This week on Geek Warning, Ronan Mc Laughlin and Dave Rome discuss why SRAM’s battle with the UCI may also prove positive for Shimano.

Ronan asks Dave what his workshop wish is, which leads to an unexpected tangent about bike washing. There’s, of course, a PSA, which ends up being a conversation about how to align dropbar shifters. And the geeks summarise a bunch of the latest and biggest new tech.

Lastly, Zach Edwards (Boulder Groupetto) joins the pod to answer some questions from members in the Ask a Wrench segment. As a reminder, only members of Escape Collective get access to this section of the podcast.

Happy geeking!

Time stamps:
1:00 - A hypothetical question
5:30 - SRAM taking the UCI to court, explained (plus a big rumour)
10:15 - Waiting on an update to the UCI’s handlebar ruling (now out of date since recording)
13:00 - Ronan ponders Dave’s dream workshop wish
25:00 - PSA that alignment markings on bars may be fictional plus an explainer on road shifter alignment
38:00 - Rotor returns to the groupset game, sorta
40:15 - Further update on SRAM’s Transmission firmware update
41:40 - Trek’s CheckOut, a full suspension gravel bike
43:15 - RockShox’s matching Rudy XL
45:00 - RLS helmet safety system and Canyon growing the full-service side of the business
48:30 - Lezyne enters the rear Radar game
50:00 - Ask a Wrench (Escape members only)
52:30 - Shimano Di2 rear shifting woes
58:30 - Adding shifters to SRAM AXS
1:04:00 - Greasing posts and cleaning seat tubes