Spin Cycle

With the Tour de France less than a week away, the Pretty Serious Bike Racing Podcast is here to take a closer look at all the big names set to contend this year. The crew takes on the Vingegaard vs. Pogačar debate, names some outsiders, and sizes up the stagehunters for the upcoming Grand Tour.

On this episode of The Unchained Binge Podcast, we watch one of the world's best bike racers be inexplicably bad at bike racing, we learn that one of the world's best sprinters can't remember his shoes or, unfortunately, when there is still a breakaway up the road, and we debate whether there was any real drama inside Jumbo-Visma.

On episode 5 of the Unchained Binge Podcast, we return the focus to EF and to the Ineos Grenadiers. We get a lesson in descending from Tom Pidcock, we warm up to a rider in the twilight of his career, and we learn that Neilson Powless had a good breakfast.

On this week's Placeholders, the crew takes a closer look at the route of the 2023 Tour de France, a race that will have the climbers looking forward to their chances and that should be entertaining across all three weeks.

This week on Wheel Talk, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, and Gracie Elvin chat about the women’s Tour de Suisse and dive into some listener questions about rider safety and unions.

For this week’s Geek Warning, James and Ronan were en-route to Eurobike, and so Dave was left talking to himself. After he submitted a three-hour rambling episode about his colour-coding preferences for hex keys, the team suggested that he record a new episode with Brad Copeland. In the episode, Dave and Brad chat about a lust-worthy new tool from Abbey Bike Tools, Wolf Tooth’s new LoneWolf 1x Road chainguide, and the next frontier of XC race tech. Of course, Brad and Dave also share what’s on their mind, and there’s a PSA that’s likely relevant to many. 3:38 - The biggest things at E-urobike 10:03 - Abbey’s biggest tool yet 19:23 – 1x chain guides for road 26:30 - Bike selection and other tech at the World Cup in Leogang 43:30 - What’s on Brad’s mind? Road Tubeless. 51:30 - What’s on Dave’s mind? You can probably guess. 57:42 – PSA to check those cables! 

Episode 4 offers an inside look at one of the most thrilling Tour stages in recent memory. We see Jumbo-Visma crafting a plan to take on Tadej Pogačar on some of the toughest terrain in the race, and then watch as the action unfolds on the journey from Albertville to the Col du Granon. Also, we discuss the different personalities in the Tour and the ways the show narrows those personalities down, for better or worse. Let's get into it.

On this week's Pretty Serious Bike Racing Podcast, we remember Gino Mäder, who tragically lost his life at the Tour de Suisse. We also discuss the race, where Mattias Skjelmose took a surprise GC win on the men's side and where SD Worx has been continuing their run of success at the women's race.