Spin Cycle

Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz to cover some of the key storylines from Glasgow "Super Worlds," including star turns from team bosses, Mathieu van der Poel's busy day in the road race, up-and-comers, and more.

Caley Fretz joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano after a memorable battle for the rainbow jersey. The podcast crew discusses the unique and interesting race route, the differences that define Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, whether anyone could have done anything tactically to change the outcome of the race, and more.

Santa Cruz has revamped its popular Stigmata gravel bike with a new MTB-inspired personality, Allied modernizes its Alfa road bike, Microshift’s new Sword gravel groupset looks extremely promising, and you’ll soon be able to track your bike with Apple’s Find My function without an AirTag. And what the heck is up with that hookless tire blow-off video that’s been going around?

The Geeks have questions.

1:50 — Santa Cruz has a new MTB-like Stigmata gravel bike

Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss a very busy week of racing at a thoroughly entertaining Tour de France Femmes, as well as the action from the Clásica San Sebastián and just a little bit of the Tour of Poland too.

The crew delivers one final episode from the ground at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef (plus a cameo from a familiar voice or two).

Plus, final audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Georgia Williams (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).

Abby and Matt report from atop the Col du Tourmalet, surrounded by fans, while watching the women make history.

Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).

Abby, Matt and Kate report on the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was a particularly exciting finale with a worthy winner. And get ready for stage 7, the famous Col du Tourmalet.

Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo), and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).

Abby and Matt again are able to rope in Iris Slappendel to chat about the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! And what a stage it was, with a surprise winner, and some more interesting maneuvers from SD Worx. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss. Hear from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).

Legendary French wheel brand Mavic is rumored to be gearing up to come back to the US market – but is the US market ready for them to come back?

The Geek Warning crew also had a mountain of new gear to discuss this week, including new bikes from Orbea, GT, and Polygon, stunning road wheels from Syncros, and updated cross-country suspension from RockShox. And what’s up with this giant pile of new go-fast gear the UCI just revealed? Ronan did some digging.

Abby and Matt are back from Rodez to chat about the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was quite the day with a lot of interesting attempts from the GC favourites and some dreams come true for the stage winner. Hear from breakaway champions Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health, plus from Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, and Jess Allen (Jayco-AlUla).