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September delivered some incredible bike racing, featuring the Mountain Bike and Road Bike World Championships, the Lenzerheide World Cup DH and XC, and the US Open Downhill, providing us with plenty to discuss. News on the bike industry side was a familiar affair, with YT going through a rough patch and retail sales being slow. There was also some rather shocking news about Giant regarding alleged labor law violations in Taiwan. Dylan and I go over all that, plus some cool new products we’re testing, and we give our thoughts on the potential new mountain bike wheel size that looks to be gaining traction. All this and more in this month’s Reviewing the News episode.
TOPICS & TIMES:
Are 32” Wheels Coming? (2:01)
Markus Flossman Buying Back YT (8:07)
Giant’s Alleged Labor Law Violations (14:33)
MTB World Championships Recap (18:01)
XC World Championships Recap (22:25)
Road World Championships Recap (30:21)
US Open in Killington (33:35)
Has Dakota Norton Found His Form? (33:58)
New Products (37:03)
Off-Grid eMTB Battery Charging (52:53)
Handlebar width? (58:18)

Love the pod guys, I like that it just feels like a casusal chat, not over produced.
But, can we stop with this nonsense about Dak’s bars being super high. The headtube on that bike is super short and he runs his upper tubes pushed throught the crowns a fair bit apparently. His bars are high but compared to other riders not outside of the norm. I believe of the well kown riders, Jackson is actually running the highest bars as compared to his height, according to the pink website. Although they measured from the ground so this obviously does not factor in BB drop.
What mini electric pump is being discussed around the 40min mark???
BTW agreed on the handlebar width discussion!
Hi Steffen, it is the Cycplus AS2 Ultra Smart Pump. I put a link in the show notes. Thanks.