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Spin Cycle
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Spin CycleGeek Warning: Hookless rim designs are coming after your aluminum wheels now, too
There has been a slew of wheel introductions recently, with some of the most interesting ones being from Zipp (lightweight carbon XC!), DT Swiss (“Aero for…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Too Jumbo for their own good?
Jonny Long, Kit Nicholson, and Ronan Mc Laughlin join Caley Fretz to discuss the latest in the Jumbo-Visma Soudal-QuickStep potential merger saga, Alex…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Recognizing the best domestiques
With no WWT racing since the last podcast, Gracie took charge of this episode. The crew spends most of the time discussing the best domestiques in the peloton…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Overachievers and underachievers, Lombardia looming
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the highlights of this past weekend's racing, field questions from Escape Collective members, and…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Snap, crackle, pop, Shimano finally deals with its broken crank problem
Roughly a decade after problems first started surfacing with its bonded aluminum road crankarms, Shimano has finally issued an official recall for certain…
Spin CycleIntroducing: Performance Process Podcast
What's this? A new podcast? You bet. Performance Process is a new podcast from Escape Collective exclusively for Escape Collective members. Ronan Mc Laughlin…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Body fairings, Vegas trips, and merger rumors
Jonny Long, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz to talk about what Jonny calls the "British equivalent of crit beef," Mauro Schmid's travel…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Good tactics or questionable move?
Abby, Loren, and Gracie break down the European Championship road race and chat about gardening (plus maybe a little about the Kardashians, sorry).
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: When is a teammate not a teammate?
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the entertaining road race action from the European Continental Championships as well as the 2023…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Recalls, weird brand choices, and more recalls
This week’s Geek Warning has James, Ronan, and Dave covering a broad range of topics from Fulcrum’s new road wheels, a new airless tyre, and a tyre that’s…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Final thoughts on the Vuelta and Jumbo’s dominance
Jonny Long, Kit Nicholson, and Ronan Mc Laughlin join Caley Fretz to discuss their final impressions of the 2023 Vuelta a España and Jumbo-Visma's dominance…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Canyon-SRAM’s redemption arc
Abby, Loren and Gracie are back to chat about the Tour de Romandie, some transfers, and dolls.
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling final week of Grand Tour racing
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the dramatic final week of the Vuelta a España, the race in general, and the Human Fly, and also to…
Spin CycleEmergency Vuelta Pod: Order is restored
Jonny Long, Abby Mickey, and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz in the immediate aftermath of stage 18 of the Vuelta a España, where Jumbo-Visma seemed to decide to…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Specialized and Giant have very different takes on what makes the ideal endurance road bike
Specialized announced its latest Roubaix and Giant launched its fifth-generation Defy Advanced this week, but while they’re both “endurance road bikes”, they…
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Emergency Vuelta Pod: Jumbo on the Angliru
Emergency pod! Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana was a banger, but not because of any of the performances. No, it was the intra-squad squabbling of Jumbo-Visma…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Mystery bottles, podium watches, and Jumbo’s Vuelta
Jonny Long, Ronan Mc Laughlin, and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss those bottles we see at the finish line, watches on…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: A different type of athlete
This week, Abby, Matt, Loren and Gracie talk about the Simac Ladies Tour and the career and legacy of Annemiek van Vleuten.
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Into the last week of the season’s final Grand Tour
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano amid a busy slate of September racing. The crew talks Vuelta, SIMAC Ladies Tour, and Canadian GPs, which means…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Can Kuss do it? Does the Tour of Britain need fixing?
The Placeholders crew debates Sepp Kuss's chances at the Vuelta a España and discusses the route of the Tour of Britain. Plus, the first ever Weekly Pain with…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Trek’s new Domane AL goes all-road, Bontrager goes thermoplastic, and a deep dive into Columbus Trittico
Trek has just announced its fourth-generation Domane AL, and it’s even more of a budget-friendly workhorse than before. Over on the Bontrager side, its new…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Plouay, Tour de l’Avenir Femmes, and Simac Ladies Tour
Lots of bike racing for Abby, Matt, and Gracie to chat about this week! The one-day GP de Plouay on Saturday, where aggressive tactics led to a reduced bunch…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: The Vuelta always keeps it interesting
Jonny Long joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano after nine days of racing at the Vuelta a España. The crew discusses the battle between Remco Evenepoel and…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: A wrap on MADE with Rob English
Two episodes of Geek Warning in one week? Oh yes! This second episode has a more familiar format, but there’s still a twist. First, we have James and Dave…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Evenepoel the patron?
Kit Nicholson and Jonny Long join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss whether Remco Evenepoel is growing into patron status, a saddle height…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: A deep dive on new Shimano GRX and 105 12-speed mechanical
Welcome to a special episode, brought to you by the geeks of Escape Collective. In this deep dive, tech editor Dave Rome interviews Nick Legan and Dave…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: A new G.O.A.T. in the making
Loren Rowney, Abby Mickey, and Matt de Neef get together to talk about the Tour of Scandinavia on this week's episode of the Wheel Talk podcast.
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Plenty of drama to kick off the Vuelta
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the many talking points in the early goings of the Vuelta a España, a strong showing by Annemiek van…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: Trouble in Rwandan cycling
Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss news out of the Rwandan cycling scene, the Tour de l'Avenir, Jumbo-Visma's…
Spin CycleOvernight Success: Building CyclingTips
This month's episode of Overnight Success is a bit different. For a long time now, we've been asked to share the origin story of CyclingTips in this podcast…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football
Abby Mickey, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin answer some listener questions and go on some tangents in this latest episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast.
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta?
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to cover some interesting talking points after an intriguing finale at the Bemer Cyclassics and then to preview…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: 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…
Spin CycleGeek 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…
Spin CycleWheel 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…
Spin CyclePretty 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.
Spin CycleWheel 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…
Spin CycleGeek 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…
Spin CyclePlaceholders: 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…
Spin CyclePretty 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…
Spin CycleGeek 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…
Spin CyclePretty 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…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 8: C’est fini
The crew delivers one final episode from the ground at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef (plus a cameo from a familiar…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 7: A day to remember
Abby and Matt report from atop the Col du Tourmalet, surrounded by fans, while watching the women make history. Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 6: A close one
Abby, Matt and Kate report on the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was a particularly exciting finale with a worthy winner. And get…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 5: We need ice socks stat!
Abby and Matt again are able to rope in Iris Slappendel to chat about the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! And what a stage it was, with a…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Is Mavic is coming back to the United States?
Legendary French wheel brand Mavic is rumored to be gearing up to come back to the US market – but is the US market ready for them to come back? The Geek…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 4: What. A. Stage!
Abby and Matt are back from Rodez to chat about the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was quite the day with a lot of interesting…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 3: Checkmate
Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, and Kate Wagner check in from the ground of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage 3. Abby also chats with Iris Slappendel on…
Spin CyclePretty Serious Bike Racing: Tour takeaways aplenty
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to talk takeaways from the final week of the men's Tour de France, which the whole crew agrees was a great one…
Spin CycleTour de France Femmes Daily stage 2: A very slippery day
Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef are joined on the ground by Kate Wagner fresh off the men’s Tour. They talk about a tough day for the women from Clermont-Ferrand…
Spin CycleGeek Warning: Dissecting the Tour TT and aero advancements with Marc Graveline
As Dave and James recover from illness and injury, Ronan sits down with EscapeCollective member Marc Graveline to make sense of Jonas Vingagaard's stage 16…
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Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 1: Only the beginning
Abby and Matt are on the ground in Clermont-Ferrand for the start of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and they are joined by Iris Slappendel to talk the…
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Tour Daily stage 21: Champs-Élysées vibes
The Tour Daily bids adieu to the men's Tour de France from the Champs-Élysées, where Jordi Meeus stunned Jasper Philipsen in the final sprint. Walking along…
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Tour Daily stage 20: Welcome to Thrillhouse
Caley, Jonny, Kate, and Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal come to you from the top of Le Markstein, where Jonas Vingegaard has secured his second Tour…
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Tour Daily stage 19: A Classics-style day in the Jura
The podcast crew discusses another great breakaway battle, where Matej Mohorič narrowly bested Kasper Asgreen and then proceeded to give a fantastic post-race…
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Tour Daily stage 18: That wasn’t what we expected
The podcast crew takes a closer look at a so-called sprint stage, where Kasper Asgreen and his breakaway companions managed to foil the fast finishers. Also…
Spin CycleWheel Talk: A Tour de France Femmes preview with Amanda Spratt
Lidl-Trek’s Amanda Spratt joins Abby and Matt to preview the eight stages of the upcoming Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. A written preview can be found…
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Tour Daily stage 17: A stunning stage in the Alps
The podcast crew discusses the climactic GC action on the queen stage of the Tour de France, where Jonas Vingegaard took control of the race as Tadej Pogačar…
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Tour Daily stage 16: A decisive day against the clock
Kate Wagner joins Caley Fretz and Jonny Long in the Tour Daily podcast crew to discuss a pivotal stage in 2023 Tour de France, where Jonas Vingegaard finally…