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Geek Warning

With no time for chit-chat, the geeks are excited about the first few bits of tech seen at the Olympics, chatting a few notable elements from the road Time Trials, and then chatting why some of the tech seen in the mountain bike races are likely relevant to all.

Then you’ll hear a summary of the latest gravel-going groupset from SRAM, and the matching ultra-wide wheels from Zipp. For more on these products, certainly check out Dave’s extensive write-ups on the SRAM Red XPLR AXS groupset and Zipp 303 XPLR wheels.
If you’ve got a modern bike with thru-axles then you may be intrigued to hear that your thru-axles may in fact wear out. In this week’s PSA you’ll hear how to make those axles happy and why you shouldn’t ignore early signs of issue.

Finally, there’s a couple of bits of tech news to wrap things up. Enjoy!

Time stamps:

1:30 - Straight into Olympic tech, so far
21:45 - New Red XPLR AXS, 13-speed on a 12-speed chain
27:30 - Zipp has a matching suite of XPLR products
45:50 - a PSA that your thru-axles may experience wear
56:30 - Ritchey’s comfortable-looking Montebello
57:40 - Shimano is helping to fund some trails