Holy Week is here! The biggest week in the one-day race calendar is here, with the Tour of Flanders on Sunday and Paris-Roubaix a week later. The Spring Classics test riders and their equipment to the limit. It’s an annual tech feast for bike nerds so, ahead of Flanders and Roubaix, BikeRadar’s Simon von Bromley make their predictions for the trends that will define this year’s racing. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for all of our tech coverage from Paris-Roubaix: https://www.youtube.com/user/...
Apr 03, 2025•43 min
Ahead of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, BikeRadar’s George Scott speaks to Glen Leven, Team Support Manager for Lidl-Trek, to find out why the team is using gravel gearing for the Spring Classics. This was an impromptu phone call following Mads Pedersen’s win at Gent-Wevelgem, so the audio quality isn’t quite up to our usual standard, but we still want to bring you this behind-the-scenes chat about the latest Classics tech developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
Apr 02, 2025•25 min
Fresh from the launch of her new book, Gravel Rides South West England, Freelance journalist and regular BikeRadar contributor, Katherine Moore speaks to Jack Luke about how to plan the perfect gravel route – or, as Moore puts it, “how to cook up a gorgeous gravel recipe.” From the absolute basics to shockingly nerdy apps, this episode has something for gravel riders of all abilities. Learn more about bridleways, restricted and byways: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/routes-and-rides/uk-cycli...
Mar 28, 2025•25 min
Freelance journalist and regular BikeRadar contributor, Katherine Moore, speaks to Jack Luke about her new book, Gravel Rides South West England, and shares three of her favourite routes. Find out more about Katherine’s book: https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/gravel-rides-south-west-england?srsltid=AfmBOoqyqkIOiBKKl3jN29T-w7wdJR7hQf7g5z6b5fOeIJ2kPQEHB016 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 21, 2025•32 min
In this news round-up, Jack Luke grills Warren Rossiter and Simon von Bromley on the new Cannondale Topstone gravel bike, Boardman’s value-packed SLR, and new tyres from Vittoria and Hutchinson. Read more: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/2025-cannondale-topstone https://www.bikeradar.com/news/boardmans-new-slr-promises-to-be-fast-for-all-four-seasons https://www.bikeradar.com/news/hutchinson-blackbird-race-blackbird-all-season https://www.bikeradar.com/news/vittoria-wide-rim-optimised...
Mar 13, 2025•44 min
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Liam Cahill sits down with Simon von Bromley to discuss the hottest tech trends from the first spring classic of 2025. Back in the UK after a weekend in Belgium, Liam gives us the skinny on Visma–Lease a Bike’s head-turning helmets, all the unreleased kit the likes of Specialized and Zipp and trying to hide, and why some teams are turning to gravel groupsets for road races. Enormous aero helmets, 30mm tyres and gravel gearing – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025...
Mar 05, 2025•45 min
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Jack Luke sits down with Simon von Bromley to discuss Simon's belief that time trial bikes should be banned. According to Simon, time trial bikes are dangerous, expensive, and bad for the sport – but how do his arguments stand up to scrutiny? Tune in to find out… Simon says: the UCI should ban time trial bikes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 19, 2025•40 min
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Simon von Bromley sits down with former pro road racing star, David Millar. With national titles and multiple Grand Tour stage victories on his palmarès , Millar established himself as one of Britain’s best-known cyclists across a 17-year career. Over a meandering conversation, Millar talks about his new role as brand director at Factor, road-racing tech trends, his take on the issue of safety, and why efforts to change the sport’s business model will fa...
Feb 03, 2025•34 min
Last week, BikeRadar’s Jack Luke attended Velofollies, one of Europe’s leading bike shows, and saw a whole host of wonderful new tech. Now back in the UK, Jack sits down with Simon von Bromley, to discuss his highlights from the trip, and why he thinks Velofollies may have usurped Eurobike on the cycling-show calendar. For all our coverage from Velofollies 2025, head to BikeRadar.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 27, 2025•31 min
With the men’s and women’s WorldTour kicking off Down Under, Simon von Bromley and Liam Cahill sit down to discuss the latest bike and equipment trends in pro road cycling. From Chinese bikes to the return of Campagnolo and big names on the move, there have been plenty of changes ahead of the new season, and there's much to discuss. For a full rundown of all the WorldTour team bikes, head to BikeRadar.com: 2025 Men’s WorldTour team bikes and equipment 2025 Women’s WorldTour team bikes and equipm...
Jan 20, 2025•43 min
Liam Cahill and Jack Luke have made some very silly cycling purchases in their time. The pair sit down to discuss the stupidest of the lot and share them in the safe space that is the BikeRadar Podcast. Can you relate? Share your stories at podcast@bikeradar.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 13, 2025•42 min
Heat training has taken the professional peloton by storm in recent years, promising improved cycling performance in all weather. But what exactly is ‘heat training’ and how do you do it? To find out, Liam and Simon are joined by Dan Lorang, director of coaching and sports science at Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, and Puck Alkemade, who holds a PhD in thermophysiology and is a physiologist and study coordinator at CORE. Could heat training be the secret to unlocking your full potential on the bike thi...
Jan 06, 2025•37 min
The BikeRadar team has tested more than 500 products this year, but which ones stood head and shoulders above the rest? In this podcast, Jack Luke hosts Simon von Bromley, Ashley Quinlan and Warren Rossiter to discuss their top picks for road and gravel. From the best budget aero helmet to an ebike conversion kit, power meter pedals, electric shoe driers and more, tune in to find out which kit impressed us the most this year and why. BikeRadar’s Gear of the Year Learn more about your ad choices....
Dec 30, 2024•53 min
With the 2025 WorldTour season just around the corner, Liam and Simon are joined by Dan Bigham, Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe’s head of engineering, to discuss what the big tech trends might be. Starting with the question of whether there’s any low hanging aero fruit left to pick, the conversation moves onto the ongoing controversy over the relationship between speed and safety in professional bike racing. The trio then discuss the UCI Hour Record, whether breaking the 60km mark is possible and how it...
Dec 23, 2024•45 min
We have all bought some truly awful bike products over the years and there are plenty of pitfalls to make when spending money on cycling kit. But a lot of products, while far too expensive, are still ones we really want. Liam is joined by Warren and Ash to identify the offending items and help you avoid making the same mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 16, 2024•37 min
Liam and Simon are joined by Nathan Haas, a former WorldTour professional turned gravel privateer, to discuss the tech trends that could define gravel racing in the coming years. Having started his cycling career as a mountain biker, Haas explains why he thinks MTB tyres and suspension forks are overkill for gravel racing. The trio also touch on the recent UCI Gravel World Championships, and how the sport’s governing body could improve its support for the independent gravel racing scene. To hear...
Dec 09, 2024•59 min
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, senior technical editor Warren gets an exclusive sit-down with Sir Chris Hoy at Manchester Velodrome to talk about his astonishing career. They discuss everything from E.T.-inspired BMX racing, mountain bike, and road racing to how Sir Chris became a track legend. We hear who inspired him, what brought him to track racing, and how he stayed on top for so long. Sir Chris also tells Warren about his post-racing life, from launching a bike brand and his lov...
Dec 02, 2024•33 min
The bike industry is, like any industry, home to aspects which are great and things which boil our brakes. But from the outside, some of these positive and negative aspects can be missed. In the spirit of openness, we wanted to talk about them. So these are five things that we love, and six things we think the bike industry could improve on. https://www.bikeradar.com/news/longest-bike-stem https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/bike-industry-mtb-standards Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Nov 25, 2024•57 min
BikeRadar’s testers are in the fortunate position to be able to test the latest bikes. But reviewing bikes and making a significant financial investment to buy one, are two very different things. The gravel discipline has expanded rapidly over the last decade and the bikes which fall under this dusty umbrella range from aero racers to monster adventure rigs. So with gravel bikes becoming ever more numerous, choosing what to buy is getting harder. We gave Jack Luke, Warren Rossiter and Liam Cahil...
Nov 18, 2024•39 min
Zwift might have a serious contender in 2025 after TrainingPeaks acquired IndieVelo. The virtual indoor cycling app – now called TrainingPeaks Virtual – will be free to use until at least March 2025. With TrainingPeaks' new software being bundled as part of its premium subscription tier going forward, could it tempt Zwift users away from Watopia? Liam and Simon sit down to discuss this, along with what's new in the indoor training world for the winter of 2024/25 – and whether any of the latest s...
Nov 11, 2024•34 min
Senior tech editor Alex joins video presenter Tom to discuss how to make your suspension forks perform better. After spending countless hours testing three of the latest forks from the biggest names – Fox, Öhlins and RockShox – Alex divulges all the tips and tricks he learnt, to help you get more from your setup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 04, 2024•38 min
Almost every brand promises their waterproof jackets can lock out water on rainy days yet still allow sweat to ‘breathe’ through, to prevent you getting soaked from the inside. Is this possible, though? In this episode, Ashley Quinlan sits down with Simon von Bromley to discuss why the marketing behind breathable waterproof clothing has misled us all, and what we can do to stay dry and comfortable when riding in wet weather. This episode follows another on the same topic published earlier this y...
Oct 28, 2024•46 min
In this edition of the BikeRadar Podcast, road lead Ashley Quinlan and senior technical writer Simon von Bromley are hosted by digital editor Jack Luke to talk about one of the most popular bike upgrades: carbon wheels. Ash has been hard at work putting the latest sub-£1,000 carbon wheels to the test, and has emerged struggling to think of a reason why anyone should spend more of their hard-earned cash. They also discuss some of Ash’s finer conclusions, including his thoughts on how limiting hoo...
Oct 20, 2024•37 min
Alex is joined by Jack and Tom to discuss the tech behind eight recently launched eMTBs, all fitted with the brand new Bosch Performance Line CX motor. The bikes include Santa Cruz’s new Vala, Trek’s updated Rail+ Gen 5, Mondraker’s affordable and versatile Chaser, Focus’ hydroformed Jam2, Cube’s impressively priced Stereo Hybrid One44, Crestline’s boutique S180 and LS160, Norco’s high-pivot Sight VLT CX and Orbea’s all-new Wild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...
Oct 13, 2024•51 min
The UCI Gravel World Championships are into their third year, and were held in Flanders, Belgium this time out. Liam and Simon discuss how the tech choices of the main contenders show the race is slowly progressing towards becoming an event befitting the name. We also hear from Connor Swift, Marianne Vos and Valtteri Bottas about the specific tech choices they made in the pursuit of speed on gravel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 09, 2024•50 min
Mountain biking in Wales faces an uncertain future, thanks to cost savings at NRW – National Resources Wales. With NRW’s budgets flatlining in the face of inflationary pressures, the government agency has statutory responsibilities to maintain, forcing cuts to leisure facilities. This includes the maintenance of Wales’ extensive network of official trails. Without maintenance, the organisation may need to close trails for safety reasons putting trail centres, and unofficial (or wild) trails also...
Oct 06, 2024•44 min
We’re back with another Tech Q&A, this time tackling a pair of road and a pair of mountain bike questions. We look at how to gear up for a winter of road cycling to ensure we stay warm and dry, as well as discussing which endurance bikes are going to provide plenty of comfort on long rides. When it comes to the flat-bar side of things, there’s a question over compliant bars that aren’t as comfy as they were once cut down, and an interesting one about the new GENIE shock fitted to the latest ...
Sep 29, 2024•37 min
In today’s episode, Luke and Rob delve into the depths of their imaginations and ponder what they’d change in the sport of mountain biking if money were no object. The guys cover everything from grassroots racing and school curriculums all the way through to preventing bike theft, upping innovation funding and increasing inner - city ride locations, all in a bid to make mountain biking even better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 22, 2024•36 min
Liam Cahill and Felix Smith sit down with Lael Wilcox to discuss the tech behind a record-breaking around the world bike ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 19, 2024•47 min
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Simon von Bromley and Liam Cahill sit down to discuss Lael Wilcox’s incredible Around The World record and Lachlan Morton’s ongoing lap of Australia Fastest Known Time attempt. The duo pore over incredible stats from each ride and discuss the bike setups each rider used. Rounding out the episode, they chat about why ultra-distance cycling has had such a resurgence in recent years. Could it have something to do with the increasing popularity of gravel and...
Sep 15, 2024•43 min
