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I've listened to 2 or 3 full episodes and a couple partial episodes since James left. I simply don't enjoy them now. Dave is great...as a second chair or as a co-host. He is personable, entertaining, etc...as a co-host. The 'mechanic to the stars' was boring fro weeks on end. And Ronan can be entertaining in a quirky way...but he isn't going to draw me in to listen. Back in the day when Caley, Rome, James, and Zach Edwards were on nearly every week- that was good listening. |
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There is some interesting cycling media emerging on substack. So far what I have seen is that writers separated from their overloads, are producing very interesting content.
I like Beyond the Peloton https://beyondthepelotonblog.com/ for some moneyball type analysis on racing. Daniel Benson’s substack https://dnlbenson.substack.com/for a little behind the curtain rumors and action. And today James Huang has announced N-1. Should be good for tech content. I like the direction in that it seems to provide more intimate, and in my view better, more interesting media to consume. My concern is cost. I certainly want to compensate these folks for their work, but I also don’t want to have 4, 5, 6 different substack subscriptions - feels like I will be bled to death at $8 a month or whatever. |
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I subscribed to the free Substack. I've followed him for a long time, but I'm already an Escape subscriber. I'm enjoying their jib and the mix of race, tech, and culture coverage. I'm wishing him the best but right now I don't see myself signing up to read more gear reviews.
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With substack it is a gated content platform. To get past the gate you pay and subscribe. I.e the hand that is feeding him is the reader. It's essentially the same business model as Escape Collective but on a micro level with a single writer and on a third party platform, rather than him investing in building his own website out (which he signals he may do later on). There's no giving away of "the product" for free while scratching around with Youtube advertising revenue or trying to supplement it with merch sales or later on 'brand partnerships'. So I mean, I take your point, but I wouldn't necessarily suggest that it will happen here. |
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I've always found his writing to be very good and objective, whether at Bike Radar, CT or Escape Collective. He's also a really genuine person to deal with, my wife and I had a recent vacation in Boulder, and he sent some great routes to check out which I didn't know from my time living in the area.
When CT ended, I was hoping that Escape would have become substack, given that Wade initially created a mailing list that way. While I appreciate the website, I find a newsletter format is something a little less distracting than some home page designs. |
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Somewhat to my surprise, I haven’t missed him on Geek Warning. I’m really enjoying the new mix with Brad. But I have found some gear that I really like through reading James’ reviews in the past, so I’ll give his new thing a shot.
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I liked James at EC but Dave and Brad are finding a pretty good groove.
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