Factory tours and fresh tech

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