The BikeRadar Podcast
Episodes
BikeRadar Meets | Diego Costa
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diego Costa is the lead mechanic for the Ineos Grenadiers team at this year’s Tour de France. Ahead of the season’s biggest race, we caught up w...
News Review | le Tour de France
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack and Simon look back through what’s hot and happening in the cycling world this week, including Simon’s pick of the best from le Tour de Franc...
Should all cyclists care about the Tour de France?
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Tour de France an incredible celebration of the sport’s best features, or is it old fashioned, complicated and maybe even a little boring? Ro...
2020 Tour de France Tech predictions
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Bromley is joined by BikeRadar’s Matthew Loveridge and George Scott to discuss the upcoming Tour de France, looking ahead to see what tech we ...
Mountain biking and aerodynamics
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're pushing on the pedals or letting gravity do the work, wind resistance is one of the major factors keeping you from going at warp speed....
News Review | Spy shots of unreleased road bikes and Mondraker’s new Podium XC hardtail
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant editor, Jack Luke, and technical writer, Simon Bromley, talk through some the hottest stories published this week on BikeRadar.com, from pic...
What is suspension tuning and who is it for?
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seb dives deep into how, why and where suspension tuning works with Jake Ireland of Sprung Suspension. Suspension tuning can seems like a dark art. Bu...
Post-Lockdown Riding
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With COVID 19 Lockdown restrictions slowly easing across the United Kingdom, many of us have been lucky enough to get back out into the real world and...
BikeRadar Meets | Richard Thorpe - F1 turned bike designer & CEO of GoCycle
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Richard Thorpe CEO & founder of British bike brand GoCycle on how he went from a design engineer at Formula One legends McLaren cars to cre...
News review | Specialized Tarmac and UK government strategy
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our news team on BikeRadar go through the biggest stories from recent weeks, from the new Specialized Tarmac via Garmin’s hack and the UK government...
Tech Q&A | SRAM vs. Shimano, tubeless, gravel tyres and more
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Spedding, Rob Weaver and Matthew Loveridge answer your tech questions, from the endless groupset wars to suspension setup and the most versatile g...
Why is XC so hot right now?
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
XC is having a vintage year in 2020, with a raft of new bikes being released. While the Olympics might not be happening, bike development hasn't stopp...
BikeRadar Meets | Ned Boulting on July without the Tour de France and his hopes for the delayed 2020 race
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with the voice of ITV’s Tour de France coverage as he waits anxiously for the 2020 race to get underway and tells us how much he’s mis...
News Review | road bike weights, Orbea Oiz, Merida’s new Scultura and e-gravel
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack, Simon and Matthew look back through the hottest news stories from the past couple of weeks on BikeRadar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
July's Tech Review
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At BikeRadar we see a huge number of new bikes products come through the door. Individually they're interesting enough, but once you've seen a number ...
Christini's AWD e-fat bike and more!
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With drive going to both front and rear wheels, we thought Christini's new ebike was worth talking about. We also delved in to the new Trek Domane A...
What's the deal with hookless rims? Making sense of road tubeless
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hookless rims are fairly new in road cycling, but what are they, and where have they come from? They’ve also proved fairly controversial, as without...
Controversial Road Debates
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our trilogy of road cyclists, Jack, Matthew and Simon, wade in to some of the biggest debates in road cycling. You can probably guess what they are, b...
Tech Q&A
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warren and Rob are back answering our listeners tech-based questions. From MTB shoes and suspension care to road bike fit and 1x gearing options, th...
Bike Shorts 11 | Shimano’s SPD sandals and other fashion faux-pas
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shimano have just bought back their legendary SPD sandal in a 25th anniversary limited edition, and you’ll not be surprised to hear that Jack Luke ...
Mountain biking’s most controversial debates
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has an opinion on everything, and when it comes to mountain biking there’s plenty to have an opinion on. Some aspects of our riding culture...
What can we all learn from each other?
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Road cyclists and mountain bikers occupy very different worlds – from skids and jumps to Strava KOMs and Wattage data. But there’s plenty of commo...
BikeRadar Meets | John Cordoba - Specialized’s road and gravel lead
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Cordoba is the project manager for road and gravel at Specialized. He’s the guy that sets the vision for their latest bikes, outlines the desig...
The best cheap road bike upgrades
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While it’s tempting to look at those super-spendy upgrades for your bike, it’s not always necessary to spend the big bucks. Matthew and Simon talk...
How bike launches work
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bike launch season should be well under way, with brands showcasing their latest models to a select group of cycling media. While they may look like a...
How to go faster for free
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody wants to go faster, but not everybody wants to drop a ton of cash doing it. So, what are the tricks of the trade that don’t cost the earth...
How much should you spend on your next road bike?
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With prices ranging from a couple of hundred quid all the way to 5-figure sums, road bike prices are as diverse as the bikes themselves. But, how much...
Friday Shorts | Tech Q&A session with Rob and Warren
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back again with a selection of listeners tech questions, with our senior technical editors Warren and Rob providing the answers. This week we’...
The best cheap MTB upgrades
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How and where should you spend money making your mountain bike better? Or, are there ways to improve your ride without spending a penny? Seb and Tom g...
Friday Shorts | How to buy a second-hand bike
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With cycling booming in popularity, the second hand market has been going crazy in the past couple of months. Buying a bike second hand can be dauntin...
BikeRadar Meets | Chris Porter pt.2
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re picking up again with Chris Porter, for part two of our Meets interview with the bike and suspension engineer. If you’ve not listened to p...
BikeRadar Meets | Chris Porter pt.1
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Technical Writer Seb Stott meets Chris Porter, the man behind Geometron Bikes and Mojo Rising suspension. He’s a man who’s been he...
Our bicycle commuting top tips
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With £2bn pledged for green transport in the UK following the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, there’s great potential to get more bums on saddles when...
Road Tech Talk | Are road e-bikes cheating?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The debate has raged for years in mountain biking, but with electric-assisted road bikes having a growing presence on the road, we debate whether they...
BikeRadar Meets | Is Cycling Really Set for a Golden Age? With Laura Laker and Adam Tranter
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BikeRadar virtually meets with leading cycling and active travel journalist Laura Laker and Adam Tranter (the cycling mayor for Coventry) from the Str...
How much should you spend on your next mountain bike?
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While it’s easy to get drawn into the assumption that you need to spend thousands on your next mountain bike, that’s not necessarily the case. Tom...
Bike Shorts 10 | Tech Q&A
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We headed to our social channels and drummed up a dozen or so tech questions for our tech team. Warren, our Senior Road Technical Editor and Rob, our ...
Bike Shorts 09 | E-Racing, is this really a thing now?
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While not entirely new, the current COVID-19 situation has lead to mass cancellation of ‘real’ bike races, and much more prominence of cycling in ...
BikeRadar Meets | Graeme Obree
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Obree is one of the most unique cyclists in the world. Famous for his Hour Records on hand built bikes constructed with washing machine parts, and dis...
Bike Shorts 08 | Our favourite mountain bikes
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BikeRadar’s mountain bike tech team got together, thanks to the powers of online video chat, to discuss their favourite ever, and current favourite ...
How Jack and Joe started their cycling careers
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BikeRadar’s own cycling influencers Jack and Joe are dab hands at road cycling, with a passion for the most niche of racing – hill climbs! But, th...
Bike Shorts 07 | How we’re all dealing with the lockdown
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re a month in to the lockdown, so how are the BikeRadar team getting on when it comes to riding? With testing having been stopped, and social dis...
Road Tech Talk | Shaving weight - how to go super-light
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lighter bikes are faster up hills - that's pretty much a fact. And, when the goal is to get to the top of the hill as fast as humanly possible - i.e. ...
Bike Shorts 06 | Paris-Roubaix – the weird and wonderful
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The infamous cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix have led many teams and riders to experiment wildly throughout the races long history, but we’ve also see...
BikeRadar Meets | Nico Vouilloz, 10 times World Champion
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BikeRadar sat down with ten-time World Champion Nico Vouilloz to discuss his current projects with Lapierre, his DH career, the state of mountain bike...
Bike Shorts 05 | The best-ever road bike?
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our roadie-tech gurus Simon Bromley and Matthew Loveridge from BikeRadar sat down with our Content Director Rob Spedding to discuss their favourite ev...
Trail and Enduro Bike of the Year Special
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a full winter of wet and muddy testing, and then a week thrashing the top-contenders in Spain with BlackTown Trails, we’ve crowned our Trail B...
Road Bike of the Year Special
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After months of testing and many hundreds of kilometres, the team from Cycling Plus and BikeRadar have crowned our Road Bike of the Year 2020. In this...
Road Tech Talk | Have we reached ‘peak bike’?
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had great leaps in bike tech over the years that have greatly improved our road bikes – frame materials, compact geometry, electronic groups...
What’s the hardest mountain bike discipline?
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Between the team at BikeRadar, we reckon we’ve raced pretty much every mountain bike race format going. But, what’s the toughest type of mountain ...
BikeRadar Meets | Wind Tunnel Testing at the Boardman Performance Centre
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the autumn we headed to the Boardman Performance Centre, where they’ve built a bike-specific wind tunnel, that’s open to the public. We wanted ...
Have gravel bikes made Cyclocross better?
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Though appearing niche from the outside, cyclocross (or CX) is enjoying a resurgence in the UK, with races attracting ever increasing numbers of parti...
Road Tech Talk | Do road bikes really need suspension?
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More and more modern road bikes are being designed to incorporate suspension so Warren, Tom and Rob discuss the – surprisingly long – history of r...
The things bike companies still get wrong
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bike companies, in general, do a great job when it comes to designing bikes, but Tom and Seb can’t help but think there are a few too many details t...
BikeRadar Meets | Ian Weatherill, Hope Technology’s Co-Founder
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hope Technology is one of the most influential British bicycle componentry brands in the world. From their early days producing high-end hubs and disc...
What is the hardest race in the world?
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Road racing is as brutal as it comes – hard men and women pit pure strength against one and another in a bid to reach the finish line ahead of the p...
Bike Shorts 04 | classic forks, high-tech manufacturing, and new balls please
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with our BikeRadar Shorts series while the office is nice and busy! We take a quick look at the new Marzocchi Z1 Bomber Coil, the re-rise...
How we test bikes
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It might seem like the most glamorous job going in the bicycle industry, jetting here there and everywhere to ride Gucci bikes. But while that happens...
BikeRadar Meets | Emily Chappell, Ultra-Endurance Racer
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can you learn from racing across continents? Ultra-endurance athlete Emily Chappell talks all things Transcontinental, from bike setup to fuellin...
BikeRadar Podcast New Year Special – 2020 Tech Predictions
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year BikeRadar listeners! We got the BikeRadar team together to look forward to what they’re excited about coming in 2020. Some of the tea...
Four things the bike industry doesn’t want you to know
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Known for their ultra-inquisitive minds, dep-ed Jack and BikeRadar writer Simon have been investigating secrets within the bike industry that they rea...
BikeRadar Podcast Christmas Special – 2019 Tech Retrospective
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our Christmas Special, the BikeRadar team take a look back at the tech that’s impressed them in 2019, whether that’s on dirt or tarmac. There a...
Road Tech Talk | Lightweight versus aero – what’s more important?
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone strives to get their road bikes as light as possible, as that’s the best way to go faster, right? Well, it’s not so simple, as aerodyna...
Mountain bike tech way ahead of its time
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing’s ever new in the cycling world, so while your dropper post, linkage fork or powered drivetrain might feel like cutting edge tech, it’s ac...
Bike Shorts 03 | Helmets
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Bike Shorts – our roundup of the hottest news from the past week on BikeRadar.com – Jack Luke and Simon Bromley talk through ...
BikeRadar Meets | Paul Jones
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two of BikeRadar meets, hill climb aficionado, friend of BikeRadar, author of A Corinthian Endeavour and I Like Alf, and all-round ...
Road tech way ahead of its time
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While everything in fashion is circular, so, it appears is bicycle tech. While new technology is often hailed as ground breaking or never before seen ...
Road Tech Talk | 1x on the road
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our new Road Tech Talk podcsst series, BikeRadar’s Matthew Allen and Warren Rossiter give us the low-down on 1x, or single ring, dri...
Future trends in mountain biking
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What are we going to be riding in five year’s time? Tom and Seb discuss where the industry is heading. Cheap bikes, electronics, and rider comfort...
Bike Shorts 02 | Is Shimano making a gearbox?
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shimano has filed a patent for a bicycle gearbox, potentially signalling a major upheaval in drivetrain tech. BikeRadar’s Matthew and Tom talk throu...
BikeRadar Meets | Jeff Steber, Intense Cycles Founder
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Steber, the man behind Intesne Cycles, has to be one of the most influential bike designers on the planet. Over the past 3-and-a-bit decades, Int...
Future trends in road cycling
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We cast an eye in to the future to see what might be coming round the corner in the world of road cycling. Yet more aerodynamics, gravel bikes and e-s...
MTB Tech Talk | Does weight really matter?
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Look at any review and you’ll see, in a fairly prominent position, the weight of the bike or component – but does weight really matter? BikeRadar’...
How MTB racing has influenced bike design
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The rigours of racing between the tapes demands high performance from both competitors and their bikes, and so the development of bikes, and the compo...
MTB Tech Talk | Why do derailleurs still exist?
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty much since the advent of gears on bicycles, the derailleur has been the dominant mechanism for shifting the chain between gears. However, being...
Do you really need more than one bike?
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ideal number of bikes to own is N + 1 is a popular saying among cyclists – with N representing the number of bikes you already own. But does the...
MTB Tech Talk | Suspension springs
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Both your fork and shock rely on their spring to support your weight. This comprises of either a pressurised air spring, or a steel or titanium coil s...
Purism be damned, this is why we love e-MTBs
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
E-bikes; are they an industry conspiracy designed to sell you yet more bikes, or just another way to enjoy yourself out of doors? We’re certainly in...
MTB Tech Talk | Wheel size
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Debates over wheel size in mountain biking seemingly never end. First there was 26” wheels, then 29er stormed on to the scene – their larger diame...
Bike Shorts 01 | SRAM’s universal hanger, everlasting bottom brackets and farewell to tubulars
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the Eurobike trade show, BikeRadar’s Jack and Matthew discuss some tech highlights including SRAM’s solution to bent derailleu...
Road Tubeless, the what, why and how.
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mountain bikers have been rolling without tubes for over a decade, with less punctures, more speed and more grip, so why has it taken their skinny tyr...
MTB Tech Talk | Linkage forks
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you've got a suspension fork on your mountain bike it's most likely to be a telescopic fork, whereby the stanchions slide in and out of your fork's...
BikeRadar Monthly 04 | Is it time to ditch 'The Rules'?
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
'The Rules' are a set of maxims by which the keen road cyclist often feels he or she should live by. It could be argued as a tongue in cheek dig at th...
MTB Tech Talk | Mountain Bike Geometry
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, BikeRadar's technical editor Tom Marvin and technical writer Seb Stott cover the somewhat huge topic of mountain bike geometry....
Why do bikes all look the same?
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month Tech Ed Tom is joined by senior writer Jack and tech guru Seb to discuss the finer points of bicycle design – why is that all road bikes ...
MTB Tech Talk | Suspension Damping
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tech Editor Tom and Tech Specialist Seb discuss the intricacies of suspension damping. Suspension dampers are there to control your f...
SRAM or Shimano, battle of the groupsets + more
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bikeradar's tech team tackle the ever present debate between the world's biggest groupset manufacturers - should you pick SRAM or Shimano. We also dis...
MTB Tech Talks | Fork Offset
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of our bonus podcast series Tech Talks. In this episode our Tech Talk regulars Tom and Seb discuss all things to do with the...
Super bikes, helmet tech and e-road.
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BikeRadar’s tech-ed’s tackle the rise of the hype-priced bikes, the latest generation of super safe helmets and e-road bike motors. Hosted on Acas...
MBUK’s Trail Bike of the Year Special
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty trail bikes whittled down to one – which is the best out there and why? BikeRadar and MBUK join forces to find the Trail Bike of the Yea...
Cycling Plus' Bike of the Year Special
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve just completed the largest road bike test around to find out what are the best bikes on the market right now. Here we take a detailed look at ...