Geek Warning: Chain waxing for all at last?
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Silca’s new StripChip claims to take (most) of the hassle out of properly immersion-waxing your chain, but while it sounds promising, Dave’s got his doubts. Favero unveiled its long-awaited SPD-compatible power meter pedals for MTB and gravel, and although they tick a lot of boxes, pedals in general may not be the best power meter format for everyone.
In big-brand component news, we read the tea leaves on Campagnolo’s new Ekar GT midrange gravel groupset to see what it might indicate for the Ekar family in general, and SRAM’s new Maven mountain bike hydraulic disc brakes could signal a sea change.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to the Geek Warning podcast brought to you by theY This is your one-stop shop |
| 0:14.0 | for everything you need to know this week in the world of bicycle tech. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm James Wong here in Boulder, Colorado, |
| 0:19.0 | and we've got our full tech editor crew on the show today. |
| 0:22.0 | Joining us from Sydney, Australia, |
| 0:23.9 | is senior tech editor, Dave Rome. |
| 0:25.4 | Hi Dave. |
| 0:26.3 | Hello, good morning, good afternoon. |
| 0:27.9 | You need some more coffee, Dave, I can tell. |
| 0:29.7 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:31.8 | Just back in Ireland after a quick trip to the mainland is our resident go fast expert |
| 0:36.5 | Rona McLaughlin. |
| 0:37.5 | Hi Rodden. |
| 0:38.5 | Mainland Europe? |
| 0:40.5 | Well yeah isn't that where you were? |
| 0:43.0 | Uh, yeah, I was not, yeah. |
| 0:45.0 | It's just that I never heard Europe referred to as the main... |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah, I guess, the main continent. |
| 0:51.0 | The big, big, big, big island, the big, big, big big big big big big island. |
| 0:55.0 | Anyway, it's good to have the whole crew back today. |
| 0:58.0 | Got a whole bunch of stuff to talk about but first Dave I want to |
| 1:04.8 | know what you've ridden for the site lately that people need to check out. |
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