This week’s episode is shorter than usual, but no less geeky. Join Dave and Brad as they discuss some of the bigger tech news.

Within, the geeks discuss Mavic’s new US$999 Cosmic S 42 Disc carbon road wheels. Pivot has wholly overhauled its Vault gravel bike. Wolf Tooth has a new free app for dialling in off-road tyre pressures. The iconic folding bike company Brompton goes gravel. And of course, there’s a quick discussion of that new RAF1 backpack thing.

You’ll also hear Dave and Brad share some tips and their favourite bike cases for when flying with a bike. And then, the episode wraps with two member-submitted Ask a Wrench questions.

Time stamps:

4:24 - Mavic’s US$999 carbon road wheels
8:25 - Pivot’s new Vault gravel bike
12:30 - Wolf Tooth introduces a free tyre pressure app for off-road purposes
14:45 - Brompton goes gravel
17:15 - An aero backpack to burn with fire
20:00 - On our mind and picking one: travel cases
29:50 - Ask a Wrench: Why isn’t 650B more popular in gravel?
34:50 - Ask a Wrench: Storing tubeless tyres through the winter

In this week's Geek Warning, Brad, Ronan, and Caley delve into a project that wants to answer all our compatibility questions, forever. Plus, a bit of Campagnolo news, some thoughts on the unreleased bike Lachlan Morton is riding around Australia, and Brad's suggestions for Caley's brake and suspension fork woes.

Tyres tyres tyres! Aero tyres, big fat gravel tyres - in this episode has a lot of tyres in it.

We have a bit of a shakeup this week. Dave Rome is on a well-deserved holiday so Caley and Ronan are joined by pro mechanic Zach Edwards to talk through Parcours' latest tyre testing and what the data can teach us about optimising for various road courses. Then we discuss the trend toward 50mm+ rubber at the pointy end of gravel races, some updates from Zwift, and Caley's new cross-country bike.