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Join Jack, Stewart, and Gerry for this week's Cycling news. Heads up, this is a long-form podcast cast of 1 hour and 20 minutes, but if we said so ourselves, it's an excellent podcast. Episode 45!

We talk in-depth about last week's racing, including Strade Bianche and the first stage of Paris-Nice.

The Tech corner is fully loaded, discussing the new SRAM Force and Shimano Cues group set, new continental GP 5000 tires, and the SRAM vs Princeton Carbon works lawsuit.

We top it off with some cycling media news and introduce our future podcast guest.

Enjoy this podcast, and please subscribe and like :-)
Agenda:

1. Race Review
2. Cycling industry/media
3. Tech Corner
4. Next week + Guest interview announcement

Paris Nice - “the race to the sun”

The 2023 Paris–Nice is a road cycling stage race that will take place between 5 and 12 March 2023 in France. It will be the 81st edition of Paris–Nice and the sixth race of the 2023 UCI World Tour.
8 stages. 2 flat, 2 hilly, 1 flat, with uphill finish, TTT, 2 mountain stages.
Ttt individual time counts!
https://www.paris-nice.fr/en/overall-route

Tireno Adriatico

The 2023 Tirreno–Adriatico is a road cycling stage race that will take place between 6 and 12 March 2023 in Italy. It will be the 58th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico and the seventh race of the 2023 UCI World Tour.

New Shimano groupset

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/shimano-launch-the-cues-ecosystem-to-unify-its-mid-tier-groupsets

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/shimano-cues/

Key points about Shimano Cues:

Shimano Cues (Create Unique ExperienceS) is a new range of 9, 10 and 11 speed drivetrain components.
A series of current flat bar group sets, including 10 & 11 speed Deore, Alivio, Acera and Altus, will be replaced by Cues.
Shimano has strongly hinted Cues will also replace drop bar Tiagra, Sora and Claris road groupsets
Cassette spacing, chains and cable pull ratios are shared across all components, boosting inter-compatibility
All components are based on Shimano LinkGlide technology
All of this will make the lives of bike shop owners and mechanics – and in turn, consumers – easier and, theoretically, cheaper.
Assuming Cues becomes dominant as existing mid-tier components are phased out, shops shouldn’t need to hold as many distinct replacement items in stock.

New SRAM force

https://www.sram.com/en/sram/road/series/force-axs-d2?utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram%2Froad&utm_campaign=introducing+new+sram+force+axs

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/new-sram-force-etap-axs/

SRAM lawsuit

https://roadbikeaction.com/sram-versus-princeton-wheel-lawsuit-a-winner-loser

New Continental GP 5000 AS Tubless tire:

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/continental-gp5000-as-tr/