The BikeRadar Podcast

BikeRadar delve into the world of road and mountain biking to bring you the best tech content in cycling. Join the team for their weekly episodes and occasional bonus episodes.

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Analysing the bikes of the Olympic XC podium
Tom, Rob and Luke had an enjoyable start to the week watching the Olympic XC mountain bike races.
55 min
352
BikeRadar Meets | Tracy Moseley
Tracy Moseley is one of the most successful mountain bikers ever, having clinched multiple overall victories and World Championship titles in the sport of downhill and enduro.
55 min
353
Tour de France wrap: our alternative Tour awards
That’s a wrap on the 2021 Tour de France. In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, George, Simon and Jack take a look back at the 2021 race and dish out some awards.
57 min
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Tour de France stage 20 time trial preview with...
Ahead of the Tour’s final time trial, Dr Xavier Disley of AeroCoach joins Simon to review the results of the first time trial, on stage 05, and look ahead to stage 20.
58 min
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What We’ve Learned From The Latest Aero Road Bikes
Simon Bromley and Matthew Loveridge assess the state of the modern aero road bike – are bike makers getting it right?
46 min
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Downhill World Cup tech round up
Following on from the highly eventful round of Downhill World Cup in Lets Gets, France, just recently, the MBUK and BikeRadar team and have been trawling the race footage every related web page to find out just what the riders and mechanics are doing w...
48 min
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Tour de France 2021 tech roundup
With the biggest race of the year underway, the BikeRadar team have been glued to the coverage looking for juicy tech stories. Having had almost two weeks to digest everything, Jack and Simon sit down to discuss the biggest trends and latest tech.
37 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Lachlan Morton, midway throug...
EF Education-Nippo rider Lachlan Morton is currently riding the Alt Tour – a remarkable 5,510km challenge to beat the Tour de France peloton to Paris, riding the full Tour route and every transfer in between, all unsupported.
24 min
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Our favourite Tour de France climbs
Matthew, Simon and George discuss four of their favourite Tour de France climbs – the iconic Mont Ventoux, Col du Tourmalet, Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez. What’s it like to ride a giant of the Tour? And which climb should be on your bucket list?
43 min
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Tour bike tech that changed the face of racing
Our Senior Road Technical Editor Warren talks through some of the most influential bikes from tours gone by. Some bikes radically changed the shape of the modern road bike, while others disappeared into obscurity. Part of our Tour de France podcast series
45 min
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New Shimano Dura-Ace spotted in the wild
In the wake of what appears to be a brand new Shimano Dura-Ace making a sneaky appearance at the Baloise Belgium Tour, Matthew, Simon and Jack talk through the details and discuss the implications for the future. Is new DA really semi-wireless?
21 min
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Tour de France 2021 preview | Who will win? And...
George Scott, Jack Luke and Simon Bromley sit down on the eve of cycling’s biggest race to discuss the 2021 Tour de France. Who will win this year’s race? How is the green jersey competition shaping up?
70 min
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Hardtails versus full-sus - which is better?
It's an age-old debate - which kind of mountain bike is best - a hardtail, with no rear suspension, or a full suspension machine. Al, Will and Tom try and get to the bottom of the debate - but who gets there faster?
46 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Cervélo
BikeRadar meets Cervélo's director of product Maria Benson to talk all things Cervélo from the bold new Aspero 5 to the award winning Caledonia 5 and where next for the legendary brands race bikes
25 min
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Pinarello’s Dogma-tic approach to design, Rapha...
Jack Luke, Matthew Loveridge and Simon Bromley sit down to discuss the biggest news from the past week, including the new Pinarello Dogma, Rapha’s MTB kit, a silly story about Everesting in cars and Simon’s experience testing the Giant TCR.
26 min
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2021 Giro d’Italia Tech Round-up
With the 2021 Giro d’Italia coming to close, Simon Bromley and Jack Luke of BikeRadar.com sit down to discuss the tech successes (and failures) that caught the eye.
30 min
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Why The Canyon Grizl Deserves 5 Whole Stars
Following the launch of Canyon’s all-new carbon gravel bike the Grizl, Jack Luke and Matthew Loveridge talk through how the new bike compares to its wacky predecessor the Grail, and whether any bike deserves a five star review.
19 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Boardman Bikes
Chris Boardman and the Boardman Bikes team talk bike of the year victory, new tech, old tech, gravel, ebikes and the future of Cycling in the UK.
43 min
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The most influential mountain bikes of the mill...
BikeRadar's MTB tech team talk through what they feel are the most influential bikes to have been released this millennium. From super-secretive DH bikes to steel hardtails that defined a genre.
56 min
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Road Bike of the Year Special
Senior Road Technical Editor Warren Rossiter talks us through the best road bikes in 2021, following an extensive winter of testing here in the UK.
58 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Steve Behr, legendary mountai...
Steve Behr is a legend of mountain bike photography, having snapped the world’s best riders regularly over the past few decades and an inductee in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
48 min
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New time trial tech spotted (plus hard-wearing ...
Jack Luke goes into this week’s episode of the BikeRadar podcast ready to stage an intervention over Simon’s compulsive Getty sniffing habits but is left red-faced when his lunchtime labours bear fruit.
38 min
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The most influential road bikes this millennium
BikeRadar's senior road technical editor Warren Rossiter delves deep into this encyclopaedic knowledge of road bikes, and brings us a countdown of the bikes that have most influenced road bike design from the past 20 years.
61 min
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Bike of the Year special - the mountain bikes
With our Trail Bike of the Year and Enduro Bike of they Year tests complete, our technical editors Tom and Rob talk through the testing process of our biggest mountain bike test of the year, as well as looking at the top contenders in each category....
72 min
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Road Tech Dead Ends
Matthew Loveridge and Jack Luke discuss the road tech that failed to catch on or was simply a victim of the times, from hydraulic rim brakes to – controversially – 1x drivetrains for the road.
36 min