{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Geek Warning","title":"Our favorite handlebar tapes, and what we look for in them","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3001,"description":"Geek Warning is back for the new year! In this week’s episode, Dave and James chat about some mysterious Boa dial failures and how some pros are using gravel bikes this cyclocross season, how 3D-printing is becoming just as much a marketing tool as a manufacturing one, and what we look for in our favorite handlebar tapes.\nYou might also just want to head out to the shed and check your disc brake rotor thicknesses, and the story of a lost bike in Colorado may help restore your faith in humanity.\nTimestamps:\n5:01 – What’s going on with Boa dial failures this cyclocross season?\n11:54 – Even the pros don’t think gravel bikes are all that different from cyclocross bikes\n16:35 – Everything that can be 3D-printed is being 3D-printed\n20:40 – Pick One! Our favorite handlebar tapes, and what we look for in them\n35:45 – PSA: Disc brake rotors don’t last forever\n40:04 – A lost bike, and restoring your faith in humanity\n44:30 – Rotor’s got a new dual-sided power meter for Shimano crankarms\n45:45 – Look, ma, no ears! Kask has a mysterious new aero road helmet\n46:30 – Bora-Hansgrohe has officially confirmed they’re on SRAM and Hammerhead this year\n46:40 – Chris King has added a new Microspline freehub body option for its R45 hubs","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RBvZ42VOa2IulzLpz6GqMhunUzl2KYbNT7_xuoZrdHw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzNk/OTc3NzE0MjIyOWM0/M2IzZDcwODY3ODU1/Njc5Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}