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taking the UCI to court, explained (plus a big rumour) 10:15 - Waiting on an update to the UCI’s handlebar ruling (now out of date since recording) 13:00 - Ronan ponders Dave’s dream workshop wish 25:00 - PSA that alignment markings on bars may be fictional plus an explainer on road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
