Geek Warning: The next frontier of XC race tech
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
For this week’s Geek Warning, James and Ronan were en-route to Eurobike, and so Dave was left talking to himself. After he submitted a three-hour rambling episode about his colour-coding preferences for hex keys, the team suggested that he record a new episode with Brad Copeland.
In the episode, Dave and Brad chat about a lust-worthy new tool from Abbey Bike Tools, Wolf Tooth’s new LoneWolf 1x Road chainguide, and the next frontier of XC race tech. Of course, Brad and Dave also share what’s on their mind, and there’s a PSA that’s likely relevant to many.
3:38 - The biggest things at E-urobike
10:03 - Abbey’s biggest tool yet
19:23 – 1x chain guides for road
26:30 - Bike selection and other tech at the World Cup in Leogang
43:30 - What’s on Brad’s mind? Road Tubeless.
51:30 - What’s on Dave’s mind? You can probably guess.
57:42 – PSA to check those cables!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and this week is a little different from the regular. |
| 0:14.6 | James had previously promised an episode from Eurobike but there's a change of plans |
| 0:20.3 | and that will come next week. Instead, I've got Brad Copeland back. |
| 0:25.0 | Brad, welcome back to Geek Warning. How are things at Hush Money Blacks in Pennsylvania? |
| 0:30.0 | Oh, hello, thanks for having me back, Dave. Things are going great, you know, |
| 0:35.0 | summer rush, a lot of activity every day and just trying to stay above water over there, |
| 0:41.0 | but yeah, we're doing a good job. So all as well. |
| 0:43.6 | How's it been working on more than one person's bike? |
| 0:47.2 | Oh man, I forgot how hard that was. |
| 0:50.4 | Yeah, I was privileged enough to for the most part have one bike to worry about and now the thing |
| 0:57.2 | that I always liked about bike shops was sort of the surprise every day of what might wander in the door. |
| 1:02.6 | So it definitely keeps you on your toes |
| 1:05.2 | and forces a little more creativity than, |
| 1:08.0 | you know, the same bike day and day out |
| 1:09.7 | with the same components for a year or two or more in a row, you know, so the consistency is not there, but maybe it's a little more stimulating sometimes. |
| 1:19.0 | A bit more challenging at times. A little more challenging at times. I learned more too each day. Yeah, cool. Okay. Well, thank you. I guess yeah, this week we're recording this a few hours before the doors of your bike are opening. So as a result, we're a little early to tell you all that's new. |
| 1:38.5 | Still, I think there's plenty to talk about. |
| 1:40.6 | We've got a new tool that Brad and I have expected for a while. |
| 1:44.0 | There's something fresh from Wolftooth. |
| 1:46.0 | I'm keen to hear Brad's thoughts on the cross-country tech from Lea Gang, |
| 1:50.0 | or lack thereof, should I say. And plus we have some things on our mind we have a PSA and if there's time maybe even a |
| 1:59.2 | reader question for Brad. Okay on with this show. This app is made possible because of the generous |
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