Geek Warning: Not peaked, gravel is still growing
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
A lot has happened in the world of cycling tech over the past week. The Dauphine has teased new bikes getting dialled in for the Tour. While Unbound has shown that gravel tech is still progressing at a rapid rate, including wider tyres, new 1x drivetrains, and aero-shaped suspension.
There’s a full cast of geeks to chat about it, with Ronan Mc Laughlin tuning in to discuss what’s new in the road space, while Dave Rome and new-old voice Brad Copeland discuss the rest.
Of course the geeks discuss something on their mind which should prove helpful for anyone with a stuck crank. The episode closes with tech news including Fulcrum’s new Sharq wheels, a new gravel race handlebar from Pro, a well-priced mountain bike shifter upgrade from SRAM, and more.
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Time stamps:
4:26 - A swarm of new road bikes are coming from Canyon, Willier, Pinarello, and more
24:00 - A corrections corner
24:51 - New tech seen at Unbound Gravel, including things from SRAM, wider wheels, aero Fox suspension, and new bikes
42:20 - On our mind: stubborn crank bolts and methods for overcoming them
55:00 – Bianchi’s ribbon-cutting ceremony has us giggling
58:20 – Fulcrum’s new wavy-shaped Sharq wheels
1:02:40 – Pro Bike Gear’s new Discover Aero Carbon handlebar for better GRX integration
1:08:10 - SRAM’s new Pod Rocker upgrade for AXS
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| 0:29.3 | Support what we do. Welcome back to Geek Warning, the show that brings everything worth knowing about bicycle |
| 0:46.2 | tech into a single place. I'm your host Dave Rome and this week we have a full cast, |
| 0:51.6 | including Escape Collective Tech Editor Rona McLaughlin. |
| 0:54.3 | Ronin hello? |
| 0:56.3 | How ya? Good to hear your voice. We haven't we probably weren't hear from you a lot in |
| 1:01.7 | the next few weeks and certainly didn't hear from you last week just because your time zone is a little on the opposite side of us. |
| 1:08.6 | So I think it's 11 o'clock there at the moment. |
| 1:11.6 | You might not even hear from me all that much in this show because at least in terms of the three people on this call I am definitely the most |
| 1:18.6 | NDA person on the call so I'm here to talk about a lot of stuff that I really can't talk a bit, but let's do it. |
| 1:27.5 | Let's do it, don't we? |
| 1:28.5 | Fair enough. |
| 1:29.5 | Okay, so I think just given the time zone, we'll only hear from you briefly, but yeah, we'll get to that and also joining me today is Wrench to the |
| 1:37.0 | stars Brad Copeland hello Brad. |
| 1:39.0 | Hello thanks for having to be back. |
| 1:41.0 | It's the first time I met Brad, like not in person, |
| 1:44.6 | but virtually at least. |
| 1:46.5 | And do you ever, have you ever like seen a picture of a DJ |
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