The BikeRadar Podcast

If you're considering ways to make your bike faster down the hill, have you thought about coaching? Both Tom and Seb have had numerous coaching sessions in the past, and reckon it's the best way to spend a hundred pounds on your bike/ Pound for pound, it's the most efficient way to upgrade your ride(ing). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom and Seb look back through some of the interesting tech news from the past few weeks. From Privateer's new 141 and Marin's El Roy, to a bottle of lube costing over 100 quid, via Shimano's new EP8 motor.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ‘race of truth’ has been a staple of the Tour de France ever since its first appearance in the 1934 edition, but in recent years the length and quantity of time trials has dwindled at sport’s biggest race. Devoted TT fans Rob, Simon and Jack have joined forces to discuss why this is happening and to make an impassioned plea for a re-think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Tour de France has been the proving ground for many of the sport’s greatest technological innovations over the years, but what are the greatest ever bits of Tour de France tech? To discuss this and more, four of BikeRadar’s nerdiest staff members convened via the magic of the internet, for a deep dive into the annals of Tour tech history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diego Costa is the lead mechanic for the Ineos Grenadiers team at this year’s Tour de France. Ahead of the season’s biggest race, we caught up with him to discuss the mechanic’s life on the Tour, why the team hasn’t switched to disc brakes yet and at what point they start building a yellow bike in advance of a potential overall race win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack and Simon look back through what’s hot and happening in the cycling world this week, including Simon’s pick of the best from le Tour de France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is the Tour de France an incredible celebration of the sport’s best features, or is it old fashioned, complicated and maybe even a little boring? Rob, Alex and Simon share an introspective, free flowing conversation about whether being a fan of bikes of any kind means you should also be a fan of the Tour de France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Simon Bromley is joined by BikeRadar’s Matthew Loveridge and George Scott to discuss the upcoming Tour de France, looking ahead to see what tech we might see from the big teams, and what trends this suggests for road cycling going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether you're pushing on the pedals or letting gravity do the work, wind resistance is one of the major factors keeping you from going at warp speed. Road cycling is full of aero this, wind-cheating that, with millions of dollars spent developing (and marketing) the slipperiest of products. But this is a conversation rarely had in mountain biking. But why? Tom and Seb talk through where aero makes a difference, what can be done, and why it should matter to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Assistant editor, Jack Luke, and technical writer, Simon Bromley, talk through some the hottest stories published this week on BikeRadar.com, from pictures of what could be Chris Froome’s new bike, to the new Canyon Aeroad and all the juicy details on Mondraker’s latest ultralight XC frameset. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices