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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Road and mountain bike tech Q&A with Rob and Wa...
Senior Technical Editors, Rob and Warren, answer our audience's tech-questions in this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast. From tyre construction to weird clunks, and the future of mechanical groupsets to gravel tyre inserts.
43 min
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Mountain bike set-up tips - How to get the best...
MBUK's Will Soffe has spent years spannering, coaching and setting up bikes for everyone from regular riders up to racers at World Cup XC and DH level, so he knows a thing or two about getting a bike 'just so'.
30 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Sam Morris - Part Two
In this podcast, Technical Editor Tom Marvin talks again to Sam about the realities of being a mountain bike guide, the organisation, and how to become a guide yourself.
38 min
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BikeRadar Meets | Mountain bike guide, and Pres...
Sam Morris has been a professional mountain bike guide in the French Alps for over 20 years. In that time, guiding has gone from a summer escape for a lucky few to a fully professional role.
50 min
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NEW tech round-up | Specialized Crux gravel bik...
Simon and Jack sit down to discuss the latest hot tech news for road, gravel and mountain bikes.
31 min
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New Specialized Crux | We get the inside story ...
BikeRadar’s Deputy Editor, Jack Luke sits down with Specialized’s Road and Gravel Category Leader, Stewart Thompson to get the inside story on the development of the new bike.
9 min
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Ultimate mountain bike heroes
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.
49 min
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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.
39 min
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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...
27 min
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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.
83 min
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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 ...
37 min
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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?
27 min
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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.
50 min
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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.
45 min
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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.
54 min
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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
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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.
55 min
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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.
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