Geek Warning: Function-over-form, our favorite gravel shoes, and we’re off to TDU!
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Dave and James have lots of spy photos to discuss this week! Factor’s got a revamp of its Ostro VAM lightweight road bike about to break cover, and Specialized and Trek have some enticing new road shoes roaming about in the wild. Lazer also brings its Kineticore technology to its popular Z1, we debate the pros and cons of anti-seize vs. grease, and we chat about what we look for in our favorite gravel shoes.
Timestamps:
1:52 – Ostro’s new Factor VAM may be fast, but it’s not especially pretty – and it’s not alone
7:03 – Lazer brings Kineticore technology to the revamped Z1
12:01 – Even tools aren’t immune to hacking
15:27 – Blurring the lines between auto mechanics and bike mechanics
18:17 – Dave (anti-)seizes the day
26:12 – Pick One! Our favorite gravel shoes, and what we look for in them
32:54 – PSA: dried sealant and wheel imbalance
36:02 – New lightweight S-Works road shoes coming from Specialized?
37:09 – Some very intriguing mid-range road shoes are definitely coming soon from Specialized
37:58 – And some new flagship road shoes from Trek/Bontrager, too!
38:15 – Ratio Technology is at it again with a new aluminum cable spool for SRAM DoubleTap levers
38:46 – Iconic UK MTB brand Orange is in serious financial difficulty
40:24 – Enve parent company Amer Sports Inc is going public
41:12 – Brompton with a capital B!
41:19 – 9point8 has angle-adjust headsets for IS-style frames
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to the Geek Warning Podcast brought to you by the Escape Collective |
| 0:14.3 | the show where we filter through all the latest happenings in the bike tech world so you know |
| 0:17.6 | what's junk and what's not I'm James Huang and I'm joined today by my tech editor |
| 0:21.4 | Partner in Crime and resident tool wizard Dave Rome. |
| 0:24.1 | Hi Dave. |
| 0:25.1 | Hello. |
| 0:26.1 | Ronin's out again this week but don't worry you'll be hearing plenty from him |
| 0:28.5 | soon enough. |
| 0:29.5 | On today's show we're going to be talking about Factors New |
| 0:31.8 | Ostrovam Arrow Road Bike, a product category recently |
| 0:34.7 | revealed to be prone to hacking that you maybe hadn't considered. |
| 0:38.0 | And Dave's got some thoughts on antisies. |
| 0:40.8 | Interesting. |
| 0:41.8 | Dave and I are also going to run you through our favorite |
| 0:43.2 | gravel shoes and we've got a little PSA for you this week regarding tubless |
| 0:46.2 | sealant and unbalanced tires. Dave, the reason Ronan's out this week, it's actually |
| 0:51.2 | good news I think, is he's actually on his way to meet you in |
| 0:54.8 | Adelaide for the upcoming tour down under. What can we expect to see from the two of you in the |
| 0:59.3 | coming days? We're probably going to talk about bikes, I believe. I think this is the plan, but yeah, |
| 1:06.3 | Twitter it's the start of the world tour and with that comes a lot of new road tech from the top end of the sport. Looks like there's some a few new bikes |
| 1:16.6 | floating around, some new shoes, some new helmets to talk about. Hopefully fingers cross |
| 1:22.0 | some new components we spot. |
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