Geek Warning: Lateral Thinking, a New Way to Think About Chain Wear

In this week’s episode of Geek Warning, Escape Collective tech editors Dave Rome and Ronan McLaughlin get lost in thought and well past the magic hour. Click play to find out whether Trek’s decision to turn two racing bikes into one is a performance-based or business-based decision, whether lateral chain wear is a metric we should consider, what we’re looking into bib shorts and what made Ronan take a nearly 20-hour ride.

Of course, geeks are also talking about other new products that have just been released, including Wolf Tooth’s entry into mini pumps, Wahoo’s new heart rate strap, and Willier’s latest road bike. Appreciate!

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Timestamps

3:00 p.m. – Trek goes all-in on the new Madone
9:30 p.m. – Wilier’s new climbing bike
31:30 – Abbey Bike Tools presents a less thoughtful way to measure chain wear
44:20 – RIP Jurgen Falke
45:10 – Ronan’s Great Journey is on Dave’s Mind
55h30 – Choosing a pair of shorts
1:02:30 – Wahoo’s new heart rate strap, will it last?
1:09:40 – Wolf Tooth launches into mini pumps with internal storage
1:13:30 – Bossi’s new Grit titanium gravel bike
1:14:20 – MADE Australia is this weekend, while Ronan heads to the Tour and Eurobike

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