Escape Collective

Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle

Dane Cash and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz to discuss Mikel Landa, Fabio Jakobsen, and other big transfers, the MTB race start order kerfuffle at Worlds, and Richard Freeman. And of course, there's also another riveting edition of the Weekly Pain quiz.

Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches

This week's Geek Warning episode is a little different. With James off racing bikes, and Dave travelling (for work), the Geeks instead gathered to answer a bucket full of tech questions from Escape Collective members.Joining James and Dave are former MTB World Cup mechanic Brad Copeland and dream bike builder Zach (of Boulder Grupetto).
Don't worry, the regular weekly show will return soon! In the meantime, enjoy and please let us know what you think of this format

Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow

The band is back together! This week, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin chat about the ITT and road race at the Glasgow World Championships.
Buckle up! It was a wild race!

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close

Ruth Edwards and Kit Nicholson join Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to break down the action from the time trials and the women's road race at Glasgow Worlds.

Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale

Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef and Loren Rowney are joined once again by Matilda Raynolds to preview the women’s elite and U23 road race at the Glasgow World Championships.

Geek Warning: Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice

James, Dave, and builder of dreams Zach are back and cover a broad spectrum of geeky topics. Specialized has a new iteration of the Tarmac. Ridley has a new bike with Fast in its name. Lezyne has even more products and Velocio clothing expands into mountain bike.
We also summarise our thoughts on the Classified two-speed hub system. And so much more geeking.
4:36 – A quick corrections corner, oops6:36 – A speed sniffing bike from Specialized23:00 – Ridley’s new TT bike and Ronan isn’t here28:49 – A torque wrench for News Tools Day31:04 – Lezyne and a lot of (too much?) choice36:15 – Velocio goes mountain39:45 – It’s Classified, but our thoughts are not55:22 – Too many logos are on Dave’s mind1:02:20 – Crazy track bikes from everyone1:03:44 – MVDP, crashing, and Boas1:08:55 – A PSA on cleats

Placeholders: The big stories from Glasgow Worlds

Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz to cover some of the key storylines from Glasgow "Super Worlds," including star turns from team bosses, Mathieu van der Poel's busy day in the road race, up-and-comers, and more.

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling men’s road race at Glasgow Worlds

Caley Fretz joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano after a memorable battle for the rainbow jersey. The podcast crew discusses the unique and interesting race route, the differences that define Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, whether anyone could have done anything tactically to change the outcome of the race, and more.

Geek Warning: More MTB-like gravel bikes, a sharper Microshift, and hookless blow-offs

Santa Cruz has revamped its popular Stigmata gravel bike with a new MTB-inspired personality, Allied modernizes its Alfa road bike, Microshift’s new Sword gravel groupset looks extremely promising, and you’ll soon be able to track your bike with Apple’s Find My function without an AirTag. And what the heck is up with that hookless tire blow-off video that’s been going around?
The Geeks have questions.
1:50 — Santa Cruz has a new MTB-like Stigmata gravel bike12:31 — There’s a new Alfa road bike from Allied22:50 — Microshift’s new Sword gravel groupset looks fantastic29:57 — Got a 4iiii power meter? Track your bike without an Apple AirTag34:27 — Hookless road tires generally don’t just blow off the rim44:47 — Dave is back to his tool-buying ways45:18 — Tires are stupidly expensive48:13 — Maybe suspension stems aren’t dorky after all54:54 — The hot setup for Leadville 100

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Talking Tour de France Femmes and San Sebastián

Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss a very busy week of racing at a thoroughly entertaining Tour de France Femmes, as well as the action from the Clásica San Sebastián and just a little bit of the Tour of Poland too.