in Watopia and the wider Zwift world over the last...
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The Final Zwiftcast: Zwift Vs Wahoo+all the Zwifty news and chat
Simon, Shane and Nathan are together for the final time as the sun sets on the Zwiftcast. And they ask: Is Zwift’s Age of Dominance over? Wahoo surprised the whole indoor training sector with the bombshell announcement that it was buying RGT, for some time the only like-for-like competitor with...
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Ep 104: We go big on everything Zwifty - it’s Zwiftcast XL
Well, that was a hot mess, wasn’t it? Simon, Shane and Nathan chew over the whole #freeLuciano debacle as a packed episode 104 hits your podcatchers. In the longest Zwiftcast ever, the trio also take assess the likely importance to the platform of Club Functionality, now it’s available to all...
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Ep 103: It’s all about the new things! Zwift Bike, Home Screen, Clubs and maybe Peak Zwift?
In a packed and busy episode, the emphasis for the Zwiftcasters in the New Year is very much on new things. Will we hit a new Peak Zwift, beating last year’s over 49,000 concurrent riders? Simon, Shane and Nathan enter their guesses. The new Zwift Bike was announced, well leaked, by Zwift in a...
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Episode 102: Neokyo - The Verdict, plus all the Zwifty news and gossip
With many Zwifters now having had the chance to ride Neokyo, it’s time for Simon, Shane and Nathan to deliver their verdict. They’re joined by veteran Zwifter Sarah LaRocque and Zwift Insider chief bidon washer Eric Schlange, and all contributors have plenty to say about the new extension. He…
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Episode 101: Shiny New Things!
Simon, Shane and Nathan discuss the big new idea from Zwift . . . .This Season on Zwift offers Zwifters a taster of what’s coming up in the coming weeks and months. This is a big change of direction from HQ, which has previously kept future plans close to its chest. We now know we are getting a...
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Episode 100: A century of Zwiftcasts!
Simon, Shane and Nathan celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast which has tracked the progress of Zwift, our favourite virtual cycling platform, from the very earliest days. As a new indoor season dawns, the podcasters are in reflective mood, analysing what Zwift has got right, how sentiment…
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Ep 99: Nathan braves a tornado as the Zwiftcasters chew through all the latest Zwifty news and chat
The three amigos are back together for the first time in a few Eps to chew through all the latest Zwifty news, chat and gossip. . . . in an episode recorded as Nathan nervously kept an eye on a tornado headed towards his studio! Simon, Shane and Nathan kick off with a review of the first…
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Ep 98: A Conversation with Zwift's Chief Product Officer - the man with the plan
Welcome to this Zwiftcast Special Episode, an extended interview with the company’s first Chief Product Officer. YuChiang Cheng, known to all as YC, was appointed in January and the move was hailed as “critically important” by Zwift’s CEO, Eric Min. YC was put in charge of what seemed like almost...
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Episode 97: Yumezi - was it worth the wait? The community verdict
Well, was it worth the wait? Yumezi has landed - the first new map, and the first new world in Zwift , for quite some time. Eagerly-awaited, much-delayed but now finally here, what does the community make of the new Tarmac with a strongly Eastern flavour? The Zwiftcast abandons its usual format…
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Episode 96: Zwift Re-thinks Height/Weight Call; Zwift Hub Rescue and Zwifting in Jail
Simon, Shane and Nathan round up all the latest from Zwift. The podcasters look at what they believe to be a big first: Zwift has changed its mind over a plan to hide riders’ weight and height after an outcry from the racing community. Amidst other signs that Zwift may be extending its plans to...
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Ep 95: Return to Home at last; Blob Behaviour and all the Zwifty news and chat
We’ve wanted it since Jarvis. And now it’s here. The Zwift universe celebrated this week as HQ finally delivered the ability to do a second or subsequent session - without exiting the game. Simon, Shane, Nathan and, as it’s a red letter day, special guest Eric Schlange, discuss the advent of the...
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Ep 94: Let's talk, say Zwift. Strava shake it up (again) and all the Zwifty news and chat
Simon, Shane and Nathan reconvene to consider the state of the Zwift nation. Once the pressing matter of “leg posts” is dealt with, the podcasters move on to discuss the content of Simon’s interview with Zwift’s new hire Mark Cote, the company’s director of programming and content. One of the…
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Ep 93: Peak Zwift, Coco is Cara! Zwift Power + all the Zwifty chat
A new episode for a New Year - and 2021 has dawned with, as usual, lots of Zwift news and developments for the Zwiftcasters to discuss.The trio start off with an exploration of the possible reasons why Simon’s very favourite pacer bot may have had an identity change. Coco is now Cara! But why?...
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Ep 92: Where is Zwift going this winter? Plus the Worlds and what Coco said next
Simon, Shane and Nathan link up for another chat about all matters Zwift. And this episode the Zwiftcasters are preoccupied with one question: Where Is Zwift Going This Winter? They attempt to answer the question by examining the most recent information given out by Zwift CEO Eric Min who gave an...
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Ep 91: Insight on the Pacer Bots from HQ, Ray Maker on indoor cycling and the gigantic success of WTRL + all the Zwfty chat
As the world waits - and much of Europe closes its doors - Simon, Shane and Nathan try to be upbeat in trying times and consider the Two Big Hits in Zwift right now. Pace Partners, or pacer bots, are a big success with Zwifters and senior games guy Wes Salmon, from HQ, talks to Simon about scope...
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Episode 90: Zwift CEO Eric Min discusses 2020 and Zwift's new thinking
Zwift CEO Eric Min guests on the Zwiftcast on Episode 90 to discuss some of the big changes that 2020 has brought to the platform. In an interview which is focused on this tumultuous year and on the consequences of the big new fund raise, Eric explains some company thinking. A flood of new users…
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Ep89: The big catch up! Steering, PacerBots, all new Academies, the eWorlds, The Fence and more
The Zwiftcast is back from its summer break - with a huge catch up as Simon, Shane and Nathan reflect on recent developments on the platform. Steering is the headline grabber, with a number of respected voices in indoor cycling describing its arrival on the roads of Zwift as a game-changer. Are...
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Ep 88: La Belle France and the Tour virtuel + all the Zwifty chat
La belle France est arrivee! Simon, Shane and Nathan celebrate the arrival of brand new roads in Zwift. The inaugural Tour de France Virtuel, itself a landmark in the history of the platform, has co-incided with lots of new Tarmac - always a good moment for Zwifters. The Zwiftcasters pick out…
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Episode 87: New Roads to Ride? TdF on Zwift and all the Zwifty chat
Could we be about to get a series of new roads to ride? Simon, Shane and Nathan assess the impact on Zwifters of the (as yet officially unconfirmed) news that Zwift is to stage a virtual version of Le Tour de France, complete with the IRL planned start and finish stages in Nice and Paris. Perhaps...
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Episode 86: Game Updates, the massive success of Team TT and all the Zwifty chat
The Zwiftcasters are back - coinciding nicely with a game update and Simon, Shane and Nathan have lots to discuss. Simon chats to Steven Milliken, one of the founders of the WTRL race series which is making team time trialling into a massive thing on Zwift. The promoters’ difficulties with data...
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Episode 85: Zwift beyond the crisis; Private MeetUps and Boost Mode plus all the Zwifty chat
Simon, Shane and Natahn return for more chat on the latest in Zwift. This epsiode, Steve Beckett, Zwift's Chief Marketing Officer, is a special guest, with lots to say on Zwift during and beyond the crisis, plus thoughts on Family Subs, Club Functionality and community racing. The podcasters…
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Episode 84: Celebrating the Zwift Community
A special episode featuring the very best of the Zwift Community in these lockdown times. Simon talks to BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin about the overwhelming response to her charity ride on behalf of the NHS. Louise tackled an imperial century - in the company of more than 1,500 other...
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Ep 83: Pro Riders on Zwift, the good and bad; Monica is the Route Hero and the Pants Podium!
Simon, Shane and Nathan reconvene for Episode 83 - and to celebrate a minor victory; the return of the famous First Attempt Very Intens Strava segment on Zwift. Simon has a little insight into how it happened. Lionel Birnie, one of the co-hosts of the popular Cycling Podcast joins Simon for a…
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Episode 82: Anti Sandbagging "catches' the boss! The Ineos Weekend and Cops called to Zwifter!
Simon, Shane and Nathan are back with another of the weekly round-ups of all matters Zwifty The podcasters kick off with a brief discussion on the Ineos Weekend - and the loss of the legendary First Attempt-Very Intens Strava segment, thanks to the ride logging app’s clean-up. Owen Newbury talks...
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Episode 81: Is this the Solution to Sandbagging? Plus all the Zwifty chat
Another week - another Zwiftcast. Simon, Shane and Nathan unite to discuss the boom times on Zwift as the platform provides welcome relief from the burden of the virus. The headline feature on this episode is the long-awaited Solution to Sandbagging. This is a short term fix which Zwift hopes to...
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Episode 80: The Fence is Back, Clubs Launches and Tour de Quarantine
Simon, Shane and Nathan are back with the second of the new cycle of weekly Zwiftcasts - and there sure is a lot to talk about. Special guest Wes Salmon from HQ appears twice to give us a ton of detail on both the return of The Fence and why it went wrong, plus the thinking behind the limited...
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Episode 79: Crazy numbers on Zwift; will there be a trainer shortage and changes at HQ
In a worried world, Simon, Shane and Nathan try to look at the positives whilst recognising some of the serious matters facing Zwifters. Episode 79 marks the first of the weekly episodes during the virus crisis. Simon kicks off with a Zwiftcast plea to HQ- let’s turn the Unemployed Badge into a...
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Episode 78: Peak Zwift Revisited, Community Reaction to the Virus + Operation Cofidis
The Zwiftcasters are working from home! But then we always do :) Simon, Shane and Nathan are back together to discuss how the extraordinary events of the past weeks have been impacting them personally, the sport they love - and the cycling game that is providing both escape from, and therapy for…
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Episode 77: Richmond refreshed, Ella wins big and the Minterview verdict
Simon, Shane and Nathan convene for another hour-plus of Zwift chat. The podcasters begin with their reaction to the big refresh for the Richmond course and conclude that it’s a huge improvement. Throughout this episode Simon, Shane and Nathan discuss the biggest and most significant aspects of...
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Ep 76: The Minterview . . . Zwift CEO and Simon in conversation
Simon sits down with Zwift CEO Eric Min for the now traditional “ask me anything” annual interview, covering a huge range of topics from the health of the company to, yes, the possibility of a velodrome. The conversation provides deep context and background on why some things happen, and why…
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Episode 75: Peak Zwift (or is it?) Tour de Zwift and all the Zwifty Chat
The Zwiftcasters welcome in 2020 with the first episode of the new decade - and kick straight off with a discussion of what’s become a landmark in the Zwift calendar - Peak Zwift. You can hear which one of the Zwiftcasters, along with special guest guessers, got it right. The podcasters go on to...
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Episode 74: Crit City + review of 2019 and hopes for 2020
Simon, Shane and Nathan convene for the final Zwiftcast of 2019 in both reflective and expectant mood. There’s plenty of looking back on what brought the podcasters Zwift joy in 2019 and a little on what they’d like to see for 2020. There’s also reaction to Zwift’s pre-Christmas present of a new...
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Episode 73: The One for Runners
This is a special episode of the Zwiftcast, dedicated to those who run on the platform. Some of you might ride too, but the focus here is wholly on running. Mike McCarthy is one of the original Zwift execs who was a very early hire to the company when it was first set up. Known as talented and...
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Episode 72: Special from DC Rainmaker's Pain Cave in Amsterdam
Simon, Shane and special guest co-host Ray Maker, also known as D C Rainmaker, are together in person in Amsterdam to discuss all the latest Zwiftiness. The three podcasters are gathered for Ray’s annual Winter Open House event where sports tech geeks get together over a few beers to discuss…
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Episode 71: Rumble in the Jungle, Whither the Rivals and all the latest Zwifty chat
Simon, Shane and Nathan reconvene to discuss and analyse all the latest Zwift news and chat. The podcasters get things going with a new take on the age old Kickr vs Neo debate, updated to the KickrBike vs NeoBike dilemma. If you have 3k plus to spend on a smart bike this will be of interest to…
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