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Wheel Talk: Good tactics or questionable move? Sep 26, 2023

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Abby, Loren, and Gracie break down the European Championship road race and chat about gardening (plus maybe a little about the Kardashians, sorry).

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: When is a teammate not a teammate? Sep 25, 2023

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Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the entertaining road race action from the European Continental Championships as well as the 2023 Grand Tour season as a whole.

Geek Warning: Recalls, weird brand choices, and more recalls Sep 21, 2023

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This week’s Geek Warning has James, Ronan, and Dave covering a broad range of topics from Fulcrum’s new road wheels, a new airless tyre, and a tyre that’s recalled for being unwantedly airless.

There’s also a surprising amount of chat about e-bikes, but perhaps not for the right reasons. There’s the new Moots entering the space, but not with its expected material. Rad Power promises safer batteries, which is great, but also feels late. And yet another recall has us asking whether cheap e-bikes are a responsible product.

Timestamps:

4:45 – Moots takes an Express train in an unexpected direction
16:00 – New mid-range performance road wheels from Fulcrum
21:40 – Another attempt at the airless bicycle tyre?
25:42 – A road tyre recall from Pirelli
28:52 – Rad Power announces safer batteries, bit late?
34:38 – And another recall, this one impacts 45,000 bikes!
46:42 – Ashton Lambie gets out of a stick’y situation
51:50 – High-priced wheels are on Dave’s mind
56:45 – A PSA for Shimano Di2 users

Placeholders: Final thoughts on the Vuelta and Jumbo’s dominance Sep 20, 2023

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Jonny Long, Kit Nicholson, and Ronan Mc Laughlin join Caley Fretz to discuss their final impressions of the 2023 Vuelta a España and Jumbo-Visma's dominance, some chatter around Mark Cavendish racing on, and more. Plus, the crew dives into a Sepp Kuss-related Weekly Pain competition.

Wheel Talk: Canyon-SRAM’s redemption arc Sep 19, 2023

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Abby, Loren and Gracie are back to chat about the Tour de Romandie, some transfers, and dolls.

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling final week of Grand Tour racing Sep 18, 2023

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Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the dramatic final week of the Vuelta a España, the race in general, and the Human Fly, and also to take a closer look at the women's Tour de Romandie.

Emergency Vuelta Pod: Order is restored Sep 14, 2023

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Jonny Long, Abby Mickey, and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz in the immediate aftermath of stage 18 of the Vuelta a España, where Jumbo-Visma seemed to decide to back Sepp Kuss in red after several days of drama.

Geek Warning: Specialized and Giant have very different takes on what makes the ideal endurance road bike Sep 14, 2023

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Specialized announced its latest Roubaix and Giant launched its fifth-generation Defy Advanced this week, but while they’re both “endurance road bikes”, they could hardly be more different.

We’ve also got a new aero all-rounder from Ridley, fancy 3D-printed titanium derailleur hangers, new indoor developments from Wahoo and Zwift, a whole day of hour records, thoughts on the UCI’s minimum weight limit, and a word of caution to maybe not trust that little map on your GPS computer *too* much.

Timestamps:

6:55 - A Specialized Roubaix, but no Cable Cobbler (yet)
21:45 - More endurance road bikes and Giant’s new Defy fills a gap.
32:20 – Silca has derailleur hangers with holes in them
38:45 - News from Wahoo with special guest, GPLama (https://gplama.com/)!
52:22 - A quick mention of Zwift things
54:50 - Ridley replaces the Helium SLX
1:01:30 - A new testing facility at MIPS
1:03:43 - There’s a day of Hour Records and Ronan is very excited
1:05:50 - The UCI weight limit is on Ronan’s mind
1:11:14 - A PSA that James and Dave hadn’t considered.

Emergency Vuelta Pod: Jumbo on the Angliru Sep 13, 2023

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Emergency pod! Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana was a banger, but not because of any of the performances. No, it was the intra-squad squabbling of Jumbo-Visma that caught our eye. Let's discuss.

Warning, if you haven't seen the stage this pod is ONE BIG SPOILER.

Placeholders: Mystery bottles, podium watches, and Jumbo’s Vuelta Sep 13, 2023

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Jonny Long, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss those bottles we see at the finish line, watches on the podium, Jumbo-Visma's approach to the Vuelta, GCN being for sale, and much more.

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