This week on The Geek Warning podcast, join Ronan McLaughlin, Zach Edwards, and Dave Rome as they discuss the latest happenings in the world of cycling tech.
The geeks cover what is believed to be the first win for tubeless in a cyclocross World Championship. There’s a UCI rider survey circling that strongly points to a few technical changes being considered. An approved patent and many rumours point to new SRAM Transmission mechanical coming soon. And there’s a
new headset that claims to solve for cable routing woes, but we’re not so sure.
Plus, there’s something mechanic-related on Ronan’s mind, a few little bits of news, and of course, Ask a Wrench (now with the addition of Zach, joining Brad Copeland).
As a reminder, Ask a Wrench is now exclusively available on our members-only podcast feed. Head to
escapecollective.com/member in order to hear the full episodes.
Time stamps:
1:20 - Corrections Corner on Shimano CUES
2:11 - Zoe Backstedt’s CX win on tubeless
10:20 - UCI’s new “Safer Group” rider survey
19:30 - SRAM Transmission looks to be going mechanical
26:20 - Easy Bike Parts’ solution (or is it?) to headset cable routing
30:15 - On our minds are angry mechanics on social media
39:40 - US government changes mean you should hold off on some overseas orders
43:25 - MADE Bike Shows, dated announced
43:50 - Welcoming Josh Weinberg to Escape Collective
44:48 - Bianchi’s new TT bike
47:50 - Ask a Wrench (member-only) about storing tyres
53:00 - Ask a Wrench (member-only), more about bottom bracket plastic top-hats
1:01:00 - Ask a Wrench (member-only), switching chain lubes for cleaning running