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Congrats, Tadej, on your fifth Tour de France

Welcome back! Today on the show: Congratulations to Tadej Pogacar on your fifth Tour victory, Oscar Onley is a traffic cone, and Wout van Aert broke his ankle.

3 days ago

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1 hr
29/12/2025

The Annual Spin Cycle Awards

Welcome back to cycling's most prestigious awards show.

29/12/2025

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57 min
24/12/2025

The Annual Christmas Quiz

Who shall prevail in a matchup of the minds? The earned wisdom of Dane Cash? The upstart, Intern Nick? The boss man, Caley? Jonny Long hosts your annual Christmas Quiz, created by Escape member Spooky. Thanks, Spooky!

24/12/2025

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45 min
19/12/2025

Return of the Schlecks

Today on the show: Tadej Pogacar says he could win all three Grand Tours in one season, the Schleck brothers are back, and Geraint Thomas knows nothing, or so he says.

19/12/2025

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52 min
15/12/2025

A stinky, stinky Dauphiné

Today on the show: Ayuso brings his energy to Lidl-Trek, Mathieu-Mania has arrived, and Mathias Norsgaard is spilling the beans on what Oier Lazkano is really like.

15/12/2025

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51 min
21/11/2025

Great Scott

Today on the show: There’s pizza on the roof in Azerbaijan, we return to Israel intersection, and there’s an auction that anyone with a spare $1000 should be watching very closely.

21/11/2025

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1h 15m
10/10/2025

Emergency Ep: SRAM's win and what it means for the UCI

Emergency episode time! Caley and Ronan dive into a story that started with chainrings and cogs, and ended up in court. The BCA has ordered the UCI to suspend its new Maximum Gear Ratio Standard, siding with SRAM in a dispute that could reshape how cycling’s rules are made. What began as a “safety test” for rider speed has become a battle over who really governs the sport, and whether the UCI is still above competition law.

10/10/2025

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38 min
23/05/2025

Modern chain wins and questionable pressure sensors

Welcome back to the cycling tech podcast with a Geek Warning. This week, Escape’s tech editors Dave Rome and Ronan Mc Laughlin discuss what’s been on their minds. For Dave, that’s how good modern chains have become and a cool upgrade option for DT Swiss hub users.For Ronan, it’s the new wheels from Zipp that have been occupying his time. This is a fairly long episode for members of Escape Collective (go here). Those on the member-only podcast feed won’t just hear what’s new, but rather will hear some criticism of Zipp’s new built-in pressure gauges and whether the company has addressed Ronan’s concerns about hookless. As always, members also get our Ask a Wrench segment, which this week sees Dave Rome and pro race mechanic Brad Copeland answer a handful of questions related to disc brakes, along with one about the trend to toward wide gravel tyres and where suspension comes into that. Members can submit new questions here. 3:30 - Corrections corner: 14-speed cassettes do exist, sigh.4:30 - Williams Racing Product’s Zero Drag Kit is cool9:30 - Some things are really good, especially new chains17:30 - PSA: Don’t pluck your (tyre) hairs20:50 - Gunnar and Waterford names return21:30 - Standert’s new scandium alloy road racer24:30 - Pirelli’s new endurance road tyre that goes to 55 mm wide31:15 - Rex releases its Black Magik drip wax34:30 - Silca’s first grease and Dave’s go-to grease37:00 - Zipp’s new range of wheels42:15 - Wolf Tooth’s new Clik valves and bottom brackets49:00 - Opinions on Zipp’s new wheels and sensors (member-only)1:03:00 - Where we stand on hookless (member-only)1:13:00 - Ask a Wrench (member-only)1:15:00 - Dealing with rubbing discs1:26:00 - Crop circles on disc rotors1:32:00 - Cleaning with disc brakes1:39:00 - Pondering wide tyres versus gravel suspension for Unbound

23/05/2025

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50 min
22/08/2025

The spares we carry

It’s a shorter episode this week as Escape’s Suvi Loponen and Dave Rome catch up to discuss the spares they carry and how to ensure they work when you need them most. On the news front, they discuss the latest developments regarding the ongoing Shimano crank recall and an unexpected (and hopefully short-lived) issue affecting older Wahoo Bolt and Roam head units. Finally, Zach Edwards of the Boulder Grupetto returns to Ask a Wrench to answer a number of member-submitted questions. Time stamps: 2:00 - Shimano crank recall update11:20 - Older Wahoo devices living in 200615:00 - a PSA to check your spares20:00 - The specific spares we carry35:00 - Made is coming up!37:45 - Ask a Wrench (Member Only)39:25 - Impact wrenches around e-bikes45:20 - Sprockets versus Cogs48:00 - Slipping SPD cleats on carbon shoes53:00 - Hanging up modern bikes

22/08/2025

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38 min
27/09/2024

Newer ways to sell a new bike

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 Masterpiece7:30 - Sad passing of Bob Parlee8:50 - Bontrager goes up to 29 mm rim width for gravel12:40 - Lauf’s first mountain bike raises questions on the future of big tyres24:40 - BH has an interesting new short-travel XC bike29:25 - Fox joins the wirelessly-controlled electronic suspension game36:22 - New ways to sell the bikes that aren’t selling?47:20 - Ask a Wrench: career mechanic woes55:25 - Ask a Wrench: storing Di2 for winter59:10 - Ask a Wrench: keeping alloy rims black

27/09/2024

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1h 4m

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