That was possibly the world’s longest cafe stop. While the average caffeine and cake refuel stoppage time is, let’s say, 20-30 minutes, the Zwiftcast has had its feet up by the coffee machine and cake counter for something over two years!
But now we’re back and with the first recording session done, I did turn to my other half and say: You know what, I kinda missed it.
It was never the plan to bin off the Zwiftcast and then bring it back. We’re not pulling that trick some brands do as a marketing strategy – kill off a much-loved product knowing full well the outcry will serve up a shed load of free publicity and then, surprise surprise – “we’ll change our minds.”
No, when the decision was made, it felt final. But a few weeks ago HQ called and said, “Hey Simon, d’ya fancy bringing it back?” I was surprised how much I wanted to so it didn’t take long to say, “OK, but with conditions.”
Those are, essentially, that I’d relaunch the Zwiftcast, get it going on a nice regular cadence then hand over the reins to a refreshed team. The reasons are the same as I had for ending the podcast – I’ve got pretty bad hearing loss and now living mainly in Spain, I just don’t Zwift as much as when I lived in rainy Northern England.
But for now, we’re back with the old crew and firing on all cylinders. The plan is to widen and deepen the pool of hosts and co-hosts and I am especially interested in hearing from female Zwifters who may want to be a part of it. Drop me a message on FB or through the Zwiftcast Listeners group or even in comments here.
The Zwiftcast will be the same recipe of Zwifty chat and gossip alongside pre-recorded features with notable Zwifters and HQ staffers. We will still lob the odd well-aimed brick at HQ if they do something that the community reacts against. That ain’t gonna change.
It really is great to be back. It’s been wonderful seeing how many previous Zwiftcast fans are so pleased to see us return too and also a word of thanks to HQ: They have an increasing focus on making the Zwift community happy and this is part of that. It’s an enlightened and welcome approach.
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