The golden era of high-performance endurance road tires

05/11/23 • 70 min

Don't you dare call it a tire; it's "endurance engineering"!

Jokes aside, Specialized and Vittoria are upping their games when it comes to high-end road tires that (supposedly) won't leave you stranded, Chris King is expanding its range of thermoplastic carbon wheels with a new aero all-road model, we debate the pros and cons of the latest crop of fancy bike care products, and Ronan outlines the UCI's latest foibles. And as always, Dave has tools on his mind.

A manually curated list of time stamps:

2:30 - The narrow tread of the new Vittoria Corsa Pro tyres.

13:00 - “Don’t call it a tyre!” Specialized’s Mondo tyre.

21:42 - Chris King brings thermoplastic rims to road

29:22 - CeramicSpeed’s new Bike Care line and a discussion on wax lubes.

42:57 - The growing segment of Bike Care products.

46:50 - More price drops! This time it’s Salsa.

47:53 - Rome gets excited about new bearing removal tools.

50:37 - An update on the peculiar new UCI product registration rules coming to the TDF.

56:45 - Does the UCI need a Jig for its Jig?

1:02:45 - On Rome’s mind and over the head of his family.

1:08:07 - News for next week’s episode!

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Don't you dare call it a tire; it's "endurance engineering"!

A manually curated list of time stamps:

2:30 - The narrow tread of the new Vittoria Corsa Pro tyres.

13:00 - “Don’t call it a tyre!” Specialized’s Mondo tyre.

21:42 - Chris King brings thermoplastic rims to road

29:22 - CeramicSpeed’s new Bike Care line and a discussion on wax lubes.

42:57 - The growing segment of Bike Care products.

46:50 - More price drops! This time it’s Salsa.

47:53 - Rome gets excited about new bearing removal tools.

50:37 - An update on the peculiar new UCI product registration rules coming to the TDF.

56:45 - Does the UCI need a Jig for its Jig?

1:02:45 - On Rome’s mind and over the head of his family.

1:08:07 - News for next week’s episode!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

XC MTB is so hot, even die-hard road brands are getting into it

Modern cross-country mountain bike racing is absolutely on fire these days. The riders are faster, more skilled, and more interesting than ever; the courses are technical and physically demanding; and the bikes are so capable they'd put the "trail bikes" of yesteryear to shame. But one has to look no further than some dyed-in-the-wool road brands to see how hot the segment is right now, because even they're getting into the game.

Also, in this week's show: (some) bikes are getting cheaper, there are prototype cross-country suspension forks everywhere, and the UCI dropped a logistical bomb on teams just weeks ahead of the Tour.

Episode time stamps (oh, that’s new for us!):

2:35 - BMC’s TT bike and company news.

13:30 - Pinarello is returning to mountain bikes.

16:35 - What are P1 Race Tech mountain bike wheels?

19:29 - Cervelo getting deeper into XC.

21:23 - A flurry of forks and the boom of XC.

30:35 - Lauf drops Seigla prices in the USA. Plus other price drops.

35:30 - Will we see new UCI technical controls at the TDF?

49:45 - The growth of tyre inserts.

60:00 - On our minds and debating cup and cone bearing hubs

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Next Episode

Introducing Ask a Wrench

This week’s episode of Geek Warning sees former World Cup mechanic, Brad Copeland, join the team to talk all things bike tech. With Brad onboard, it was time we kicked off the first "Ask a Wrench" segment, which answers questions from our live audience of Escape Collective members.

Before the geeks get to answering questions, they discuss some of the latest tech seen at the opening round of the mountain bike World Cup.

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