The BikeRadar Podcast

In this episode, Tom, Rob and Liam look into their pro-racing fantasies. If they could be pros for a season, what type of pro rider would they like to be? And, if they were a pro, which race would they absolutely love to compete in?Just to throw a curveball in there, they also have to pick an event from a completely different genre of cycling to enter, just for the hell of it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following our overview of predicted MTB launches, Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley run through eight road bikes we think may be launched this year. Cyclical development and release schedules enable us to make some fairly solid predictions. 2024 is also an Olympic year, so any brand gets two juicy munches out of the marketing cherry, significantly increasing the likelihood of new bike launches.Our gossip geeks also discuss whether consumer tastes or convergent design philosophies drive progress, the one thing Simon would change about the Canyon Aeroad and the future of material science in cycling. WorldTour tech gossip podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5htzhlgH18Un0WKk1QnBjv  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re looking ahead again in this episode, trying to predict which new mountain bikes will hit the shop floor in 2024.Bike brands tend to follow semi-regular update schedules, so with a few popular models getting long in the tooth, we’re expecting new versions to appear this year.It’s also an Olympic year, and so perhaps we’ll see a few new XC race bikes propped up in the pits as the season starts, ready for a full release as the Paris Games get a little closer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our Tech Q&A podcasts return in 2024 with Rob and Warren answering our listeners tech queries.In this episode we cover issues arising from worn out brake pads and sticky pistons, to potentially crushed carbon, rear derailleurs not behaving after being ridden through floods and tubeless valves filled with gunk.If you have your own tech question you’d like our technical editors to delve into, drop us an email – our address is podcast@bikeradar.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our MTB tech team love their mountain bikes, but there’s always going to be something that irks us.In this episode of the podcast, Tom, Al and Luke pick out the one thing that they wish they could change to make their mountain biking lives that little bit easier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rob, Tom, Luke and Al are in the unbelievably fortunate position to ride tons of bikes every year, meaning they only own one or two, if any at all. But, what if they had to put their money where their mouths were?In this episode, our mountain bike tech team pick out the bikes that would be worthy of dropping their own dollar on. Do they put themselves into years of debt to buy a superbike, or are they budget-conscious and confident they can spot a performance bargain? Listen to find out!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024 WorldTour kicks off soon with the start of the men’s and women’s editions of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. While not the biggest race in the World Tour calendar, the Tour Down Under is the first opportunity for top-flight teams to show off their latest wares. In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, loose-lipped Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley spill the tea on the latest new tech that has already been spotted at training camps and on Instagram.  https://www.bikeradar.com/news/prototype-trek-road-bike-leaked https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2025-kask-utopia https://www.bikeradar.com/news/prototype-sram-red-shifters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While road tech can often feel as though it moves with the zeal of a glacier, 2023 was an interesting year.  We saw new endurance bikes herald the greater conflation of endurance and gravel, new tubeless road tyres from most of the big brands and fresh road groupsets from the Big Three (and more besides), to name just a few. But what does 2024 hold? In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley look ahead into the year ahead and discuss the BikeRadar tech team’s predictions. https://www.bikeradar.com/features/tech/road-tech-predictions-2024  Did Jack pronounce Schwalbe wrong? Watch these two videos to find out!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMCKWRWnH8  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6TLA_ClXk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just over the horizon lie a host of unknown releases, with potentially ride-changing advances in bike and kit tech. Where do we think the industry should be heading? Are brands focusing too much attention on the wrong areas, or are their developments lacklustre? BikeRadar’s gaggle of technical aficionados, Tom Marvin, Luke Marshall, Tom Law and Alex Evans, have donned their thinking caps to predict where MTB tech is heading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 As the BikeRadar team takes its annual look into the crystal ball ahead of the new year, what better time to look back at our 2023 bike tech predictions and come clean on what we got wrong?In this episode, Simon von Bromley is joined by Jack Luke and Tom Marvin to discuss road, gravel and mountain bike tech prophecies that didn’t come to pass, and why that might be. Was the BikeRadar team ahead of the curve, or barking up the wrong tree? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices