The BikeRadar Podcast

Simon Bromley and Matthew Loveridge assess the state of the modern aero road bike – are bike makers getting it right? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 with bike set up to allow them to ride as fast as possible. Rob, Luke and Will do their best to dissect the latest tech and attempt to pick out the t...

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 spotted at the 2021 Tour de France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

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. Having covered more than 3,000km in the first ten days, Lachlan chats to BikeRadar’s editor-in-chief, George Scott, about the challenge so far, scaling the Alps and Mont Vent...

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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? Do we like it? Is 12-speed GRX next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

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? Can Mark Cavendish add to his total of 30 Tour de France stage wins? What does the Tour hold in store for Chris Froome? What new bikes can we expect to see in France? And what are our tech predicti...

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.  With categories ranging from gravel to endurance, via race bikes too, his winning bike might surprise you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. From downhill racing to mad-cap capers with some of the biggest personalities in the sport, Steve has snapped them all. What’s more, he’s been a stalwart of BikeRadar’s sister magazine MBUK, with his photos appearing near...

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, spotting an as of yet unreleased Canyon TT bike. The pair also discuss whether or not bikes really are getting more expensive and Shimano’s new Linkdrive drivetrains. URL - https://www.bikeradar.co...

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.  The bikes include the Giant TCR, the Cervelo Soloist and Specialized Venge Vias, all of which changed the shape of the road race bike, as well as models such as the Specialize...

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. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee beans delivered straight to your door? Use the code ‘BikeRadar’ with Pact Coffee when yo...

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. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee beans delivered straight to your door? Use the code ‘BikeRadar’ with Pact Coffee when you sign up for a coffee plan at the link below. https://ww...

On the launch of SRAM’s most affordable wireless road groupset Rival AXS. Senior tech editor Warren chats through the new group and all things eTap with head of Road Paul Kantor and global road product chief JP McCarthy. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee beans delivered straight to your door? Use the code ‘BikeRadar’ with Pact Coffee when you sign up for a coffee plan a...

BikeRadar's mountain bikers chat about what they eat, wear and carry on their rides - from stashable tools and back protectors to Alex's obsession with carrots. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee beans delivered straight to your door? Use the code ‘BikeRadar’ with Pact Coffee when you sign up for a coffee plan at the link below. https://www.pactcoffee.com/ Hosted on Acas...

Matthew Loveridge and Jack Luke sit down to discuss ENVE’s all-new (and fearsomely expensive) custom road bike programme as well as Speedplay’s new range of pedals, which has been totally refreshed under the brand’s new ownership by Wahoo. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee beans delivered straight to your door? Use the code ‘BikeRadar’ with Pact Coffee when you sign up...

End to End by Paul Jones is a wonderful, well-researched and very funny book about the Land’s End to John O’Groats cycling record, as well as Jones’s own journey along the route. In this episode of the BikeRadar podcast, Jack Luke sits down to talk to Jones about writing the book, the people within it and his personal LEJOG journey. Want a fiver off freshly roasted and ground speciality coffee bea...