4.9 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Whew, so much new product news to discuss today, and Sea Otter is still two weeks away! Shimano looks to strengthen its stranglehold on the entry-level market with a new range called Essa, while some updates to the CUES collection may provide some hints at higher-end bits to come, too. Campagnolo finally announces a power meter to go along with the Super Record Wireless groupset launched last year, there’s turmoil at Scott Sports, and some hooked wheel companies are out for blood. Dave and James also discuss the pros and cons of on-bike tool storage along with a PSA that’ll hopefully save you from being awkwardly stuck to your bike, and there’s a whole bunch of new stuff on the way from Rene Herse, Vittoria, Gore Wear, Enve, Hutchinson, Feedback Sports, and Robert Axle.
Timestamps:
1:15 – Dave has some thoughts on T47
5:42 – Shimano is smart to not ignore the entry level market
17:00 – Campagnolo finally announces its Super Record power meter
22:47 – Scott Sports’ CEO is out – or is he? Depends on who you ask.
26:35 – Hooked road wheel companies smell blood in the water
31:16 – On-bike tool storage is a trend we can get behind
38:13 – Check your cleat bolts!
43:50 – Rene Herse now has TPU inner tubes – and they have metal valve stems!
44:30 – Vittoria is getting into running
45:34 – Gore Wear is stepping up its clothing game
46:48 – Enve’s new race day road tires are “like crack”
48:06 – Hutchinson is hoping its new Blackbird road tire can take flight
50:38 – Feedback Sports is almost old enough to buy alcohol in the US
53:10 – Want a nicer Universal Derailleur Hanger? Robert Axle has got you
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0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Geek Warning Podcast brought to you by the Escape Collective. |
0:15.1 | Your one-stop shop for everything you need to know this week in the world of Bicycle Tech. |
0:19.2 | Coming up on today's show, we're going to talk about Shimano's I think continued dominance we could say in the value |
0:24.7 | segment of the bicycle component market. |
0:27.2 | We're going to talk about Captain Yolo's long-awaited in-house power meter. |
0:30.6 | There's a really interesting wheel trade-in program that we found out about from Logos, some interesting |
0:35.9 | high stakes drama in the C-suite at Scott Sports. |
0:39.1 | We're also going to talk about some little bits of news from Envy, Vittoria, Renee Hurst, Gore Ware, and Robert Axel. |
0:45.3 | Joining me to chat about all this is a skate collective senior tech editor, Dave Rome. |
0:49.3 | Ronan's over in Belgium right now digging around the team pit areas for race tech around the spring |
0:53.4 | classics so stay tuned for some more in-depth written and audio coverage from him. |
0:58.0 | Dave, your hair in the morning is looking wonderful as always. |
1:03.0 | Thank you. |
1:03.8 | Thank you. |
1:04.8 | You uh, |
1:05.5 | inspired by my dog. |
1:07.2 | Fantastic. |
1:10.2 | You recently published in your latest threaded newsletters. |
1:14.0 | A few thoughts, I guess you could say, on T-47 threaded bottom brackets. |
1:19.0 | What did you have in your mind there? |
1:21.0 | I thought you were going to ask me about Schramm's new chain wax, but yeah, I mean the threaded |
1:28.8 | article is mainly about my frustrations with internal style T-47 which places the bearings inside the bottom bracket |
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