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Geek Warning

Escape Collective

Welcome to Geek Warning, a podcast focused on deciphering the world of cycling tech, explaining how bikes work, and how to make them better. Hosted by Dave Rome, Ronan Mc Laughlin and Brad Copeland, this weekly show is your fix for tech geekitude, covering the latest tech news, industry trends, answering mechanical questions, and whatever else is on our minds. Escape Collective is member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member:

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All Episodes

47:29

750D wheels and questionable cockpits

Geek Warning ·

2023/08/25

This week’s Geek Warning episode sees James and Dave hanging out in a hotel room together with plenty to talk about and not enough sleep to do it professionally.The MADE show is on the horizon, and James and Dave touch on some of the things they expect to see. There's a good conversation about the restraints that modern road design is forcing on consumers. And of course, much more.Enjoy!Timestamps:2:35 – Driven raising equity.4:15 – Moots teases a new wheel size.9:48 – Trek’s Madone gets a

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61:16

Ask a handful of Wrenches

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2023/08/16

This week's Geek Warning episode is a little different. With James off racing bikes, and Dave travelling (for work), the Geeks instead gathered to answer a bucket full of tech questions from Escape Collective members. Joining James and Dave are former MTB World Cup mechanic Brad Copeland and dream bike builder Zach (of Boulder Grupetto).Don't worry, the regular weekly show will return soon! In the meantime, enjoy and please let us know what you think of this format. Hosted on Acast. See

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75:11

Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice

Geek Warning ·

2023/08/11

James, Dave, and builder of dreams Zach are back and cover a broad spectrum of geeky topics. Specialized has a new iteration of the Tarmac. Ridley has a new bike with Fast in its name. Lezyne has even more products and Velocio clothing expands into mountain bike.We also summarise our thoughts on the Classified two-speed hub system. And so much more geeking.4:36 – A quick corrections corner, oops6:36 – A speed sniffing bike from Specialized23:00 – Ridley’s new TT bike and Ronan isn’t

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58:43

More MTB-like gravel bikes, a sharper Microshift, and...

Geek Warning ·

2023/08/02

Santa Cruz has revamped its popular Stigmata gravel bike with a new MTB-inspired personality, Allied modernizes its Alfa road bike, Microshift’s new Sword gravel groupset looks extremely promising, and you’ll soon be able to track your bike with Apple’s Find My function without an AirTag. And what the heck is up with that hookless tire blow-off video that’s been going around?The Geeks have questions.1:50 — Santa Cruz has a new MTB-like Stigmata gravel bike12:31 — There’s a new Alfa road

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75:56

Is Mavic coming back to the United States?

Geek Warning ·

2023/07/27

Legendary French wheel brand Mavic is rumored to be gearing up to come back to the US market – but is the US market ready for them to come back?The Geek Warning crew also had a mountain of new gear to discuss this week, including new bikes from Orbea, GT, and Polygon, stunning road wheels from Syncros, and updated cross-country suspension from RockShox. And what’s up with this giant pile of new go-fast gear the UCI just revealed? Ronan did some digging. Hosted on Acast. See

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69:29

Dissecting the Tour TT and aero advancements with...

Geek Warning ·

2023/07/24

As Dave and James recover from illness and injury, Ronan sits down with EscapeCollective member Marc Graveline to make sense of Jonas Vingagaard's stage 16 time trial performance. Marc was a data engineer before early retirement allowed him the time to moving into cycling and develop the Notio Konect, the first consumer available aero sensor on the market.Marc is now a consultant to World Tour teams and counts time trial modelling and analysis among his favourite hobbies, not to mention

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70:04

A climbing bike too light for the pros, but carbon...

Geek Warning ·

2023/07/14

Factor’s new O2 VAM sounds like quite the climbing bike: light, stiff, comfy, and newly aero. But is it too light for the pros? Maybe. There doesn’t seem to be any debate about wider tires at the Tour, though, as even 28 mm doesn’t seem like enough.SRAM has also brought its innovative Transmission mountain bike drivetrain technology down to the GX level, an Australian company wants to bring high-tech carbon fiber inspection to the bike shop level, and James gripes about water bottles.4:15 —

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79:26

Racing, schmacing: Let’s talk about tech at the Tour

Geek Warning ·

2023/07/06

The Tour de France can’t be that big of a deal. After all, they couldn’t even sign up 200 participants! But despite the low turnout, there’s quite the disproportionate amount of new tech to discover there, including a mysterious new Ridley aero all-rounder road racer, new tires and saddles from Specialized, a hint that a new SRAM Red groupset may be pending, new aero helmets, comfy-looking shoes, and upsized wheels from Campagnolo.We also discuss Pinarello and Tune recently changing hands,

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73:41

The Eurobike show!

Geek Warning ·

2023/06/29

James and Ronan attended the Eurobike trade show last week, and oh boy, did they come back with a lot to talk about. E-bikes were definitely a major theme at this year’s show – again – but there was also a bunch of high-performance goodies, tons of electronic doodads, and as always, cargo bikes galore.Also: Dave secretly wants to become a firefighter.7:18 – A convenient way to measure saddle position9:10 – Ronan likes the looks of the new Look12:09 – 3T goes fully internal13:08 – An

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72:43

The next frontier of XC race tech

Geek Warning ·

2023/06/22

For this week’s Geek Warning, James and Ronan were en-route to Eurobike, and so Dave was left talking to himself. After he submitted a three-hour rambling episode about his colour-coding preferences for hex keys, the team suggested that he record a new episode with Brad Copeland.In the episode, Dave and Brad chat about a lust-worthy new tool from Abbey Bike Tools, Wolf Tooth’s new LoneWolf 1x Road chainguide, and the next frontier of XC race tech. Of course, Brad and Dave also share what’s

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72:34

SRAM Apex goes wireless, Commencal gets into gravel,...

Geek Warning ·

2023/06/15

SRAM’s new Apex redesign brings AXS wireless electronic shifting to the masses, but there’s also a new mechanical version, and it’s all 1x12 – and we’ve got all the details. Commencal has announced its first gravel bike that’s “not just another gravel bike” (even though it mostly is), RockShox’s Flight Attendant automatic electronic suspension is coming to XC, someone lost something in Lenzerheide, and Ronan outlines some of the tech decisions from his recent record-setting ride in Ireland

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75:15

Shimano GRX going 12, and a flurry of new bikes

Geek Warning ·

2023/06/08

There is so much new stuff to talk about this week! Unbound Gravel was a smorgasbord of fresh gravel good, including new bikes from Canyon and Santa Cruz, and a sneak preview of Shimano’s new 12-speed GRX groupset.We’ve also recently spotted new road bikes from BMC and Factor, and Silca aims to make chain waxing (a lot!) easier. And speaking of Unbound, what was the true material cost of entry for this year’s event? Hint: It's almost certainly much, much more than most participants

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71:01

Dropped chains, dropped thumbs, and how to buy your...

Geek Warning ·

2023/05/31

Our trio of diehard in-house tech geeks – James, Dave, and Ronan – are on hand this week to talk about the dropped chain that nearly derailed Primož Roglič’s Giro d’Italia, Campagnolo’s new (and outrageously expensive) Super Record Wireless electronic road groupset, fancy new spokes from DT Swiss, and our new comprehensive guide to buying your first custom bike.Also, all three of us apparently have issues staying upright, Ronan has thoughts on disc brakes in road racing, and a PSA on hidden

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72:08

Good entry-level aluminum bikes are rad

Geek Warning ·

2023/05/24

Lots of new stuff to chat about this week! Specialized’s Allez revamp is hardly revolutionary, but there’s a lot to be said for a no-frills and accessible bike that’s executed well. Dave has some (bad) ideas for Kask on how to market its new Elemento flagship helmet, Wahoo’s founder owns his company again, and Trek makes an interesting move with the Bontrager brand name.We also chat about Aerocoach’s latest round of rolling resistance tests, and Fairwheel Bikes’ intriguing crank stiffness

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72:39

Introducing Ask a Wrench

Geek Warning ·

2023/05/18

This week’s episode of Geek Warning sees former World Cup mechanic, Brad Copeland, join the team to talk all things bike tech. With Brad onboard, it was time we kicked off the first "Ask a Wrench" segment, which answers questions from our live audience of Escape Collective members.Before the geeks get to answering questions, they discuss some of the latest tech seen at the opening round of the mountain bike World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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70:09

The golden era of high-performance endurance road tires

Geek Warning ·

2023/05/11

Don't you dare call it a tire; it's "endurance engineering"!Jokes aside, Specialized and Vittoria are upping their games when it comes to high-end road tires that (supposedly) won't leave you stranded, Chris King is expanding its range of thermoplastic carbon wheels with a new aero all-road model, we debate the pros and cons of the latest crop of fancy bike care products, and Ronan outlines the UCI's latest foibles. And as always, Dave has tools on his mind.A manually curated list of time

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69:00

XC MTB is so hot, even die-hard road brands are...

Geek Warning ·

2023/05/04

Modern cross-country mountain bike racing is absolutely on fire these days. The riders are faster, more skilled, and more interesting than ever; the courses are technical and physically demanding; and the bikes are so capable they'd put the "trail bikes" of yesteryear to shame. But one has to look no further than some dyed-in-the-wool road brands to see how hot the segment is right now, because even they're getting into the game.Also, in this week's show: (some) bikes are getting cheaper,

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71:55

How hardtail mountain bikes are like cats

Geek Warning ·

2023/04/26

On this week's episode of Geek Warning: Specialized says its new Epic World Cup will replace hardtails for racing, and while the bike looks interesting, this isn't the first time we've heard such a thing and hardtails have proven time and again that they've got a lot of lives.Also in this week's show: Wahoo is probably for sale, but who should buy it? Might you soon be taking your e-bike to an auto mechanic for service? Why did Boyd Cycling open up an aluminum rim factory in South Carolina

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71:50

A new Tarmac and the worst bike James has ever ridden

Geek Warning ·

2023/04/19

This week on Geek Warning, James, Ronan, and Caley talk through rumors of a new Specialized Tarmac SL8, dig into the worst bike James has ever ridden, the return of Mavic (but not where you think they would be), and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:08

The Roubaix Tech Special

Geek Warning ·

2023/04/15

Paris-Roubaix has been a better predictor of the bike tech that will be common in the future than any other pro race. It was the first with bigger tires, the first with disc brakes, the first with endurance frames. So what were teams riding this year? Ronan Mc Laughlin and Caley Fretz dive into the cutting edge of cobble-worthy bike tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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