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Blister Labs: MTB Wheelset Testing & Establishing Proof of Concept

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Greg Vanderbeek is back with a Blister Labs update on our mountain-bike-wheels testing. We discuss why the dynamic modeling we’ve been doing in the field is a critical component for ongoing testing back at Western Colorado University; what our test results are revealing about carbon vs. aluminum wheels; and we talk about the joy of new tires, the magic of espresso, and more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • The Joys of New Tires (4:21)
  • Wheelest Testing Update (7:49)
  • Age-Old Question: Carbon vs. Aluminum Wheels (13:34)
  • What We're Celebrating (21:14)

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,

0:11.9

and you, of course, can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

0:20.9

Okay, today we have another Blister Labs update for you,

0:25.4

and we've been doing quite a bit of exciting stuff

0:29.2

on the mountain bike side of things,

0:31.6

and specifically testing wheel sets.

0:35.2

So today, we have Greg Vanderbeek back on Gear 30. Greg was last on Gear 30

0:41.5

for episode number 204. Ran that on July 8th. And in that conversation, you got to learn a lot more

0:49.2

about Greg's background and you got to hear about some of the things we were looking to do with respect to

0:55.5

testing wheel sets. Well, today you get to hear more about the actual testing of wheel sets.

1:03.2

And Greg talks a bit about some of the results and takeaways and proof of concept that we

1:10.0

are establishing in these tests.

1:13.3

And, spoiler alert, I was actually down at Western Colorado University again this evening,

1:20.0

talking with faculty and some students about another Blister Labs project that we're going to be

1:26.8

working on.

1:30.2

And so, man, again, we aren't slowing down around here. So lots of exciting stuff happening these days. Now, before we

1:36.5

dive into my conversation with Greg, I want to make sure that you have subscribed to our

1:43.4

crafted podcast.

1:45.5

This is our new podcast where we actually kind of think of it as like gear 30,

1:51.7

but for every other thing other than ski and bike gear and that kind of thing.

1:57.4

So over on Crafted, we are off to a very solid start.

2:00.8

We just released an episode

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