Spin Cycle

The Escape Collective has officially launched and with that, it’s time to kick off our first show in front of a (virtual) audience. This week Dave, Ronan, and Caley discuss...• New and old tyre-related things from Conti, Specialized, and Tubolito.• Ronan shares that he doesn’t want to look forward in his free time.• Dave worries about whether we want to go where mechanical shifting is headed.• And then we throw to the live audience for questions.

This week on the Placeholders, Kit, Kate, Ronan, and Caley chat about...

- The new one-man TTT finish at Paris-Nice

- Whoops, the green jersey looks like Bora-Hansgrohe

- Tom Boonen's comments on Pogacar's Colnago

- The final word on the Strade Bianche women's finish

If you've been waiting for the Placeholders to get a bit more serious about bike racing, we've got just the show for you. In a brand new podcast, we take a closer look into the key moments of key races, and then discuss what's coming up. In the very first episode of the show, Dane Cash, Cosmo Catalano, Caley Fretz, and Ruth Winder cover...

The tactics, the drama, the horse on the course, the heralded and the unheralded, and so much more from Strade Bianche

The early returns from the action at Paris-Nice

A busy week of racing ahead that includes Tirreno-Adriatico and the Ronde van Drenthe

It’s been a big week for the Geek Warning crew and we’ve got an equally big episode! This week Dave, Ronan, Caley and one other familiar voice discuss...

Shimano’s biggest product release, ever?

New SRAM and how it stacks up

A win for Princeton CarbonWorks

That new Cannondale and its triangular-shaped steerer

How to Listen to your disc brake pads

And much more!

It's here! Head over to escapecollective.cc to sign up. 

This week Ronan, Caley, Dane, and Kate announce our new Media Empire™ before diving into Omloop, Kuurne, and the impending battle between Pogačar and Vingegaard. 

Thanks you every single one of you for listening, sharing, and getting us to today. We hope you love what we're building.

This week Dave, Ronan, and Caley discuss...

New Silca pumps

A 62-tooth chainring at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

New Enve gravel bike

New Pinarellos

Bad news for a power meter

New ETRTO standards

A dropper that's also an upper

What you can do to stop your steerer tube from crashing you

In this episode of the Placeholders: 

- Omloop is this weekend!

- Pogačar won't stop winning 

- EF is good?

- UAE sprint showdown (Cav watch) (It was a tie) 

- A new ugly but probably fast helmet (https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/1627727127721177093)

Welcome back to Geek Warning. This week Dave, Ronan, and Caley dig into...

- A Parlee restructuring update

- Peaks and bulges as the lawsuit between Zipp and Princeton Carbon goes to trial

- Lab71, the fastest Cannondales

- Strava's CEO is stepping down. What does Strava need? 

- Why are heart rate straps terrible these days? 

- PSA: Bleed your damn brakes

In this week's episode: 

- The woman to take on Lorena Wiebes was part of her old leadout

- Love Island Jonny, explained

- Jaen Paraiso, the Spanish Strade Bianche 

- Pogaçar is nice to his bikes

- Chicken nuggets and fish fingers, if you listen long enough (welcome to Iain's Briain)

Geek Warning is here! This week Dave, Ronan, and Caley discuss...

Ideal Everesting geometry

A phone holder that doesn't

Parlee's bankruptcy

'90s mountain bike grips

A very cool toolbox