Geek Warning: We’re listening, too
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Geek Warning, the show that proves the world of cycling tech never stops.
This week we published our vision for covering tech news. In response, many of you asked for links to see and learn more of what we discuss in the Geek Warning podcast. And just like that, we present links!
Zwift has launched its Hub One smart trainer with a single cog. Ronan is working on a review, but in the meantime you can read what DCRainmaker thinks of it.
The recently announced Shimano crank recall is picking up steam as other countries roll out their respective recalls. However, it appears to be getting uglier.
We discuss BMC’s new all-rounder race bike, the Teammachine R. This bike left Ronan rather impressed, follow the link to find out why.
The Gravel World Championships offered a glimpse at a new Merida Silex. Meanwhile, Canyon’s long-awaited Grail CF is finally here, a bike James has a full review on.
We also touch on new mountain bike wheels from Princeton CarbonWork's off-shoot brand P1 Race Tech. And being a new week, there are of course, new chainrings from Wolf Tooth.
Timestamps:
4:58 – Zwift goes singlespeed and many tangents
16:05 – Shimano crank recall is getting uglier
21:50 – BMC’s new “not an aero bike” aero bike, automotive collabs, and narrow handlebars
43:05 – Princeton CarbonWorks launches for mountain bikes
46:50 – More new products from Wolf Tooth
49:50 – New gravel bikes from World’s
57:00 – How we’re thinking about covering tech news
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to Geek Warning brought to you by the Escape Collective. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm James Huang here in Boulder, Colorado and I'm joined today by Dave Rome in Sydney, Australia. |
| 0:18.6 | Hi Dave. Hello. And we also have Rona McLaughlin who's back in Ireland after free of little stint in Italy. |
| 0:24.6 | Hi Ronan. |
| 0:25.6 | Hi, James. |
| 0:26.6 | Yeah, it was in Italy over the weekend and I got listening to last week's episode of the |
| 0:32.0 | podcast on one of my bike rides in Italy. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah, it was a good lesson. It was a little bit disappointed. |
| 0:40.0 | He just didn't mention the fact that I had already covered DTs was in great depth about two weeks earlier. |
| 0:45.4 | I just happened to be talking about the wrong wheels, but otherwise it was a great lesson there. |
| 0:52.3 | Oh, well we didn't have to bring that up because I'm pretty sure we deleted that segment. |
| 0:56.9 | Oh, we did, yeah, we did. I just, I thought it would be amusing for the listeners to know |
| 1:02.3 | that I spent 15 minutes talking rambling I would say |
| 1:04.9 | about the the wrong new DT Swiss wheels I was I was witness to this James James |
| 1:10.6 | through it to Ronan saying tell us about these new alloy D. T Swiss wheels. |
| 1:14.8 | Ronan then went on to talk all about a new gravel alloy wheel while James was thinking, |
| 1:20.2 | no they're not gravel, they're Arrow Road. And then they went back and forth for a long time |
| 1:25.2 | without realizing that they're both talking about different wheels. |
| 1:28.8 | I think we both realized some way it was very early into the conversation but we kept it going until after the |
| 1:34.0 | podcast when both was checked and then realized that I was indeed very wrong. |
| 1:39.2 | We're professionals here. |
| 1:40.5 | Dave, you've kind of blew the lid off of this myth that were perfect every time, like the idea that we do these all in one |
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