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.
With Mountain Biking UK magazine celebrating it’s 400th issue, we sit down with the mag’s editor, James Costley-White, staff writer Will Soffe, legendary photographer, Steve Behr, freelance journalist Aoife Glass and tech ed in chief, Rob Weaver.
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What’s the point of carbon wheels?
BikeRadar’s Technical Editors discuss whether carbon fibre wheels improve on-trail performance and feel, and are worth their asking price.
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What tyre width is best for road cycling?
Tyre width is one of the most hotly debated topics in road cycling. While road cyclists traditionally used very narrow tyres, it now seems like every new road bike is coming with big tyres and lots of extra clearance. Are you sacrificing speed for comf...
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The most important road bike upgrades
This week Tom quizzes senior road tech Ed Warren on his top ten best upgrades for your road bike.
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Power meters: A Buyer’s Guide
Power meters are becoming a must-have accessory for many cyclists, but with so many options and price points available, knowing which one is right for you can be tricky. With that in mind, Jack and Simon sit down to discuss everything you need to know ...
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The new Shimano Dura Ace – we’ve ridden it!
Jack grills Matthew, our lucky tech-head who’s been riding the brand new Dura Ace groupset, on all the details of the new top-end groupset from Shimano. What are it’s features, how does it feel to ride, and just how much does it cost?
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5 things you need to know about the new XPLR gr...
SRAM and their family of brands have just dropped a host of new gravel components - a new trio of groupsets, a gravel suspension fork, innovative dropper and interesting wheels.
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How riding and mental health interact
Rob and Tom sit down with Ryan, the founder of TotalMTB, a non-profit organisation set up to increase awareness of mental health issues. They discuss how riding bikes can help contribute towards improving mental and physical health.
46 min
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Do you need a van?
Tom, Will and Matthew love their vehicles, and between them have probably tried every combo of getting a bike to and from the start of their rides - hatchbacks, estates, vans - it's all been done.
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Our favourite and most-fun mountain bike races ...
Join BikeRadar Technical Editors Tom Marvin and Alex Evans, and MBUK’s Will Soffe as they discuss the most memorable, shocking, fun and agonising mountain bike races they’ve taken part in over the last 18 years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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...
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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.
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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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.