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A tiring and testing tire test
Oct 15, 2026
55m 43s
The mechanic model is broken
Oct 8, 2026
47m 51s
The wheel backstory of Road Worlds
Oct 1, 2026
47m 46s
Bonus: Berd's co-founder on the performance cost of vibrations
Sep 28, 2026
28m 57s
The last piece of the puzzle
Sep 24, 2026
52m 33s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/15/26 |  A tiring and testing tire test | This week on Geek Warning, Dave chats with Ronan about his extremely comprehensive road tyre test, published a week ago. The conversation covers how the test was run and why the data is so reliable. Then, Ronan and Dave chat about Silca’s acquisition and re-release of the analogue-watch-lookalike Omata cycling computer. Midway, Escape's US-based tech writer Jack Duncan jumps on to discuss Colnago’s new Colnago gravel bike and a somewhat peculiar wheel release from Cadex. Lastly, members of Escape Collective (on our exclusive member-only feeds) get access to Ask a Wrench, where we answer technical questions submitted by our members. Time stamps: 2:30 - Ronan’s big and tiring project 25:30 - Silca acquires Omata 36:00 - Switching locations to Jack 39:00 - Colnago’s new G5-X gravel bike 45:00 - Cadex’s XC wheelset is a little weird 55:45 - Ask a Wrench with Zach Edwards (Member-Only) | 55m 43s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | The mechanic model is broken | A report published by CyclingIndustries.com highlights an extreme shortage of skilled mechanics and the issues that presents. Dave and Ronan discuss some of the challenges behind this and what it may take to better retain skilled mechanics. Later in the episode, Dave shares why he thinks rim brakes will return in popularity, at least a little. Ronan argues why Dave’s crystal ball is faulty.You’ll also hear a tech tip that’s perhaps more just an excuse to treat yourself. To wrap things up, and as per usual, members of Escape Collective get our Ask a Wrench section, where Dave and Zach Edwards answer technical questions from listeners. Happy geeking!Time stamps: 02:30 - Skills shortage facing the cycling industry 22:15 - Yet another wheelsize that’s to cause ever more havoc 29:00 - Will rim brakes make a comeback on the road? 40:00 - Your bike is only as good as its worst part (language warning for this segment) 47:45 - Ask a Wrench (Members only) 48:00 - Yet another mystery disc brake noise 53:30 - Chasing a stubborn creaking pedal noise 59:00 - Glazed brakes and how to solve it 1:05:00 - A rattly RockShox XPLR dropper post 1:11:00 - Does the suspension linkage design matter? | 47m 51s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | The wheel backstory of Road Worlds | Geek Warning is rarely about the chapter titles, but rather the expertise and information shared within. That sure applies this week, as the conversation covers the real story behind Pidcock’s recent wheel choice at Worlds, Ronan’s ideal rim widths for road racing, and what Dave considers to be the benchmark in SPD pedals. There’s also a relatively new Good Thing for SRAM Transmission, a tech tip for anyone turning a spanner, and plenty more. As usual, members of Escape Collective (on the member-only feed) get Ask a Wrench at the end of the episode. This week, Zach Edwards of the Boulder Groupetto returns to help answer tech questions from our members. Timestamps: 00:01:30 - Ronan “working” at Road Worlds 00:04:00 - The rumoured story behind Pidcock’s wheels 00:11:00 - The UCI to review its Lugano Charter 00:19:45 - Enve’s new SES 6.7 Pro have us patting ourselves on the back 00:28:00 - Wolf Tooth trickles down its excellent ALT SPD pedal 00:34:00 - A tech tip to tighten up tool fitment 00:39:00 - SRAM has a Good Thing for Transmission users 00:45:30 - What Ronan and Dave are busy with 00:47:40 - Ask a Wrench (Member-only feed) 00:48:00 - Why don’t all tubeless rims have a solid rim bed? 00:55:00 - Shigura brakes? 01:05:45 - Reuse a plugged tyre? 1:10:00 - A front wheel causing brake resonance | 47m 46s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Bonus: Berd's co-founder on the performance cost of vibrations | Many brands within the bike industry often speak about higher-performing products being stiffer, lighter, more aero, and faster-rolling. And yet when it comes to off-road disciplines, it’s rare for brands to discuss smoothness as a performance metric. It’s an area many have dabbled in over the years, but it’s tough to market a product on. Berd, makers of rope-like spokes, recently published a white paper detailing why they believe their new gravel race wheels are the fastest for the off-road discipline. A big part of that claim relates to vibration damping and impact reduction, metrics that historically haven’t been included in the performance modelling used today to calculate a road cyclists’ speed. In its white paper, Berd proposes that vibration damping and impact reduction should be included as a component of rolling resistance. Geek Warning host Dave Rome has long shouted as much for off-road – smoother is faster – and thought that was all quite interesting. So he sat down with Berd co-founder and CEO, Charlie Spanjers, to hear more. An edited transcript of the conversation is also available at EscapeCollective.com. | 28m 57s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | The last piece of the puzzle | Talk of big wheels continue to dominate headlines in the cycling tech world. This past week, Trek and Scott raced production-ready 32ers at the World Cup round in Utah, while Sea Otter Europe showcased other production-ready options. With that, Dave Rome chats with Escape’s Suvi Loponen and Alex Hunt about what they each saw in person at these respective events. For Suvi, Sea Otter Europe, with about 80,000 attendees this year, offered an opportunity for a vibe check from members of the European bicycle industry. Members on our member-only feed will also hear Ask a Wrench, this week with Zach Edwards. Time stamps: 00:02:00 - Big brand 32ers revealed 00:09:45 - Sea Otter Europe 00:14:00 - Suvi rides a 32er 00:18:00 - Other big things seen at Euro Sea Otter 00:19:00 - Tyre options are growing quickly 00:23:00 - Industry vibe check at Sea Otter 00:27:00 - On-the-ground interviews 00:51:00 - Ask a Wrench (members only) 00:53:00 - How to service a cartridge bearing 00:59:00 - When to measure chain wear (and our go-to tools) 01:08:00 - How to deal with a rusty part | 52m 33s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | A hands-on guide to Shimano’s new SPD-SLR | Welcome back to Geek Warning. This week, Dave Rome and Ronan McLaughlin talk through Shimano’s new road pedal system, which will eventually supersede the now two-decade-old SPD-SL. Dave has been hands-on with the new pedals and offers insight into how nuanced the differences are. Dave is then joined by Suvi Loponen to discuss the new Canyon Grail gravel bike along with a number of other standout bits of tech news from the week.At the end of the episode, and for those listening via a member-only feed, we have an interview with Bill Alcorn of BikeFlights about how air freighting and door-to-door bike delivery have changed, and potentially how to mitigate those increased costs. Timestamps: 02:00 - Shimano SPD-SLR, ridden and explained 18:00 - The potential performance gain of lower stack height 22:30 - Shimano’s three shoe widths, wide going wider. 25:00 - Suvi joins to discuss the new Canyon Grail gravel bike 37:00 - Scott’s interesting return to cable routing options 41:00 - Specialized goes internal routing with Future Shock 43:30 - Wolf Tooth gets into hubs 48:00 - Members-only section: Talking bike freight | 50m 00s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | Fashion week, but new bikes | This week, Caley Fretz returns to Geek Warning alongside Jack Duncan and Dave Rome. It’s been a week full of big new bike launches (all of which Escape Collective attended) and there has been some equally big industry news. The geeks discuss new bikes from Scott, Factor, and Enve, and how each finds (or doesn't) a balance between performance and enjoyment. Plus, there’s a shift in product from WTB, some somewhat sad news out of an Australian business, and we speculate over why Specialized’s founder has returned to the helm. As usual, members of Escape Collective have access to the exclusive member-only feeds of the podcast, and in this we answer a number of technical questions in the Ask a Wrench segment.Happy geeking! Time stamps: 00:02:00 - New bikes, new bikes everywhere 00:03:15 - Talking two different approaches to gravel with the Scott Addict Gravel and Factor Elara 00:16:30 - Adding the new Enve Melee to the conversation 00:20:00 - Feelings or performance. Can it be both? 00:29:00 - WTB doing aero wasn’t on our bingo card 00:38:00 - Sad news from Fumpa 00:44:15 - Big changes at Specialized and a fun theory from a dude 01:02:00 - Members-only section and Ask a Wrench 01:05:00 - Our thoughts on running mismatched tyres 01:11:20 - “Critique my chain waxing” 01:12:15 - Gravel handlebar recommendations that keep the levers straight | 1h 03m 00s | ||||||
| 8/27/26 | Dura-Ace R9300Mountain Bike World Cup+4 | — | Dura-Ace R9300Abbey Bike Tools’ new budget disc brake mount facer+2 | Takayama, Japan | Dura-Acecycling technology+5 | — | 42m 00s | ||
| 8/19/26 | custom bicyclesmetal bikes+5 | Aaron BarcheckBilly Sinkford | MosaicNo.22+4 | Portland | custom frame builderspre-built bikes+7 | — | 32m 00s | ||
| 8/13/26 | cycling techendurance bikes+4 | Suvi LoponenAlex Hunt | TrekEscape Collective | — | endurance bikeTrek Domane+5 | — | 48m 04s | ||
| 8/6/26 | cross-country bikesrace bikes+3 | Colin Williams | Santa Cruz BlurDT Swiss 1800 wheel range+4 | — | XC race bikesdowncountry+3 | — | 52m 08s | ||
| 7/31/26 | Shimano Dura-Ace R9300pro bike fit+3 | Zach Edwards | Shimano R9300 Dura-AceSilca+2 | — | ShimanoDura-Ace+6 | — | 52m 39s | ||
| 7/23/26 | bike maintenancedisc brakes+4 | Zach Edwards | Escape Collective | — | bike maintenancedisc brakes+5 | — | 1h 05m 03s | ||
| 7/16/26 | endurance road bikesaero bottles+3 | Dave RomeColin Williams | CerveloPinarello+3 | — | CerveloPinarello+5 | — | 53m 44s | ||
| 7/10/26 | cycling techrumours+4 | Jack Duncan | Dura-Ace 9300Trek 32ers+3 | Yellow jersey | cyclingDura-Ace+4 | — | 1h 08m 03s | ||
| 7/3/26 | bike launchesTour de France+3 | Daan Teugels | SpecializedOrbea+4 | — | Specialized TarmacOrbea Orca Aero+5 | — | 1h 15m 15s | ||
| 7/2/26 | bikesgear+3 | Ronan Mc LaughlinJack Duncan | — | — | Tour de Francebikes+3 | — | 53m 26s | ||
| 6/26/26 | 32in wheelsgravel bikes+4 | — | ThömusCanyon’s Lux Era+3 | — | 32in wheelsgravel bikes+6 | — | 59m 17s | ||
| 6/19/26 | progressive road geometryShimano updates+3 | Jack | Eddy Merckx’s new bikeBianchi’s new Specialissima+3 | — | Eddy Merckxprogressive road geometry+5 | — | 51m 52s | ||
| 6/11/26 | climbing bikesmountain biking+4 | Jack DuncanAlex Hunt | Scott SparkOrbea Oiz+2 | — | climbing bikesmountain bikes+6 | — | 1h 01m 08s | ||
| 6/5/26 | Unbound techcustom inner soles+4 | Jack Duncan | carbon inner soles12-speed chain+5 | — | Unbound techcustom inner soles+4 | — | 49m 38s | ||
| 5/28/26 | gravel bikestech updates+3 | Colin Williams | SpecializedWheels Manufacturing+1 | — | gravel bikeSpecialized Crux+3 | — | 50m 55s | ||
| 5/22/26 | gravel cyclingultra cycling+3 | Suvi LoponenKevin ‘Benky’ Benkenstein | Escape CollectiveSpecialized+3 | — | gravel cyclingUnbound+5 | — | 49m 01s | ||
| 5/14/26 | electronic suspensiongravel bikes+3 | Caley FretzDave Rome | Flight AttendantEndurace CF range+2 | Cannondale Ai | electronic suspensiongravel bikes+3 | — | 44m 59s | ||
| 5/7/26 | aero gravel bikesXC tech+3 | Alex HuntColin Williams | Cervelo Aspero 5Factor Sarana+4 | — | aero gravel bikesworkshop lighting+3 | — | 1h 01m 14s | ||
| 4/30/26 | Campagnolobike technology+3 | Alex Hunt | Campagnolo Record 13Zipp 202+4 | — | CampagnoloZipp+6 | — | 1h 02m 30s | ||
| 4/23/26 | cycling techwarranties+3 | Zach Edwards | SRAM S-SeriesShimano CUES 2x11+4 | — | warrantiesSRAM+5 | — | 1h 02m 04s | ||
| 4/16/26 | cycling technologyRoubaix+4 | — | Colnago C72Shimano SLR pedals+5 | — | cyclingtechnology+6 | — | 1h 17m 49s | ||
| 4/9/26 | electronic shiftingbicycle technology+3 | Suvi LoponenColin Williams | SRAM XPLR AXSShimano GRX Di2 1x+2 | — | electronic shiftingbicycle soul+5 | — | 50m 08s | ||
| 4/2/26 | cycling technologyone-piece cockpits+4 | — | PrologoPikio Labs’ Si helmet+5 | — | cyclingone-piece cockpits+7 | — | 47m 39s | ||
| 3/26/26 | 1x shiftingPirelli+4 | Ronan Mc LaughlinJosh Weinberg | Mark Zero rangeShimano brakes+3 | Taiwan | 1x shiftingPirelli+6 | — | 1h 07m 20s | ||
| 3/19/26 | premium drip wax lubesgravel wheels+3 | Colin Williams | wattsthedifferenceMuc-Off+4 | — | Muc-Offgravel wheels+3 | — | 1h 01m 40s | ||
| 3/12/26 | Cannondale CAADbicycle electronics+4 | Dave | Cannondale CAADChampn+5 | — | Cannondale CAADbicycle electronics+5 | — | 50m 37s | ||
| 3/6/26 | aero technologycycling news+5 | Zach Edwards | Cervelo CaledoniaOneUp XC SPD pedal+7 | — | aerocycling technology+8 | — | 54m 30s | ||
| 2/26/26 | aero road wheel designproduct comparisons+4 | Zach Edwards | Sync Ergonomics Aerobar ThreePrinceton Carbon Works+3 | — | aero wheelsPrinceton Carbon Works+5 | — | 50m 45s | ||
| 2/20/26 | spokesgravel wheelsets+3 | Tristan Thomas | Berd spokesbladed steel spokes+1 | New Zealand | spokesBerd+6 | — | 31m 06s | ||
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Chart history for Geek Warning
Peaked at #9 in PH, top 10 in 1 of 19 tracked markets, currently #9 in PH.
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| PH | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| TW | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| MY | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| AT | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| IL | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| India | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| South Africa | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| CL | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Australia | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| United States | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| South Korea | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| HK | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| SG | — | #49 | #49 | — |
| Mexico | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| Canada | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| AE | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Japan | — | #71 | #71 | — |
| Brazil | — | #79 | #79 | — |
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19 placements across 19 markets.
Chart Positions
19 placements across 19 markets.