Geek Warning: It’s time for our annual awards!
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
We’re skipping the usual news this week because it’s once again time for our annual tech awards! 2023 was certainly a memorable year for a multitude of reasons, but what were the cycling tech-related things that stuck in our minds of our resident geeks, James, Dave, and Ronan? What were the biggest trends? What were our favorite products? Who was doing things right? What was the biggest flop? What was the best thing we bought this year?
We’ve got all of that – and much, much more – in this don’t-miss episode of Geek Warning.
Timestamps:
2:05 – Biggest tech trend
7:59 – Biggest surprise
12:13 – The “It’s about time” award
16:42 – The “most wanted” award
20:00 – Our favorite bike-related purchases of the year
25:46 – The “What the hell were they thinking?” award
32:10 – The “problem solver” award
36:20 – The “more of this, please, bike industry” award
38:49 – The “meh” award
43:36 – The “I am so here for this” award
45:59 – The “Oops, I put my foot in my mouth” award
48:04 – The most exciting new tool of the year
53:57 – What products are we anticipating most in 2024?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to another episode of the Geek Warning Podcast brought to you by |
| 0:13.8 | the Escape Collective the show where we filter the latest and greatest in the world of bicycle |
| 0:17.7 | tech to help you make your own bike as good as it can be. I'm James Huang and I'm |
| 0:21.8 | joined here in our virtual studio by our full cast of |
| 0:24.4 | tech editors. Over in Sydney, Australia, we've got Dave Rome. |
| 0:27.6 | Hi Dave. |
| 0:28.6 | Hey James. |
| 0:29.6 | And over in Ireland, we've got Ronan McLaughlin. |
| 0:31.2 | Hi Ronan. |
| 0:31.8 | Hi Ronan. Hi, James. You're wearing an appropriate color shirt today. |
| 0:35.0 | I always wear green. |
| 0:36.0 | You might not always see it, but I'm always wearing green. |
| 0:39.0 | Hmm, interesting. Okay, good to know. |
| 0:41.0 | You're always wearing green somewhere, whether it is on or off camera. |
| 0:44.3 | The fact may be incorrect. |
| 0:47.2 | Maybe false. |
| 0:48.2 | Dave, you're looking, you're looking nice and trim with your new haircut here. |
| 0:52.0 | Oh, thank you very much. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm curious, how much longer are you going to let the stuff on top grow? |
| 0:56.0 | As long as it still grows. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm holding under it. |
| 1:00.0 | Interesting. |
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