Geek Warning: The goldilocks of cycle clothing
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
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🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
There’s always something going on in the world of cycling tech. This week, James and Dave discuss a bunch of news items, what their favourite clothing is for shoulder season, and a little safety warning related to new tyres.
It’s been a busy week of tech news out of Europe and the UK. First up, the heritage brand of Eddy Merckx is back, but looking at the range today, it looks a lot like business as usual from when we last saw the name on downtubes.
French cycling brand Look has officially released its new Keo Blade pedals. Meanwhile, the two-speed hub maker Classified has updated the rims of its carbon wheels.
In the UK, Mason has a new version of the Definition aluminium dropbar bike. Plus we cover further news regarding Schwalbe, Holding, Wolf Tooth, and candles, yes, candles.
Timestamps:
5:25 - Eddy Merckx bikes are back
11:25 – Our obligatory segment related to chain waxing
16:50 - Look release its new Keo Blade pedals
22:30 - Picking one, our favourite shoulder-season kit (all disciplines)
34:45 - PSA on brand new tyres
40:20 - Classified’s own carbon wheels get lighter and wider rims
41:12 - Schwalbe consolidating its manufacturing
42:39 - Mason’s new aluminium dropbar bike
43:54 – Hovding files for bankruptcy
45:15 - Wolf Tooth ReMote Pro now in colours
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to the Geek Warning Podcast brought to you by the Escape Collective |
| 0:14.8 | show where we filter through all the latest happenings in the bicycle tech world so you know what's junk |
| 0:18.8 | and what's not. I'm James Huang here in Boulder, Colorado and back in Sydney and fresh from his trip to Adelaide for the tour down under is my fellow tech editor and resident tool guru Dave Rome. |
| 0:28.8 | Hi Dave. |
| 0:29.8 | Hey James. |
| 0:30.8 | Ronin, it's on the road again, again yet again I should say this week so we'll catch up with him on a future |
| 0:36.0 | episode. |
| 0:37.0 | Actually Dave and I were just catching up with him a little bit from his hotel room in Abu Dhabi. |
| 0:41.2 | It's kind of hard to keep track of where it |
| 0:43.7 | Ronan is these days but he's definitely in for a long pole away from home so |
| 0:47.0 | hopefully he's back home sooner than later. Anyway we've got a whole bunch of |
| 0:51.0 | tech topics to talk about today, |
| 0:52.5 | including the return of Eddie Merck's bikes |
| 0:54.6 | and the appeal of heritage brands. |
| 0:56.9 | The old idea of using straight up candle wax to lubeu chains |
| 0:59.9 | is new again. |
| 1:01.5 | We're also going to talk about looks revamped Kale Blade Road Petals. We're also going to |
| 1:06.1 | chat about our favorite shoulder season cycling clothing. We've got a handy PSA about whether |
| 1:10.5 | you need to break in new tires. |
| 1:16.0 | And then we've got some other little bits of news from classified wolf-tooth, schwabi, mason, and hobding. |
| 1:17.6 | Hmm. |
| 1:18.6 | Uh, but first, Dave, you came back from Adelaide early for a reason. You came back, you had a knee scooter to upgrade I believe, right? Wasn't that the primary reason you came back? |
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