Geek Warning or Geek Speculation?

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This week’s episode covers one groupset that you’ve barely had time to unbox, but rate higher than its competition and speculate that it marks the comeback of an entire struggling brand, and a wheelset that you haven’t even received, let alone tested, that one of you suggests marks the downfall of a currently successful one.

C’mon guys, you can do better than that! That’s not credible and drags you down in the mud with other podcasters from the AU and the UK who offer hot takes in exchange for listeners. Review the damn gear first before opining about its performance or value, let alone the rise or fall of an entire brand or company each with a dozen or so major products.

Or maybe you need a new introduction to start each show with a welcome that’s more of a warning that geeks are about to hear “the cycling tech speculation podcast” from EC.

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I feel this way about the Geek Warning podcast generally since James left. The podcast feels to me like it has lost its way - too much time spent on products the team hasn’t really tested. Instead of a weekly show that feels like PR material review, I’d rather the show follow the Performance Process and do fewer shows (maybe once a month) centered on a topic and products (e.g., the roundup of the latest gravel bikes we’ve tested, what’s changing, and which of these changes improves our enjoyment / performance and which don’t) the team has actually tested. Every now and then there could be a “trends” / “what’s new, but we haven’t tested” episode.

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I like to hear Geek Warning’s take on any new products as soon as they are released. I don’t care if they haven’t spent any time on it yet because I know (and trust) that once they do get their hands on it, a full review will be forthcoming, but only on those items worth a review. There are way too many products to review them all and for those items not worth a review, I still want to know Geek Warning’s opinion.

I personally consume a lot of bike content from a lot of different sources and still look forward to my weekly dose of Geek Warning more than any other outlet. I say, “Keep Up The Good Work!”

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  1. they can’t test everything, or indeed much at all given the commitment to the quality of the reviews meaning a slow throughput.
  2. The views expressed on products they haven’t tested are often about the products position in the market, not how the product performs, as per the Zipp 202 discussion, which is totally fair.
  3. It’s fair enough to have a pretty good view on the likely performance of the Campag Record group, given it’s almost identical to the Super Record that they have been testing.
  4. It would be weird, and pretty rubbish if they just listed off the new products and made no comments, particularly with something like the Campag Record group, when there are lots of people who care about Campag.
  5. It would be weird if they didn’t mention newly released products at all (the pod would often be ask a wrench and very little else).
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