Plus why tyres are likely to keep getting wider.
With the road season soon to come to a close, the events in the tech world are unsurprisingly more focused on the dirt. In this week’s episode of Geek Warning, you’ll hear Brad and Dave cover the latest in tech across road, gravel, and mountain bike.
Amongst a number of new things, the geeks discuss a future of electronic suspension and what that could spell for the gravel world. Why tyres are likely to continue trending wider in cross-country racing (among other disciplines). And with Specialized announcing free full suspension frame bearings for the lifetime of its mountain bikes, we discuss new ways to sell bikes in tough times. All this and plenty more!
Time stamps:
1:25 - BMC’s new Teammachine R Masterpiece
7:30 - Sad passing of Bob Parlee
8:50 - Bontrager goes up to 29 mm rim width for gravel
12:40 - Lauf’s first mountain bike raises questions on the future of big tyres
24:40 - BH has an interesting new short-travel XC bike
29:25 - Fox joins the wirelessly-controlled electronic suspension game
36:22 - New ways to sell the bikes that aren’t selling?
47:20 - Ask a Wrench: career mechanic woes
55:25 - Ask a Wrench: storing Di2 for winter
59:10 - Ask a Wrench: keeping alloy rims black