Geek Warning
Episodes
The mechanic model is broken
Dave Rome and Ronan McLaughlin discuss a report revealing a critical shortage of 105,000 bike mechanics in Europe by 2032, attributing the crisis to low wages and increasing bike complexity.
The wheel backstory of Road Worlds
Dave and Ronan discuss the UCI’s review of the Lugano Charter, aiming to clarify gray-area rules like commercialization.
Bonus: Berd's co-founder on the performance cost of vibrations
Bird founder and chemical engineer Brad Girton discusses a new white paper arguing that vibration damping is a critical, previously overlooked metric in off-road cycling performance modeling.
The last piece of the puzzle
Geek Warning hosts Dave Rome, Alex Hunt, and Sophie Loopinen discuss the dominance of 32-inch wheels in mountain biking, highlighting recent Trek and Scott launches and RockShox fork developments.
A hands-on guide to Shimano’s new SPD-SLR
Dave and Ronan discuss Shimano’s new SPD-SLR pedals, analyzing the 2.
Fashion week, but new bikes
Geek Warning hosts Dave Rome, Jack Duncan, and Kaylee Fretz analyze new bike launches from Scott, Factor, and Envy, debating whether compliance or…
In person and pondering new Dura-Ace
Recorded live at the Escape Collective Summit in Japan, the hosts discuss the new Shimano Dura-Ace 13-speed groupset, debating its wired design and potential UDH compatibility.