The BikeRadar Podcast

Tom and Seb discuss whether frame, fork and wheel stiffness really matters in a mountain bike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Loveridge talks to BikeRadar’s in-house physicist, suspension guru and all-round bike nerd Seb Stott to find out just how green cycling really is. The answer might surprise you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following on from Katherine Moore’s recent article on BikeRadar.com, Simon and Katherine are joined by Aneela McKenna, a MTB coach and guide for Go Where Scotland, and Zahir Nayani, a British-Asian road and utility cyclist, to discuss why championing and improving diversity in cycling is so important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s news roundup podcast, Jack and Simon discuss an exclusive scoop on a couple of juicy patents that suggest Shimano could have an SPD-SL power meter road pedal in the works. Will it ever make it to market? What might it look like if it does? Listen in for all of this and more, then head to BikeRadar.com for all the nitty gritty details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat to Bastien Donzé Zipp's product manager for all things wheels about the changes in road and gravel wheel design, why wider is better and if tubeless and hookless is really the future for carbon road wheels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Simon sits down with grizzled gravel experts Matthew and Jack to discuss why roadies should consider gravel cycling, what kit you might need to do it, and how the philosophy of gravel riding differs to that of the road. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mountain bike world is full of technological wonders – from hydraulic brakes to highly sophisticated suspension dampers, space-age materials to good old steel. There are plenty more out there that either never quite saw the light of day, or did, but quickly disappeared into obscurity, and it’s these that Tech Eds Tom and Seb discuss here. If you can think of more, why not let us know in the comments? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew, Jack and Simon consider the options for winter riding, discussing different approaches to choosing a winter bike, and which components matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Jack and Simon sit down to discuss the latest hot tech news from BikeRadar.com. There’s Canyon’s new Aeroad and its wild adjustable handlebars, Specialized’s ultra-lightweight Aethos and new Stuntjumper, plus Hunt’s new aero-gravel wheelset. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this latest Bikeradar meets we catch up with road racing legend Alberto Contador to quiz him on his new venture Aurum bikes and their debut bike the Magma. Aurum is a partnership with fellow grand tour winner & legend Ivan Basso designing bikes they tell us are ‘born from experience’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices