{"id":147040,"date":"2025-09-19T08:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/147040\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:29:11","slug":"there-is-no-best-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/147040\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no best bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Geek<\/p>\n

Tech<\/a><\/p>\n

Why the aero leaderboard never happened. <\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/p>\n

When Escape Collective first launched, tech editor Ronan Mc Laughlin announced plans for an aero leaderboard. The goal was to test race bikes in real-world conditions using the latest testing tools to determine which bikes are the fastest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That obviously didn\u2019t come to fruition, and this week, Dave and Ronan discuss why. The conversation leads to the two discussing how they approach reviews and the anxieties that surround them.<\/p>\n

The geeks also have a PSA, Dave attempts to explain pedal kickback in mountain bikes to Ronan, and there’s chat of SRAM’s speed update for Transmission.<\/p>\n

Members of Escape Collective (via the member podcast feed) get the full episode, which contains Ask a Wrench. This week, Dave answers a handful of member-submitted questions related to bottom brackets, servicing hydraulic disc brakes, and cassette wear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Time stamps:<\/p>\n

2:00 – Why bike reviews can\u2019t have conclusive answers\u00a0
26:00 – PSA related to replacing disc brake pads
31:00 – DT Swiss\u2019 new DF system and pedal kickback explained\u00a0
39:30 – A quiet release from SRAM that speeds up Transmission shift speed
50:00 – Ask a Wrench (member-only feed)\u00a0
50:00 – Specialized\u2019s OSBB explained\u00a0
56:30 – Cassette wear and how to measure for it
1:04:00 – SRAM Road Hydro lever service\u00a0
1:11:00 – Buying a bike with a BB86 bottom bracket and a tangent into T47<\/p>\n

Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n

\n \ud83d\udc4dYep
\n \ud83d\udc4eNope\n <\/p>\n

\n Tech<\/a>
\n Geek Warning<\/a>
\n SRAM<\/a>
\n DT Swiss<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech Why the aero leaderboard never happened. When Escape Collective first launched, tech editor Ronan Mc Laughlin announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-147040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}