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Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform: - Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better - Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling - How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis - Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/spincycle/

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Aug 31, 2023 · 40 min
Geek Warning: A deep dive on new Shimano GRX and 105 12-speed mechanical
Welcome to a special episode, brought to you by the geeks of Escape Collective. In this deep dive, tech editor Dave Rome interviews Nick Legan and Dave Lawrence from Shimano about all that’s new (and not) in the latest GRX 12-speed mechanical groupset. At
Aug 29, 2023 · 55 min
Wheel Talk: A new G.O.A.T. in the making
Loren Rowney, Abby Mickey, and Matt de Neef get together to talk about the Tour of Scandinavia on this week's episode of the Wheel Talk podcast.
Aug 28, 2023 · 40 min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Plenty of drama to kick off the Vuelta
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss the many talking points in the early goings of the Vuelta a España, a strong showing by Annemiek van Vleuten and a gutsy performance by Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig at the Tour of Scandinavia, and more.
Aug 24, 2023 · 58 min
Placeholders: Trouble in Rwandan cycling
Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz on this week's Placeholders to discuss news out of the Rwandan cycling scene, the Tour de l'Avenir, Jumbo-Visma's recent doping positive, and more. Plus, this Weekly Pain quiz comes down to the wire ...
Aug 24, 2023 · 1 hr 20 min
Overnight Success: Building CyclingTips
This month's episode of Overnight Success is a bit different. For a long time now, we've been asked to share the origin story of CyclingTips in this podcast, but we always knew there was more to come in this journey. But now that the story is complete, we
Aug 22, 2023 · 1 hr
Wheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football
Abby Mickey, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin answer some listener questions and go on some tangents in this latest episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast.
Aug 21, 2023 · 47 min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta?
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to cover some interesting talking points after an intriguing finale at the Bemer Cyclassics and then to preview the route and favorites for the Vuelta a España and the Tour of Scandinavia.
Aug 17, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle
Dane Cash and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz to discuss Mikel Landa, Fabio Jakobsen, and other big transfers, the MTB race start order kerfuffle at Worlds, and Richard Freeman. And of course, there's also another riveting edition of the Weekly Pain quiz.
Aug 16, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches
This week's Geek Warning episode is a little different. With James off racing bikes, and Dave travelling (for work), the Geeks instead gathered to answer a bucket full of tech questions from Escape Collective members.Joining James and Dave are former MTB
Aug 15, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow
The band is back together! This week, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin chat about the ITT and road race at the Glasgow World Championships. Buckle up! It was a wild race!
Aug 14, 2023 · 41 min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close
Ruth Edwards and Kit Nicholson join Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to break down the action from the time trials and the women's road race at Glasgow Worlds.
Aug 11, 2023 · 42 min
Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale
Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef and Loren Rowney are joined once again by Matilda Raynolds to preview the women’s elite and U23 road race at the Glasgow World Championships.
Aug 11, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Geek Warning: Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice
James, Dave, and builder of dreams Zach are back and cover a broad spectrum of geeky topics. Specialized has a new iteration of the Tarmac. Ridley has a new bike with Fast in its name. Lezyne has even more products and Velocio clothing expands into mounta
Aug 10, 2023 · 55 min
Placeholders: The big stories from Glasgow Worlds
Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz to cover some of the key storylines from Glasgow "Super Worlds," including star turns from team bosses, Mathieu van der Poel's busy day in the road race, up-and-comers, and more.
Aug 7, 2023 · 1 hr
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling men’s road race at Glasgow Worlds
Caley Fretz joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano after a memorable battle for the rainbow jersey. The podcast crew discusses the unique and interesting race route, the differences that define Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, whether anyone could have
Aug 2, 2023 · 58 min
Geek Warning: More MTB-like gravel bikes, a sharper Microshift, and hookless blow-offs
Santa Cruz has revamped its popular Stigmata gravel bike with a new MTB-inspired personality, Allied modernizes its Alfa road bike, Microshift’s new Sword gravel groupset looks extremely promising, and you’ll soon be able to track your bike with Apple’s F
Jul 31, 2023 · 44 min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Talking Tour de France Femmes and San Sebastián
Ruth Winder joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to discuss a very busy week of racing at a thoroughly entertaining Tour de France Femmes, as well as the action from the Clásica San Sebastián and just a little bit of the Tour of Poland too.
Jul 31, 2023 · 57 min
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 8: C’est fini
The crew delivers one final episode from the ground at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with Abby Mickey and Matt de Neef (plus a cameo from a familiar voice or two). Plus, final audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Sue
Jul 29, 2023 · 52 min
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 7: A day to remember
Abby and Matt report from atop the Col du Tourmalet, surrounded by fans, while watching the women make history. Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez), Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), and Jess Allen (Jayco-
Jul 28, 2023 · 53 min
Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 6: A close one
Abby, Matt and Kate report on the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It was a particularly exciting finale with a worthy winner. And get ready for stage 7, the famous Col du Tourmalet. Hear audio diaries from Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), A

Spin Cycle

Geek Warning: A deep dive on new Shimano GRX and 105 12-speed mechanical

Wheel Talk: A new G.O.A.T. in the making

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Plenty of drama to kick off the Vuelta

Placeholders: Trouble in Rwandan cycling

Overnight Success: Building CyclingTips

Wheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta?

Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle

Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches

Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close

Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale

Geek Warning: Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice

Placeholders: The big stories from Glasgow Worlds

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling men’s road race at Glasgow Worlds

Geek Warning: More MTB-like gravel bikes, a sharper Microshift, and hookless blow-offs

Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Talking Tour de France Femmes and San Sebastián

Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 8: C’est fini

Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 7: A day to remember

Tour de France Femmes Daily stage 6: A close one