meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Spin Cycle

Pro cycling is box office

Spin Cycle

Escape Collective

Bike Tech, Gravel Bikes, Mountain Bikes, Escape, Professional Cycling, Pro Cycling, Sports News, Cycling, Escape Collective, Bikes, News, Road Bikes, Equipment, Bicycles, Bicycle Technology

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today on the show: A detente in the Hundred Smears War, a small problem for Andrea Piccolo, and some unfortunate news for the spring Classics.


To get After Dark, click here. 

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome back to SpinCycle, everybody.

0:08.5

I'm Kaylee Fretz.

0:09.5

Today on the show, a detente in the hundreds smears war.

0:15.1

A small problem for Andrea Piccolo and some unfortunate news for the spring classics. Let's get to it.

0:29.6

Joining me today, Johnny Logg, welcome the show.

0:32.6

I am here and awake because it is, admittedly, it is 3pm my time.

0:37.4

Yeah, so I would hope that you would be awake. However, our esteemed colleague, Dan Cash, we don't know where he is. I hope he's okay. We hope he's okay. Sleepy Dane. You know, Dane's a bit of a night owl. We don't know what he's been up to. He's also has a very small child. Maybe he had a rough night. We don't know. We don't know. Stay tuned. But we, uh, we don't know what he's been up to. He's also a very small child. Maybe he had a rough night. We don't know. We don't know. Stay tuned. But we don't know where he is. And we're going to get started anyway because I got stuff to do later today. We got a podcast to make. So we're just going to get right to it. So really the biggest story of the winter thus far, the Yenios Shorts debacle. We have an update, Johnny.

1:13.2

We do. So, after radio silence from the Inos Grenadiers on their shorts policy, after they unveiled

1:21.0

the off-white shorts that combined with winter weather, not great, right? Any rain, those are going sea through.

1:29.3

There were some very unflattering videos popping up of a like an undershot of Sam Wellsford

1:35.8

where it was just a lot of creases and bulges. I'm going to be honest. But what What camera person would do the undershot?

1:46.1

That's really the...

1:47.1

Yeah, it was like a mechanic sort of scrambling under a car.

1:53.7

That perspective.

1:54.9

But the news is that for the European spring cycling season, Ine Grinders, will officially be wearing black shorts,

2:04.8

which is, which was an exclusive story to give credit where it's due to cycling weekly's Adam Beckett,

2:11.7

who from here and out will be known as the Cesar Milan, I think that's his name, of the press room.

2:19.2

I think Cesar Milan, he spoke to dogs or could train dogs really well.

2:23.3

I believe he was the dog whisperer.

2:25.1

Okay, so this is our Ineos whisperer, Adam Beckett.

2:28.2

So after Ineos had turned out at the Volta Community at Valenciana, easy of you to say,

2:35.3

in black shorts,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Escape Collective, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Escape Collective and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.