Ronan, Jonny, and Caley are in Belgium this week and bring you tales from Roubaix recon with Trek-Segafredo and from Ronan’s first kermesse in a decade, plus a preview of this weekend’s main events.

Fresh off his round-the-world hot air balloon trip, James Huang is back! And so is our resident GrumpyH8ter mechanic, Zach Edwards. They sit down with Dave Rome to chat about a trio of new bike releases, Time’s monstrous new carbon fiber factory, the pros and cons of cable vs. electronic mountain bike shifting, and a PSA about safely pulling your tubeless-equipped bikes out of hibernation.

After a Tour of Flanders for the ages, Ruth Winder joins Cosmo Catalano and Dane Cash to cover:

Tadej Pogačar's brilliance

How will Jumbo-Visma's Classics campaign be remembered?

SD Worx continuously living up to expectations

Could anyone have done anything differently on Sunday?

What's next at the Tour of the Basque Country and Paris-Roubaix

We come to you from Belgium, where it's very cold but the racing is superb. In this special episode, Caley, Ronan, and Jonny react to a stunning men's Tour of Flanders.

We speak with Tadej Pogačar's teammates Mikkel Bjerg and Matteo Trentin to dig into how UAE's plan was executed, plus chat with the two Americans in the top 10, Neilson Powless and Matteo Jorgenson, and nearly-man Fred Wright, who seems destined to be an all-the-day-there man sometime soon.

It's almost Holy Week, bike fans! That means plenty of drama coming out of Belgium, and plenty for the Placeholders to discuss.

This week Kate, Dane, Jonny, and Caley dig into...

- The Wout Gift Debate

- Jumbo's sponsor 

- Movistar is the new Quickstep

- Kate's jacket update

- The Flanders preview

In this week's Geek Warning, Dave Rome, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Caley Fretz dive into...

- Dave's hurt feelings

- Taipei Cycle Show

- Specialized's wild-looking Sirius

- Ronan's spec-bikes thing

- Wax lub on our minds

- and a PSA.

In this super special episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast multi-time ITT World Champion Ellen van Dijk joins Abby and Loren to watch the final 27 km of Gent-Wevelgem live. They chat about Ellen's plans after she has her baby, her interest in directing, and take some listener questions for a live audience.

We’re getting into the thick of the Classics campaign now, and the Pretty Serious crew is here to break down all the racing. Abby Mickey and Kit Nicholson join Dane Cash to talk:

Van Aert making a statement at E3

Jumbo-Visma dominating the men’s Gent-Wevelgem

Reusser’s solo triumph at the women’s Gent-Wevelgem

Roglic’s quiet brilliance and Evenepoel’s tactics at the Volta a Catalunya

Iain, Jonny, Kate, and Caley are back this week to dive into the biggest stories in cycling, including but not limited to...

- The Astana sunglasses debacle

- Latvian politics

- Press the Garmin button (again)

- The UCI won't email Iain back

- Quickstep and the classics

Dave Rome, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Caley Fretz are back with another nerdy episode, this week they dive into...

Two broken handlebars in the same race

The broader implications of SRAM's new derailleur hanger-killer

The crazy levels of excess stock in the bike industry right now