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 Jan 4, 2023
Excellent cycling news and analysis.

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Welcome to the Escape Collective podcast network. On this main channel, you’ll find episodes of the Tour Daily in July, plus Placeholders, Wheel Talk, Geek Warning, and Pretty Serious Bike Racing Podcast the rest of the year. Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/join/

Episode Date
How the Race was Won: The Giro is underway
May 06, 2024
Performance Process: Comfort, power, and aero – navigating trends and the modern bike fit
May 04, 2024
Wheel Talk Special: La Vuelta keeps getting better and better
May 04, 2024
Geek Warning: Cervelo redesigned its Aspero gravel bike, and thankfully didn’t screw it up
May 02, 2024
Placeholders: Who will win the Giro?
May 01, 2024
Wheel Talk: What a start to La Vuelta
Apr 30, 2024
How the Race was Won: The Tour de Romandie
Apr 29, 2024
Geek Warning: Chasing noises and the better way to apply chain lube
Apr 26, 2024
Placeholders: How do you solve a problem like Pogačar?
Apr 24, 2024
Wheel Talk: Flèche and LBL! How Good!
Apr 23, 2024
How the Race was Won: Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Apr 22, 2024
Rest Day with Jack Haig: Introspection of the dropped
Apr 22, 2024
Performance Process: Aero has come for the Roubaix specific tech
Apr 19, 2024
Geek Warning: Rear Radars need to work 100% of the time
Apr 19, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus ep: A deep dive on the new DT Swiss Ratchet DEG
Apr 18, 2024
Placeholders: Let's chug our podium lager
Apr 17, 2024
Wheel Talk: Wait, what just happened at the Amstel Gold Race?
Apr 16, 2024
How the Race was Won: The Amstel Gold Race
Apr 15, 2024
Geek Warning: Everyone loves a magnetic personality
Apr 11, 2024
Wheel Talk: We can’t get enough of Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Apr 11, 2024
Placeholders: Don't throw things at the bike racers
Apr 10, 2024
How the Race was Won: Paris-Roubaix and a bit of the Basque Country too
Apr 08, 2024
The Rest Day: Pavel Sivakov and riding for Pogačar
Apr 08, 2024
Roubaix special: Goodbye to the cobbles
Apr 07, 2024
Performance Process: Walking the pits at Scheldeprijs
Apr 07, 2024
Wheel Talk: From the Roubaix Velodrome
Apr 06, 2024
Placeholders: The Paris-Roubaix Preview
Apr 05, 2024
Geek Warning: When they go high, we go low (with a $160 drivetrain)
Apr 04, 2024
Placeholders: You take Boonen, I'll take Van der Poel
Apr 03, 2024
Wheel Talk Special: Alison Jackson and the Making of a Monument
Apr 03, 2024
Wheel Talk: Bring on the emotions!
Apr 02, 2024
How the Race was Won: The Tour of Flanders
Apr 01, 2024
Classics Special: The rain and pain in Flanders
Mar 31, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus ep: A carbon fork nearly broke Bridge Bike Works before it even got started
Mar 29, 2024
Placeholders: The big Tour of Flanders preview
Mar 29, 2024
Geek Warning: A pointless trend in what people carry
Mar 28, 2024
Placeholders: Is it safer at altitude?
Mar 27, 2024
Wheel Talk: Milliseconds make the difference
Mar 26, 2024
Industry Special Q&A: Buyer ethics, Brexit, advocacy and more...
Mar 25, 2024
How the Race was Won: E3, Gent-Wevelgem, and Catalunya, oh my!
Mar 25, 2024
Introducing The Rest Day with Jack Haig
Mar 24, 2024
Performance Process: A saddle position for more power and comfort
Mar 23, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus ep: Question time with Zipp on the how and why of Thomas De Gendt's crash
Mar 22, 2024
Geek Warning: Bikes aren't actually more expensive than they used to be
Mar 21, 2024
Placeholders: Van der Poel is in it for the long haul
Mar 20, 2024
Wheel Talk: Attack! Attack! Attack!
Mar 19, 2024
Geek Warning: Why are modern bikes so expensive?
Mar 19, 2024
How the Race was Won: Debating Milan-San Remo
Mar 18, 2024
Geek Warning: To be, or not to be
Mar 14, 2024
Placeholders: The best generation of American racers since ... ?
Mar 13, 2024
Wheel Talk: Ronde van Drenthe has a new course, but did it work?
Mar 12, 2024
How the Race was Won: Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico
Mar 11, 2024
Performance Process: The problematic 'should' word with Ruth Edwards
Mar 09, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus ep: Precision, process, press-fits, and pandemics with Framework Bicycles
Mar 08, 2024
Geek Warning: The future of bike servicing is already here
Mar 08, 2024
Placeholders: What is this thing?
Mar 06, 2024
Wheel Talk: The peloton is onto SD Worx-Protime
Mar 05, 2024
How the Race was Won: A called shot at Strade Bianche
Mar 04, 2024
Performance Process: F1's obsession with cycling makes better drivers with Jack Aitken
Mar 01, 2024
Geek Warning: Getting our hooks into hookless road
Feb 29, 2024
Placeholders: Visma flexes depth, Strade Bianche looms
Feb 28, 2024
Wheel Talk: The 2024 Draft
Feb 27, 2024
How the Race was Won: Opening Weekend
Feb 26, 2024
How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP4: The Aftermath
Feb 26, 2024
Performance Process: Aero myths and the best bang-for-buck gains with Swiss Side's JP Ballard
Feb 23, 2024
Draft Special: Picking the best men's racers of 2024
Feb 23, 2024
Geek Warning: Chain waxing for all at last?
Feb 22, 2024
Placeholders: Knee-jerk predictions for Opening Weekend
Feb 21, 2024
Wheel Talk: Olympics selection season starts now
Feb 20, 2024
Wheel Talk Bonus ep: A chat Down Under with Tils and Heidi Franz
Feb 20, 2024
How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP3: The Famine
Feb 19, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus ep: Colnago is sharpening its focus, and it’s probably not thinking of you
Feb 16, 2024
Geek Warning: The return of a loved rim brake bike
Feb 15, 2024
Placeholders: Rigo's retirement and some Bora brouhaha
Feb 14, 2024
Industry Special: How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP2: The Storm Clouds
Feb 13, 2024
Wheel Talk: How do you solve a problem like Kopecky?
Feb 13, 2024
Industry Special: How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP1: The Feast
Feb 13, 2024
Performance Process: Swiss Side's JP Ballard on all things aero
Feb 09, 2024
Geek Warning: Common themed tech rants
Feb 09, 2024
Placeholders: Is it about the athletes?
Feb 07, 2024
Wheel Talk: Cyclocross is the best sport in the world according to Helen Wyman
Feb 06, 2024
Geek Warning: Not everyone can be in the cool kids club, and that’s OK
Feb 01, 2024
Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Disc brake fears
Feb 01, 2024
Placeholders: With wings on their bikes, they'll pedal
Jan 31, 2024
Wheel Talk: See ya next year, Australia!
Jan 30, 2024
Performance Process: Ice buckets and paint suits? How heat and cooling both aid performance
Jan 26, 2024
Geek Warning: The goldilocks of cycle clothing
Jan 25, 2024
Overnight Success: Building Hunt Wheels
Jan 25, 2024
Placeholders: Are we the hunters or the hunted?
Jan 24, 2024
Wheel Talk: Another stop Down Under
Jan 23, 2024
Men's Tour Down Under stage 6: Wrapping up an intriguing TDU
Jan 21, 2024
Men's Tour Down Under stage 5: Back to Willunga!
Jan 20, 2024
A Performance Process Geek Warning from the TDU pits
Jan 19, 2024
Geek Warning: Why so many teams are on last year’s bikes
Jan 18, 2024
Men’s Tour Down Under stage 3: Sprint mastery and a Mexican phenom
Jan 18, 2024
Placeholders: It's always silly season in cycling
Jan 17, 2024
Men's Tour Down Under Stage 1: Sprinting out of the gate
Jan 16, 2024
Women's Tour Down Under Stage 3: Emotions were high atop Willunga
Jan 14, 2024
Performance Process: Coaching in the World Tour with Jacob Tipper
Jan 12, 2024
Women's Tour Down Under Stage 1: Gorge road disrupts expectations
Jan 12, 2024
Geek Warning: Function-over-form, our favorite gravel shoes, and we’re off to TDU!
Jan 11, 2024
Placeholders: Nobody can leave Plugge Corner
Jan 10, 2024
Wheel Talk: Dream teams and Aussie pressure
Jan 10, 2024
Geek Warning: Our favorite handlebar tapes, and what we look for in them
Jan 05, 2024
Placeholders: MVDP is in his villain arc (does he recycle?)
Jan 03, 2024
Geek Warning: No angled levers for you!
Dec 21, 2023
Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Preparing for winter
Dec 21, 2023
Placeholders: A Christmas quiz special
Dec 20, 2023
Wheel Talk: Wait, do we have high hopes for the 2024 Giro?
Dec 19, 2023
Performance Process: How to do 'high-carb' with Tim Podlogar
Dec 15, 2023
Geek Warning: It’s time for our annual awards!
Dec 15, 2023
Placeholders: December drama, Uijtdebroeks uncertainty
Dec 13, 2023
Wheel Talk: Finding a new home at Movistar with Floortje Mackaij
Dec 12, 2023
Geek Warning: Has the bike industry reached peak gravel?
Dec 07, 2023
Geek Warning Bonus: How to build out your home workshop
Dec 07, 2023
Placeholders: A sad Campag-no-show
Dec 06, 2023
Wheel Talk: Getting EF Education-Cannondale off the ground
Dec 06, 2023
Performance Process: The whys and hows behind the increase in World Tour racing speeds
Dec 01, 2023
Geek Warning: Our favorite road helmets, mega-pricey chain lubes, and cheap Pinarellos
Nov 30, 2023
Placeholders: Brown shorts and Rigo's empire
Nov 29, 2023
Performance Process: Frank Overton on the Optimize app, sleep data, and wearables
Nov 24, 2023
Geek Warning: Plummeting bike prices and our favourite dropper posts
Nov 24, 2023
Placeholders: Super blood worms
Nov 22, 2023
Geek Warning Bonus Ask a Wrench ep: Wax, grease, and degreasing
Nov 22, 2023
Performance Process: Finding a way with Mehdi Kordi
Nov 18, 2023
Geek Warning: Shedding mud and our favourite eyewear
Nov 17, 2023
Emergency episode: The demise of GCN+ and the GCN app
Nov 16, 2023
Placeholders: Cycling is on the beers
Nov 15, 2023
Geek Warning Bonus: Ask a Wrench
Nov 10, 2023
Geek Warning: A car collaboration we like
Nov 09, 2023
Placeholders: Should Pogačar change his approach next season?
Nov 08, 2023
Performance Process: Aero testing 101
Nov 03, 2023
Geek Warning: Our favourite road pedals and Lotus’ new road bike
Nov 02, 2023
Placeholders: GC Wout won't
Nov 01, 2023
Wheel Talk: End of Year Awards
Oct 31, 2023
Geek Warning: Tire pressures are trending lower, but road racing frames are getting … stiffer?
Oct 26, 2023
Placeholders: Sepp Kuss gets a parade and the Tour route is unveiled
Oct 25, 2023
Wheel Talk: The ups and downs of being a woman in cycling journalism
Oct 24, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Closing the book on the 2023 season
Oct 23, 2023
Performance Process: From sh*t to superpower with Jumbo's performance director
Oct 20, 2023
Geek Warning: The road drivetrain market is starting to get very crowded
Oct 19, 2023
Placeholders: Cycling needs Pippo Pozzato’s dreams
Oct 18, 2023
Wheel Talk: The future of women’s cycling is bright!
Oct 17, 2023
Geek Warning: We’re listening, too
Oct 13, 2023
Placeholders: The merger that wasn’t
Oct 11, 2023
Wheel Talk: The problem with Jumbo-Visma
Oct 10, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: He won another one?
Oct 10, 2023
Performance Process: Everyone fails at 40 minutes
Oct 06, 2023
Geek Warning: Hookless rim designs are coming after your aluminum wheels now, too
Oct 05, 2023
Placeholders: Too Jumbo for their own good?
Oct 04, 2023
Wheel Talk: Recognizing the best domestiques
Oct 03, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Overachievers and underachievers, Lombardia looming
Oct 02, 2023
Geek Warning: Snap, crackle, pop, Shimano finally deals with its broken crank problem
Sep 28, 2023
Introducing: Performance Process Podcast
Sep 28, 2023
Placeholders: Body fairings, Vegas trips, and merger rumors
Sep 27, 2023
Wheel Talk: Good tactics or questionable move?
Sep 26, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: When is a teammate not a teammate?
Sep 25, 2023
Geek Warning: Recalls, weird brand choices, and more recalls
Sep 21, 2023
Placeholders: Final thoughts on the Vuelta and Jumbo’s dominance
Sep 20, 2023
Wheel Talk: Canyon-SRAM’s redemption arc
Sep 19, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling final week of Grand Tour racing
Sep 18, 2023
Emergency Vuelta Pod: Order is restored
Sep 14, 2023
Geek Warning: Specialized and Giant have very different takes on what makes the ideal endurance road bike
Sep 14, 2023
Emergency Vuelta Pod: Jumbo on the Angliru
Sep 13, 2023
Placeholders: Mystery bottles, podium watches, and Jumbo’s Vuelta
Sep 13, 2023
Wheel Talk: A different type of athlete
Sep 12, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Into the last week of the season’s final Grand Tour
Sep 11, 2023
Placeholders: Can Kuss do it? Does the Tour of Britain need fixing?
Sep 07, 2023
Geek Warning: Trek’s new Domane AL goes all-road, Bontrager goes thermoplastic, and a deep dive into Columbus Trittico
Sep 07, 2023
Wheel Talk: Plouay, Tour de l’Avenir Femmes, and Simac Ladies Tour
Sep 05, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: The Vuelta always keeps it interesting
Sep 04, 2023
Geek Warning: A wrap on MADE with Rob English
Sep 01, 2023
Placeholders: Evenepoel the patron?
Sep 01, 2023
Geek Warning: A deep dive on new Shimano GRX and 105 12-speed mechanical
Aug 31, 2023
Wheel Talk: A new G.O.A.T. in the making
Aug 29, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Plenty of drama to kick off the Vuelta
Aug 28, 2023
Placeholders: Trouble in Rwandan cycling
Aug 24, 2023
Overnight Success: Building CyclingTips
Aug 24, 2023
Wheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football
Aug 22, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta?
Aug 21, 2023
Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle
Aug 17, 2023
Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches
Aug 16, 2023
Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow
Aug 15, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close
Aug 14, 2023
Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale
Aug 11, 2023
Geek Warning: Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice
Aug 11, 2023
Placeholders: The big stories from Glasgow Worlds
Aug 10, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling men’s road race at Glasgow Worlds
Aug 07, 2023
Geek Warning: More MTB-like gravel bikes, a sharper Microshift, and hookless blow-offs
Aug 02, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Talking Tour de France Femmes and San Sebastián
Jul 31, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 8: C’est fini
Jul 31, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 7: A day to remember
Jul 29, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 6: A close one
Jul 28, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 5: We need ice socks stat!
Jul 27, 2023
Geek Warning: Is Mavic is coming back to the United States?
Jul 27, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 4: What. A. Stage!
Jul 26, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 3: Checkmate
Jul 26, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Tour takeaways aplenty
Jul 25, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 2: A very slippery day
Jul 24, 2023
Geek Warning: Dissecting the Tour TT and aero advancements with Marc Graveline
Jul 24, 2023
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 1: Only the beginning
Jul 23, 2023
Tour Daily stage 21: Champs-Élysées vibes
Jul 23, 2023
Tour Daily stage 20: Welcome to Thrillhouse
Jul 22, 2023
Tour Daily stage 19: A Classics-style day in the Jura
Jul 21, 2023
Tour Daily stage 18: That wasn’t what we expected
Jul 21, 2023
Wheel Talk: A Tour de France Femmes preview with Amanda Spratt
Jul 20, 2023
Tour Daily stage 17: A stunning stage in the Alps
Jul 20, 2023
Tour Daily stage 16: A decisive day against the clock
Jul 18, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: How is the Tour still this close?!
Jul 17, 2023
Tour Daily stage 15: Another Alpine thriller
Jul 17, 2023
Tour Daily stage 14: The inseparable duel
Jul 15, 2023
Tour Daily stage 13: Grand Colombier
Jul 15, 2023
Geek Warning: A climbing bike too light for the pros, but carbon inspection for everyone
Jul 14, 2023
Tour Daily stage 12: Breaking away in Beaujolais
Jul 14, 2023
Tour Daily stage 11: A fast finish in Moulins
Jul 12, 2023
Tour Daily stage 10: A stirring stage win on a hot day
Jul 11, 2023
Wheel Talk Special: A very extensive Giro Donne recap
Jul 11, 2023
Pretty Serious Special: The Tour’s first rest day
Jul 10, 2023
The Geek Warning crew talks Tour tech
Jul 10, 2023
Tour Daily stage 9: Action aplenty on the Puy de Dôme
Jul 10, 2023
Tour Daily stage 8: A history-changing crash and a sprint finish
Jul 08, 2023
Tour Daily stage 7: A Bordeaux bunch kick
Jul 07, 2023
Tour Daily stage 6: Scenes from the Tourmalet
Jul 07, 2023
Tour Daily stage 5: A surprising GC shakeup
Jul 06, 2023
Tour Daily stage 4: From a sleepy start to a frantic finale
Jul 04, 2023
Tour Daily stage 3: Closing the door in a sprint, 13th century jobs
Jul 03, 2023
Tour Daily stage 2: A surprising finale, a long-awaited celebration
Jul 02, 2023
Tour Daily stage 1: The race gets underway with a showdown in Bilbao
Jul 01, 2023
Tour de France Daily: On the eve of Le Tour
Jun 30, 2023
Unchained Binge E8: Road to Paris
Jun 30, 2023
Unchained Binge E7: Everything for the Podium
Jun 29, 2023
Geek Warning: The Eurobike show!
Jun 29, 2023
Wheel Talk: A very chaotic Giro Donne preview
Jun 27, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: An in-depth look at the contenders for the 2023 Tour
Jun 26, 2023
Unchained Binge E6: Plan B
Jun 25, 2023
Unchained Binge E5: Breakneck speed
Jun 23, 2023
A Tour de France route preview
Jun 22, 2023
Wheel Talk: Gotta love a good time trial
Jun 22, 2023
Geek Warning: The next frontier of XC race tech
Jun 22, 2023
Unchained Binge E4: Attack, Counter Attack
Jun 20, 2023
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Gino Mäder and the Tour de Suisse
Jun 19, 2023