Geek Warning: Trek’s new Domane AL goes all-road, Bontrager goes thermoplastic, and a deep dive into Columbus Trittico
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Trek has just announced its fourth-generation Domane AL, and it’s even more of a budget-friendly workhorse than before. Over on the Bontrager side, its new ProV all-road/gravel models are the latest to switch to thermoplastic construction (courtesy of CSS Composites).
Also, want to know more about Columbus’s new Trittico component family for internal routing? We’ve got the scoop.
Timestamps:
3:22 – The skinny on Trek’s new (and very versatile) Domane AL entry-level “road” bike
13:50 – Bontrager’s latest road wheels signal a possible widespread shift to thermoplastic carbon fiber rims
25:35 – What the heck is a Reaver?
28:58 – Supacaz is getting into eyewear
37:59 – Columbus has a new turnkey internal routing system for small builders
48:18 – Dave exercises a remarkable level of restraint at Harbor Freight
55:25 – A dream comes true for James
1:00:06 – It turns out torque wrenches need time to warm up, too
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to Geek Warning from the Escape Collective. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm here with the Escape Collective Technical Editor Dave Rome in Sydney, Australia. |
| 0:16.6 | Hi Dave. |
| 0:17.6 | Hello. |
| 0:18.6 | And right next to me here at the Boulder Group Hetto Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, |
| 0:22.0 | is Pro Mechanic, Zach Edwards. |
| 0:24.0 | Hi Zach, hello. |
| 0:26.0 | Ronan is still on Paternity leave for just one more week though, so we should have him back on the |
| 0:30.9 | show for his triumphant return, |
| 0:33.7 | hopefully next week. |
| 0:35.1 | So hopefully he's done, well, he's not done changing diapers, |
| 0:39.3 | but hopefully he's had his fill-up diapers |
| 0:40.8 | for at least a little while anyway. |
| 0:43.0 | So we have an excellent show today as always, |
| 0:45.0 | including news of a new bike from Trek, |
| 0:46.9 | some new wheels from Bontregar. |
| 0:48.8 | I guess I could have said that we have new bike and wheels |
| 0:51.5 | from Trek, because B Bon Triggers part of |
| 0:53.0 | Trek anyway we also have an interesting new gravel tire from Maxis super-cass |
| 0:58.1 | is apparently expanding into yet another accessory category and we'll do a bit of a deep |
| 1:02.4 | dive into Columbus's new |
| 1:03.7 | Tretico internal cable routing system. How's everyone doing this week? |
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