{"id":140566,"date":"2025-11-15T03:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/140566\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:42:17","slug":"why-one-editor-switched-gravel-bikes-after-20000-km-and-the-meta-ai-glasses-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/140566\/","title":{"rendered":"Why One Editor Switched Gravel Bikes After 20,000 km and the Meta AI Glasses In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talkin&#8217; about the highs and lows of using the new Meta x Oakley AI glasses for cycling, folding gravel bikes, and more on the Velo Podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Published November 14, 2025 11:53AM<\/p>\n<p>Sure, we\u2019ve reviewed the fastest World Tour aero road bikes and the newest gravel machines, but what about an off-road capable folding bike? Variety is the spice of life, and Velo tech editor <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/urban\/urban-gear\/review-brompton-g-line-folding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alvin Holbrook has been getting spicy on Brompton\u2019s G Line<\/a>, a bike that should be more capable than any of the legendary UK brand\u2019s previous offerings, thanks to larger wheels and much better tires and brakes. Alvin rode the G Line on his usual gravel test loop and reports back on how it performed and what type of rider it makes the most sense for.<\/p>\n<p>Would you wear AI on your face? Josh Ross has been in the shape of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-gear\/oakley-meta-vanguard-glasses-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakley\u2019s new \u2013 and very expensive \u2013 Vanguard glasses<\/a> that come with a video camera, mic and headphones, and a connection to artificial intelligence that\u2019s ready to answer *almost* any question you might have. Josh answers our questions, without any AI help, about what the Vanguards are like to live with, why they might have the best mic and headphones for cycling, and explains how they can actually cost less than buying separate glasses, headphones, and a camera.<\/p>\n<p>Levy has that new bike fizz after buying an Allied Able and shares some of his early ride impressions, as well as how it compares to his much-loved Santa Cruz Stigmata that he\u2019s lived on for the previous two years. Is it love at first ride, or might there be some regrets?<\/p>\n<p>See previous episodes of the Velo Podcast <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/velo-podcast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further reading<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro<br \/>2:02 Alvin and Josh: Are the Meta x Oakley glasses good for cycling?<br \/>30:00 Brompton G-Line<br \/>41:20 Are the new Vittoria gravel tires greenwashing?<br \/>46:35 Levy\u2019s new bike day!<br \/>1:08:20 We want your input on a new Zwift ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talkin&#8217; about the highs and lows of using the new Meta x Oakley AI glasses for cycling, folding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80984,80985,80986,80987,80988,80989,80,2258],"class_list":{"0":"post-140566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-parent_category-gravel","14":"tag-tag-allied","15":"tag-tag-allied-cycle-works","16":"tag-tag-brompton","17":"tag-tag-meta","18":"tag-tag-oakley","19":"tag-technology","20":"tag-type-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}