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.
Let Seb and Tom talk you through the what/why/how of the mountain bike wheel size drama.
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Bike Shorts 01 | SRAM’s universal hanger, everl...
In the aftermath of the Eurobike trade show, BikeRadar’s Jack and Matthew discuss some tech highlights including SRAM’s solution to bent derailleur hanger woes and an exciting new bearing design from SKF.
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Road Tubeless, the what, why and how.
This all follows on from a number of recent tyre releases from the big tyre brands, including Schwalbe, Continental and Specialized. Jack and Matthew have also recently been looking in to, and trying out the new technology, with mixed results.
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MTB Tech Talk | Linkage forks
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 lowers. However, the past year or so has seen a number of linkage forks come on to the...
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BikeRadar Monthly 04 | Is it time to ditch 'The...
Next up comes a look at the growing gravel scene. What are gravel bikes? What separates them from cyclocross, endurance road and even mountain bikes? Should you consider getting one yourself?
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MTB Tech Talk | Mountain Bike Geometry
In this episode, BikeRadar's technical editor Tom Marvin and technical writer Seb Stott cover the somewhat huge topic of mountain bike geometry. While Tom advocates for slightly 'smaller' bikes, Seb is definitely a fan of the super long ...
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Why do bikes all look the same?
We also delve into the cross-pollination of technology from mountain bikes to road, and the ever-changing world of social media – who’re the big hitters who we recommend you follow on Instagram?
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MTB Tech Talk | Suspension Damping
We cover the reasons why suspension damping is so useful, how they work, and touch upon how to best set up the suspension on your mountain bike. Our Tech Talk series covers a range of relatively geeky subjects, all to do with mountain bike tech.
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SRAM or Shimano, battle of the groupsets + more
Bikeradar's tech team tackle the ever present debate between the world's biggest groupset manufacturers - should you pick SRAM or Shimano. We also discuss where best to spend your money - should you upgrade yourself or your bike? Finally, we ...
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MTB Tech Talks | Fork Offset
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 often misunderstood, seldom discussed fork offset!
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Super bikes, helmet tech and e-road.
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.
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MBUK’s Trail Bike of the Year Special
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 Year 2019.
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Cycling Plus' Bike of the Year Special
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 the front-runners, eventual winner and discuss what this means for the industry as a whole.