Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Disc brake fears
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for another gathering of the geeks for an episode of Ask a Wrench. In this member’s bonus episode, Zach (of Boulder Gruppetto), James, and Dave answer more technical questions submitted by Escape members.
This week, the geeks answer questions related to using alternative cassette options, fitting bigger cassette ranges than allowed, selecting parts for the Paris-Roubaix sportive, replacing a Cannondale Lefty, and using saddlebags with carbon saddle rails. Then the conversation continues with questions related to swapping Shimano brake components, bike packing with waxed chains, learning to bleed brakes, and torque wrench calibration testing.
Our weekly Geek Warning podcast remains unchanged and open to all, we’re now providing additional bonus episodes each fortnight. Only members and paid readers of Escape Collective can access the full versions of these bonus podcasts. These bonus episodes are a mix of Ask a Wrench, deep-dives, or interviews with the people behind popular products.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome to another special episode of the Geek Warning Podcast brought you by the Escape Collective. |
| 0:15.2 | It's our first after the new year after a little break here actually. |
| 0:18.1 | We are sticking with a fan favorite theme again this week with another episode of Ask A Ranch where we field a whole bunch of tech and maintenance questions from our escape collective members and put them in front of our panel of experts for answers. So with me here today in Boulder, Colorado is Zach Edwards, owner and operator of service shop |
| 0:34.8 | the Boulder Group Phetto and a former |
| 0:36.4 | pro-race mechanic. |
| 0:37.4 | Hi, Zach. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello. |
| 0:39.0 | Zach, I was going to list off a bunch of people |
| 0:40.0 | that you've worked for on the pro-race team, |
| 0:41.3 | but the list ended up being a little bit long so I'm not going to bother. |
| 0:43.7 | That's fine. Still dabbles in the pro-race mechanic don't you, Zach? |
| 0:48.0 | Just on occasion, mainly in my life. |
| 0:50.0 | Uh, yes, yes. |
| 0:52.0 | Yeah. The other voice you're hearing there have also got on today's panel Tool Officionado and my fellow tech editor here at a Skate Collective, Dave Rome. Hi Dave. |
| 1:00.3 | Hello. Dave, how are things in Sydney right now? |
| 1:02.8 | Yeah, good. |
| 1:03.8 | I just got a new impact wrench, so I'm very happy. |
| 1:06.8 | Of course you did. |
| 1:10.0 | All three of us, I think it's safe to say, I spent way too many years working as traditional |
| 1:13.7 | bike shot mechanics. |
| 1:14.7 | I think we calculated more than 50 years between the three of us actually. |
| 1:18.6 | So hopefully we know what we're talking about here. |
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