John Cordoba is the project manager for road and gravel at Specialized. He’s the guy that sets the vision for their latest bikes, outlines the design and engineering goals and then works with the R&D team, engineers, and designers to make it all happen. John sat down with our Senior Road Technical Editor, Warren Rossiter, in our latest podcast. Key to our discussion is the Roubaix, including bit of history of the bike – where its aimed at its racing success and what it took to make the 2020 ...
Jun 22, 2020•32 min
While it’s tempting to look at those super-spendy upgrades for your bike, it’s not always necessary to spend the big bucks. Matthew and Simon talk through their top tips for making your road bike that little bit better, without it costing the earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 19, 2020•37 min
Bike launch season should be well under way, with brands showcasing their latest models to a select group of cycling media. While they may look like a bit of a jolly for the lucky few, there’s serious business going on behind the scenes. With hundreds of launches between them, our technical editors Warren and Tom have seen it all – from the great to the terrible. Rob Spedding asks the questions you all want to know – how do bike launches work? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Jun 15, 2020•37 min
Everybody wants to go faster, but not everybody wants to drop a ton of cash doing it. So, what are the tricks of the trade that don’t cost the earth – or, anything at all? Our Simon is dedicated to going faster, and while Jack isn’t so bothered, he certainly likes going further, so they’ve teamed together to give you the lowdown on the cheap or free tricks to get your bike rolling faster and further. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Jun 12, 2020•32 min
With prices ranging from a couple of hundred quid all the way to 5-figure sums, road bike prices are as diverse as the bikes themselves. But, how much should you really look to spend? Where do the cost versus performance lines intersect? Can you get a decent bike for a few hundred quid, and if you spend more, will it be vastly different? Our team of road bike enthusiasts dissect the pricing structures, giving you a run-down of what to look for at varying price points. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Jun 08, 2020•39 min•Ep. 27
We’re back again with a selection of listeners tech questions, with our senior technical editors Warren and Rob providing the answers. This week we’re covering off beginner essentials, power cranks, commuting versus gravel tyres and a tricky case of a full suspension bike not feeling right down rocky descents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 05, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
How and where should you spend money making your mountain bike better? Or, are there ways to improve your ride without spending a penny? Seb and Tom go through the best ways to improve your bike’s performance without digging a huge hole in your bank balance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 01, 2020•34 min•Ep. 26
With cycling booming in popularity, the second hand market has been going crazy in the past couple of months. Buying a bike second hand can be daunting though, and without the security of buying through a dealer, mistakes can be made. Drawing upon our own experiences, we’ve put together some handy hints and tips to help you in your search for a new-to-you ride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 29, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We’re picking up again with Chris Porter, for part two of our Meets interview with the bike and suspension engineer. If you’ve not listened to part one, check in your podcast provider’s listings for the BikeRadar Podcast to find it, as this second part will make lot more sense if you’ve heard the first! This podcast does include some strong language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 26, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this podcast Technical Writer Seb Stott meets Chris Porter, the man behind Geometron Bikes and Mojo Rising suspension. He’s a man who’s been heavily involved in mountain bike and suspension design for decades, playing an influential part in the development of bike geometry, certainly in recent years. With experience ranging from motor bike journalism to DH racing and management, as well as the development of his own bikes and suspension products, he’s a wealth of knowledge and ideas on the su...
May 25, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
With £2bn pledged for green transport in the UK following the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, there’s great potential to get more bums on saddles when it comes to the daily commute. Cycling to work is healthy, cheap and often faster than driving through a city – it’s also preferable to sitting on crowded public transport! Between our technical editors Tom and Alex, and Content Director Rob, we’ve amassed decades of commutes over many thousands of hours – from hour long rides each way to short spins...
May 22, 2020•39 min•Ep. 25
The debate has raged for years in mountain biking, but with electric-assisted road bikes having a growing presence on the road, we debate whether they’re ‘cheating’ or just another way to get out on two wheels and enjoy the roads. Our Senior Road Technical Editor Warren is a big fan, citing the ability to explore further, and getting those less able out on the roads, whereas Simon Bromley, BikeRadar’s Tech Writer is a little less convinced. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
May 18, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
BikeRadar virtually meets with leading cycling and active travel journalist Laura Laker and Adam Tranter (the cycling mayor for Coventry) from the Streets Ahead podcast, to discuss whether some good will come from the current situation in the form of more funding for cycling and more people on bikes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 15, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
While it’s easy to get drawn into the assumption that you need to spend thousands on your next mountain bike, that’s not necessarily the case. Tom and Seb go through the price ranges, and discuss what you can get, what to expect and the pros and cons of spending a little, or a lot, on your next mountain bike – with a few recommendations chucked in along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 11, 2020•54 min
We headed to our social channels and drummed up a dozen or so tech questions for our tech team. Warren, our Senior Road Technical Editor and Rob, our Senior Technical Editor in Chief sat (remotely!) with BikeRadar’s Technical Editor Tom to go through questions ranging from mountain bike drivetrain compatibility through to the use of road tubeless systems. We will record more Q&A sessions in the future, so keep an eye on BikeRadar’s social channels for next time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
May 08, 2020•33 min
While not entirely new, the current COVID-19 situation has lead to mass cancellation of ‘real’ bike races, and much more prominence of cycling in the e-sport arena. Can it be a genuine replacement for the classic races we all love to watch, or is it merely a way to keep the pros’ legs spinning and a little bit of money flowing in to teams’ pockets. Our trio of roadie-fan boys, Jack, Simon and Matthew have been tuning in, so perhaps you don’t have to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
May 01, 2020•26 min
Obree is one of the most unique cyclists in the world. Famous for his Hour Records on hand built bikes constructed with washing machine parts, and disrupting and aggravating the UCI’s rules and regulations, he’s a man who’s influence is far more wide-reaching than you might imagine. Simon Bromley sat down with Graeme at the launch of Endura’s latest winter kit – this is an interview you do not want to miss. This podcast was recorded before the COVID-19 lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Apr 27, 2020•48 min
BikeRadar’s mountain bike tech team got together, thanks to the powers of online video chat, to discuss their favourite ever, and current favourite mountain bikes. From bikes they raced, to bikes that changed the way they rode, Tom Marvin, Seb Stott and Rob Weaver look back at the bikes that made the biggest impact on their riding, and what gets pulled out of the garage now when there’s time for a spin in the woods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about yo...
Apr 24, 2020•26 min
BikeRadar’s own cycling influencers Jack and Joe are dab hands at road cycling, with a passion for the most niche of racing – hill climbs! But, they came to cycling through very different paths, and have a varied background on two wheels. In this podcast, they talk through the early years of their cycling lives, how they got to where they are now, and what and who influenced them the most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
Apr 20, 2020•22 min
We’re a month in to the lockdown, so how are the BikeRadar team getting on when it comes to riding? With testing having been stopped, and social distancing measures in place, riding bikes is certainly different to how it usually is, but that’s not stopped the BikeRadar guys and girls getting out on their bikes, in a sensible, safe, and guideline-following manner. From virtual group rides, to new bike builds, we’ve still got plenty going on, and more than enough to talk about! Hosted on Acast. Se...
Apr 17, 2020•25 min
Lighter bikes are faster up hills - that's pretty much a fact. And, when the goal is to get to the top of the hill as fast as humanly possible - i.e. during a hill climb race - getting a bike as light as possible is vital. Joe and Jack, from the BikeRadar team are aficionados of the hill climb bike - over the years they've competed nationally at hill climbs, with their bikes weighing around the 5kg mark. So, how did they get their bikes quite so light? In this Tech Talk, the guys go through the ...
Apr 13, 2020•21 min
The infamous cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix have led many teams and riders to experiment wildly throughout the races long history, but we’ve also seen plenty of winners riding relatively normal bikes too. With the 2020 edition sadly cancelled, Jack and Simon discuss some of the weird and wonderful bikes used to try and tame the Pavé over the years, which ones are their favourites and the lengths the pro’s and manufacturers will apparently go to avoid simply running wider tyres. Hosted on Acast. S...
Apr 10, 2020•24 min
BikeRadar sat down with ten-time World Champion Nico Vouilloz to discuss his current projects with Lapierre, his DH career, the state of mountain bike racing currently and how the French have seemed to dominate the rankings over the past couple of years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 06, 2020•41 min
Our roadie-tech gurus Simon Bromley and Matthew Loveridge from BikeRadar sat down with our Content Director Rob Spedding to discuss their favourite ever road bikes, and, which ones they’d actually buy with their own money. Did they go super niche, or stick with the mainstream? You’ll have to listen to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 03, 2020•31 min
After a full winter of wet and muddy testing, and then a week thrashing the top-contenders in Spain with BlackTown Trails, we’ve crowned our Trail Bike of the Year, and Enduro Bike of the Year. With MBUK in the shops and BikeRadar rolling out the reviews online and on YouTube, we thought we’d bring together Rob Weaver, Tom Marvin and Luke Marshall, who put the entire test together, to discuss the process, the bikes and the eventual winners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Mar 30, 2020•39 min
After months of testing and many hundreds of kilometres, the team from Cycling Plus and BikeRadar have crowned our Road Bike of the Year 2020. In this podcast we learn more about the contenders and eventual winner, with our Senior Technical Editor on Road, Warren Rossiter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min
We’ve had great leaps in bike tech over the years that have greatly improved our road bikes – frame materials, compact geometry, electronic groupsets and disc brakes, amongst others. But where will things go next – is there another round of vast improvements yet to come, or have we, as we suspect, reached ‘peak bike’? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 16, 2020•37 min
Between the team at BikeRadar, we reckon we’ve raced pretty much every mountain bike race format going. But, what’s the toughest type of mountain bike racing you can do? MBUK’s Luke Marshall has raced at World Cup DH level, while Seb Stott has competed in a number of EWS events. They, along with Tom, who’s targeted the more niche end of racing, weigh in with their race-based experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
Mar 09, 2020•44 min
In the autumn we headed to the Boardman Performance Centre, where they’ve built a bike-specific wind tunnel, that’s open to the public. We wanted to find free and cheap ways to cut our time in a 100 mile sportive, using the data provided by the wind tunnel. After our time there, we sat down with Barney Wainright, Head of Science to talk through our results. We then spent some time with Lee, the centre’s Lead Physiologist, discussing training and fitness testing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Mar 02, 2020•40 min
Though appearing niche from the outside, cyclocross (or CX) is enjoying a resurgence in the UK, with races attracting ever increasing numbers of participants. Warren Rossiter and Robin Wilmott talk us through this resurgence, and the impact of the burgeoning gravel scene on the CX bikes we’ve seen released in recent years – namely, the gravel bike replacing the CX bike as the ‘ideal’ commuter bike, thus allowing CX bikes to return to their racing roots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Feb 24, 2020•39 min
