The handlebars are too damn narrow
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Well, some of the knee-jerk predictions made last Friday didn't last very long, did they? Tadej Pogačar showed everyone who's boss at the Dauphine, and we wait with baited breath to see if he somehow messed something up going into the Tour de France.
Caley's back from a successful foray into lobstering and is joined by Jonny and Kit to break down the weekend's racing. Then the three turn their attention to the other big story from the weekend, an incoming ban on a number of go-faster gear, including narrow handlebars. Has the UCI even lost Caley on this one, a man who thoroughly hates the narrow bar trend? Seems so.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Kaylee Fretz here. |
| 0:07.6 | Got a big announcement for you. |
| 0:09.6 | We're trying to save you some money. |
| 0:12.8 | So we've been working behind the scenes and are thrilled to announce our new member purchase program. |
| 0:20.6 | Here's the deal. We have been talking directly with some of the |
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| 0:28.7 | Velocchio, seven mesh, lots of great stuff in there. And through these conversations, |
| 0:33.6 | we've managed to secure you some pretty incredible member-only pricing. |
| 0:39.6 | Here's what makes this slightly different, and I want to be really, really clear about this. |
| 0:43.2 | We're not making a single cent from these deals. |
| 0:46.4 | This is not affiliate. |
| 0:47.7 | You know how most programs, they take a cut? |
| 0:49.9 | That's not what we're doing. |
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| 0:56.8 | about making your membership work a little bit harder for you. |
| 1:01.4 | It's basically, we want to find a way to say thank you for being a member of Escape |
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| 1:16.5 | We are currently in talks with dozens more brands. |
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