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Geek Warning: Why are modern bikes so expensive?

77 hours 44 mins; March 19, 2024

How the Race was Won: Debating Milan-San Remo

59 mins; March 18, 2024

Geek Warning: To be, or not to be

65 hours 29 mins; March 14, 2024

Placeholders: The best generation of American racers since ... ?

57 mins; March 13, 2024

Wheel Talk: Ronde van Drenthe has a new course, but did it work?

59 mins; March 12, 2024

How the Race was Won: Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico

50 mins; March 11, 2024

Performance Process: The problematic 'should' word with Ruth Edwards

27 mins; March 09, 2024

Geek Warning Bonus ep: Precision, process, press-fits, and pandemics with Framework Bicycles

42 mins; March 08, 2024

Geek Warning: The future of bike servicing is already here

58 mins; March 07, 2024

Placeholders: What is this thing?

62 hours 13 mins; March 06, 2024

Wheel Talk: The peloton is onto SD Worx-Protime

58 mins; March 05, 2024

How the Race was Won: A called shot at Strade Bianche

41 mins; March 04, 2024

Performance Process: F1's obsession with cycling makes better drivers with Jack Aitken

73 hours 35 mins; March 01, 2024

Geek Warning: Getting our hooks into hookless road

51 mins; February 29, 2024

Placeholders: Visma flexes depth, Strade Bianche looms

45 mins; February 28, 2024

Wheel Talk: The 2024 Draft

68 hours 27 mins; February 27, 2024

How the Race was Won: Opening Weekend

52 mins; February 26, 2024

How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP4: The Aftermath

66 hours 18 mins; February 25, 2024

Performance Process: Aero myths and the best bang-for-buck gains with Swiss Side's JP Ballard

41 mins; February 23, 2024

Draft Special: Picking the best men's racers of 2024

71 hours 25 mins; February 23, 2024

Geek Warning: Chain waxing for all at last?

66 hours 27 mins; February 22, 2024

Placeholders: Knee-jerk predictions for Opening Weekend

47 mins; February 21, 2024

Wheel Talk: Olympics selection season starts now

57 mins; February 20, 2024

Wheel Talk Bonus ep: A chat Down Under with Tils and Heidi Franz

34 mins; February 20, 2024

How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP3: The Famine

51 mins; February 19, 2024

Geek Warning Bonus ep: Colnago is sharpening its focus, and it’s probably not thinking of you

22 mins; February 16, 2024

Geek Warning: The return of a loved rim brake bike

62 hours 31 mins; February 15, 2024

Placeholders: Rigo's retirement and some Bora brouhaha

48 mins; February 14, 2024

Industry Special: How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP2: The Storm Clouds

37 mins; February 13, 2024

Wheel Talk: How do you solve a problem like Kopecky?

65 hours 39 mins; February 13, 2024

Industry Special: How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP1: The Feast

53 mins; February 12, 2024

Performance Process: Swiss Side's JP Ballard on all things aero

82 hours 45 mins; February 09, 2024

Geek Warning: Common themed tech rants

63 hours 29 mins; February 08, 2024

Placeholders: Is it about the athletes?

0 secs; February 07, 2024

Wheel Talk: Cyclocross is the best sport in the world according to Helen Wyman

62 hours 54 mins; February 06, 2024

Geek Warning: Not everyone can be in the cool kids club, and that’s OK

70 hours 28 mins; February 01, 2024

Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Disc brake fears

20 mins; February 01, 2024

Placeholders: With wings on their bikes, they'll pedal

47 mins; January 31, 2024

Wheel Talk: See ya next year, Australia!

58 mins; January 30, 2024

Performance Process: Ice buckets and paint suits? How heat and cooling both aid performance

21 mins; January 26, 2024

Geek Warning: The goldilocks of cycle clothing

48 mins; January 25, 2024

Overnight Success: Building Hunt Wheels

62 hours 13 mins; January 24, 2024

Placeholders: Are we the hunters or the hunted?

40 mins; January 24, 2024

Wheel Talk: Another stop Down Under

60 hours 46 mins; January 23, 2024

Men's Tour Down Under stage 6: Wrapping up an intriguing TDU

58 mins; January 21, 2024

Men's Tour Down Under stage 5: Back to Willunga!

47 mins; January 20, 2024

A Performance Process Geek Warning from the TDU pits

21 mins; January 19, 2024

Geek Warning: Why so many teams are on last year’s bikes

53 mins; January 18, 2024

Men’s Tour Down Under stage 3: Sprint mastery and a Mexican phenom

47 mins; January 18, 2024

Placeholders: It's always silly season in cycling

40 mins; January 17, 2024

Men's Tour Down Under Stage 1: Sprinting out of the gate

48 mins; January 16, 2024

Women's Tour Down Under Stage 3: Emotions were high atop Willunga

44 mins; January 14, 2024

Performance Process: Coaching in the World Tour with Jacob Tipper

30 mins; January 12, 2024

Women's Tour Down Under Stage 1: Gorge road disrupts expectations

36 mins; January 12, 2024

Geek Warning: Function-over-form, our favorite gravel shoes, and we’re off to TDU!

44 mins; January 11, 2024

Placeholders: Nobody can leave Plugge Corner

36 mins; January 10, 2024

Wheel Talk: Dream teams and Aussie pressure

75 hours 45 mins; January 09, 2024

Geek Warning: Our favorite handlebar tapes, and what we look for in them

50 mins; January 04, 2024

Placeholders: MVDP is in his villain arc (does he recycle?)

41 mins; January 03, 2024

Geek Warning: No angled levers for you!

70 hours 53 mins; December 21, 2023

Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Preparing for winter

31 mins; December 20, 2023

Placeholders: A Christmas quiz special

49 mins; December 20, 2023

Wheel Talk: Wait, do we have high hopes for the 2024 Giro?

60 hours 6 mins; December 19, 2023

Performance Process: How to do 'high-carb' with Tim Podlogar

31 mins; December 15, 2023

Geek Warning: It’s time for our annual awards!

63 hours 31 mins; December 14, 2023

Placeholders: December drama, Uijtdebroeks uncertainty

41 mins; December 13, 2023

Wheel Talk: Finding a new home at Movistar with Floortje Mackaij

8 mins; December 12, 2023

Geek Warning: Has the bike industry reached peak gravel?

54 mins; December 07, 2023

Geek Warning Bonus: How to build out your home workshop

26 mins; December 06, 2023

Placeholders: A sad Campag-no-show

49 mins; December 06, 2023

Wheel Talk: Getting EF Education-Cannondale off the ground

8 mins; December 06, 2023

Performance Process: The whys and hows behind the increase in World Tour racing speeds

24 mins; December 01, 2023

Geek Warning: Our favorite road helmets, mega-pricey chain lubes, and cheap Pinarellos

49 mins; November 30, 2023

Placeholders: Brown shorts and Rigo's empire

56 mins; November 29, 2023

Performance Process: Frank Overton on the Optimize app, sleep data, and wearables

24 mins; November 24, 2023

Geek Warning: Plummeting bike prices and our favourite dropper posts

76 hours 24 mins; November 23, 2023

Placeholders: Super blood worms

56 mins; November 22, 2023

Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Wax, grease, and degreasing

15 mins; November 21, 2023

Performance Process: Finding a way with Mehdi Kordi

26 mins; November 17, 2023

Geek Warning: Shedding mud and our favourite eyewear

62 hours 35 mins; November 16, 2023

Emergency episode: The demise of GCN+ and the GCN app

40 mins; November 16, 2023

Placeholders: Cycling is on the beers

46 mins; November 15, 2023

Geek Warning Bonus: Ask a Wrench

9 mins; November 10, 2023

Geek Warning: A car collaboration we like

58 mins; November 09, 2023

Placeholders: Should Pogačar change his approach next season?

45 mins; November 08, 2023

Performance Process: Aero testing 101

14 mins; November 03, 2023

Geek Warning: Our favourite road pedals and Lotus’ new road bike

68 hours 34 mins; November 02, 2023

Placeholders: GC Wout won't

41 mins; November 01, 2023

Wheel Talk: End of Year Awards

64 hours 50 mins; October 31, 2023

Geek Warning: Tire pressures are trending lower, but road racing frames are getting … stiffer?

68 hours 28 mins; October 26, 2023

Placeholders: Sepp Kuss gets a parade and the Tour route is unveiled

46 mins; October 25, 2023

Wheel Talk: The ups and downs of being a woman in cycling journalism

60 hours 16 mins; October 24, 2023

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Closing the book on the 2023 season

42 mins; October 23, 2023

Performance Process: From sh*t to superpower with Jumbo's performance director

41 mins; October 20, 2023

Geek Warning: The road drivetrain market is starting to get very crowded

64 hours 47 mins; October 19, 2023

Placeholders: Cycling needs Pippo Pozzato’s dreams

43 mins; October 18, 2023

Wheel Talk: The future of women’s cycling is bright!

73 hours 32 mins; October 17, 2023

Geek Warning: We’re listening, too

71 hours 38 mins; October 12, 2023

Placeholders: The merger that wasn’t

42 mins; October 11, 2023

Wheel Talk: The problem with Jumbo-Visma

61 hours 45 mins; October 10, 2023

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