Why do so many road bikes with endurance geometry have unique selling added features that wouldn’t fly in more performance-oriented bikes? That’s the big question that Ronan, Dave, and Zach discuss in this week’s episode of Geek Warning.

Plus, you’ll hear a useful PSA for those who use newer road pedals. Dave then rings up new Escape recruit Josh Weinberg to discuss the latest in road, gravel, and cross-country mountain bike tech – including Fox's new 34 SL fork release (something we've also covered in writing).

The episode closes with the usual answering of member-submitted technical questions. However, for this last section, you will need to be a member of Escape Collective and either logged into the member-only podcast feed or via our Podcast page (again, logged in members only).

Thanks for listening! And if you like it, please consider sending it to a fellow tech-loving cyclist.

Time stamps:

1:40 - Corrections Corner
2:45 - On Our Minds: Unique selling features that actually don’t help sell bikes
22:00 - PSA: Composite-bodied road pedals are a wear item
25:00 - Introducing Josh and chatting Mid-South gravel tech
28:30 - Teravail has a whole wheel-system
31:20 - Chris King launches its own alloy wheelset
34:00 - Fox releases the new 34 SL fork
39:00 - Fox’s new all-in-one remote lever
41:55 - LiteSpeed’s new impressively lightweight road frame
45:25 - Ask a Wrench (member-feed only)
47:00 - A mystery and isolated leaking brake lever (member-feed only)
54:00 - Good and bad of solid polymer bearings (member-feed only)
1:01:00 - How to deal with a stuck tubeless valve (member-feed only)