Episode Details

Welcome back to Geek Warning. This week, Dave Rome and Ronan McLaughlin talk through Shimano’s new road pedal system, which will eventually supersede the now two-decade-old SPD-SL. Dave has been hands-on with the new pedals and offers insight into how nuanced the differences are. 

Dave is then joined by Suvi Loponen to discuss the new Canyon Grail gravel bike along with a number of other standout bits of tech news from the week.

At the end of the episode, and for those listening via a member-only feed, we have an interview with Bill Alcorn of BikeFlights about how air freighting and door-to-door bike delivery have changed, and potentially how to mitigate those increased costs. 

Timestamps: 

• 02:00 - Shimano SPD-SLR, ridden and explained 
• 18:00 - The potential performance gain of lower stack height 
• 22:30 - Shimano’s three shoe widths, wide going wider. 
• 25:00 - Suvi joins to discuss the new Canyon Grail gravel bike 
• 37:00 - Scott’s interesting return to cable routing options 
• 41:00 - Specialized goes internal routing with Future Shock 
• 43:30 - Wolf Tooth gets into hubs 
• 48:00 - Members-only section: Talking bike freight