It may be the off-season in the racing world, but the land of bike tech never sleeps. In this episode of Geek Warning, you’ll hear Suvi, Dave, and Brad discuss an intriguing shifter-related patent from Campagnolo that perhaps can’t come soon enough.

The geeks then discuss what they each seek in a drop handlebar and what their favourites are. Within this extended segment, you’ll hear about one-piece cockpits, more traditional two-piece setups, and picks for road and gravel purposes.

We’ve also got some great Ask a Wrench questions that spark some deeper conversation.

Enjoy!

Time stamps:

1:45 - Campagnolo’s recent shifter patent
11:00 - Discussing drop handlebars and picking one (well, maybe two)
33:15 - Ask a Wrench: How to become a bike mechanic
48:00 - Ask a Wrench: SRAM Flat Top and T-type chain compatibility
53:22 - Ask a Wrench: Raising awareness for the actual cost of bike ownership and where the blame sits
1:06:45 - Tech bites: an increasing number of lighter e-MTBs is a trend that won’t slow

Things are a little flipped upside down in this week’s Geek Warning. Suvi, Dave, and Brad open the show by discussing their most meaningful bikes. The geeks then turn to pick a favourite side-access bottle cage for when frame space is limited. Of course there’s a handful of Ask a Wrench questions, answered. And the show wraps with a round-up of new tech to drop over the past week.

A small note: Suvi experienced some audio issues toward the end of the episode, and so, the power of editing has her disappear from the conversation without much warning.

Time stamps:

5:00 - The bikes we’ll never let go and those we wish we hadn’t
20:30 - Picking one side-access bottle cage
32:00 - Ask a wrench: resin versus metallic (sintered) disc brake pads
40:00 - Ask a wrench: the importance of matching rear shock hardware sizes
45:30 - Ask a wrench: Chainline woes in going old 2x to new 1x gravel
51:30 - Tech news on the daily
53:20 - Dare’s Velocity Ace goes full aero
55:30 - Enduro also now offering polymer-infill frame pivot bearings
1:00:00 - Enve’s new M-series wheels
1:01:15 - Daysaver’s new mini pumps
1:02:30 - Body Rocket on-bike aero sensor arrives