Factory tours and fresh tech

from Geek Warning · host Escape Collective

This week in Geek Warning, tech writers Suvi Loponen and Alex Hunt join Dave Rome to discuss their recent factory visits to SRAM, DT Swiss, Oquo, and more.You’ll hear Dave and Alex debate about using full-suspension gravel bikes instead of a mountain bike. The geeks also discuss a whole lot of new and interesting tech.As usual, members of Escape Collective have access to the Ask a Wrench segment of the episode, and this week, Australian national team mechanic, Peter Arch, joins to help answer the questions. Members can submit new questions here.Time stamps:2:00 - Factory visits18:00 - Full Suspension gravel bikes are coming back25:00 - TRP Vistar with Classified is finally official29:00 - Spoken comes to Sydney in a week30:15 - Oquo now making its own hub33:15 - Industry9 acquires We Are One Composites35:00 - Leaked Roval Rapide wheels37:30 - No.22’s new Drifter gravel bike39:10 - Unno returns to XC with the Horn, room for 2.6” tyres41:50 - Pro’s new internally routed MTB handlebar, please no46:00 - Trek joins the electric air inflator world48:00 - Ronan’s big ride54:30 - Ask A Wrench with National pro mechanic Peter Arch (member-only)56:00 - Solving a skipping hub1:01:30 - What’s going inside a hydraulic disc brake?1:05:30 - Mystery flat tyre1:10:30 - Safer lubricants and lubing cables

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This week in Geek Warning, tech writers Suvi Loponen and Alex Hunt join Dave Rome to discuss their recent factory visits to SRAM, DT Swiss, Oquo, and more. You’ll hear Dave and Alex debate about using full-suspension gravel bikes instead of a mountain bike. The geeks also discuss a whole lot of new and interesting tech. As usual, members of Escape Collective have access to the Ask a Wrench segment of the episode, and this week, Australian national team mechanic, Peter Arch, joins to help answer the questions. Members can submit new questions here. Time stamps: 2:00 - Factory visits 18:00 - Full Suspension gravel bikes are coming back 25:00 - TRP Vistar with Classified is finally official 29:00 - Spoken comes to Sydney in a week 30:15 - Oquo now making its own hub 33:15 - Industry9 acquires We Are One Composites 35:00 - Leaked Roval Rapide wheels 37:30 - No.22’s new Drifter gravel bike 39:10 - Unno returns to XC with the Horn, room for 2.6” tyres 41:50 - Pro’s new internally routed MTB handlebar, please no 46:00 - Trek joins the electric air inflator world 48:00 - Ronan’s big ride 54:30 - Ask A Wrench with National pro mechanic Peter Arch (member-only) 56:00 - Solving a skipping hub 1:01:30 - What’s going inside a hydraulic disc brake? 1:05:30 - Mystery flat tyre 1:10:30 - Safer lubricants and lubing cables

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