It’s never a boring week when you’re a bike geek. Join Brad and Dave as they discuss the latest from the last week of tech, including interesting developments in wax options from Silca, why gravel tyre trends have caught the bike industry by surprise, plus the latest from Fox and Ratio Technology.

The geeks also share thoughts on a few round seatposts to consider and answer three member-submitted Ask a Wrench questions.

Time stamps:

3:10 - Save some fresh tech for the TDF Femmes
6:35 - Silca’s new Speed and Endurance chips
11:25 - Trek’s CheckMate and rapidly changing tyre width trends
23:45 - Picking one seatpost (well, at least the things to consider)
38:55 - Ask a Wrench: mixing and matching SRAM AXS and Shimano 12
45:05 - Ask a Wrench: pedals and install torque
51:10 - Ask a Wrench: servicing Shimano pedals
59:00 - Fox’s Neo Wireless dropper post
1:08:20 - Ratio Technology turns AXS Road into XPLR