# Ep 112: The Bikes We Shouldn’t Have Sold + Shimano’s New ‘Affordable’ Di2

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Podcast: [The Wild Ones Cycling Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wild-ones-cycling-podcast-6416315)
Published: 2025-12-18T06:55:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3750

## Resource

Thanks to Garmin for supporting the podcast! 00:00 Ads 01:00 Don’t try any of this at home 09:09 The ultimate musical instrument does not exi… 12:14 Shimano’s new, less expensive GRX Di2 23:31 If we were speccing a gravel bike, here’s what we’d buy… 30:37 The UCI actually listened?! 32:43 New safest helmet + Assos to sponsor EF 34:05 Factor’s new bike is getting meme’d hard 40:26 the bikes we regret selling… 45:11 Unpopular Opinion: Bike shows are a waste of time 49:46 Send us your Questions and Unpopular Opinions! 50:24 The Scorchers 52:45 ‘Why did I get kicked out of the club?’ 58:55 The Outtakes (FUOTW) What the RedBull video:https://youtu.be/lD_LvvByOeM?si=_LhIT8U8kMQciO1X Watch Movistar’s music man: https://www.youtube.com/live/P_4HEzH2KT4?si=mlTfEdh3fI-U_55F You can check out the video versions of the podcast, plus more videos from Cade Media here: https://www.youtube.com/@Cade_Media/videos If you’d like us to send in a question, story, some good news, things you’d like us to discuss or anything else, email us at wildonespodcast@cademedia.co.uk Thanks and see you next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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