Dear bike industry, these are the only road and MTB standards you should use
For many cyclists, the continual churn of standards can be a nightmare. New ‘standards’ shoot up like Tadej Pogaçar on the Plateau de Beille, making our riding lives more complicated than necessary. Innovation and new standards can make our bikes better, but too often the gains don’t feel worth the hassle. With this in mind, Jack Luke sits down with Simon von Bromley and Tom Marvin to discuss their top picks for universal road and mountain bike standards. Simon says: dear bike industry, these are the only road bike standards you should use Dear bike industry: these are the only mountain bike standards you should use Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 Huhti 37min
The tech trends that will define the Spring Classics (or our predictions, anyway)
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/bikeradar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Huhti 41min
Lidl-Trek are using gravel gearing at the Spring Classics – we find out why
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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2 Huhti 22min
From super nerdy apps to practical tips: how we’d plan your perfect gravel route
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-cycling-footpath-laws Learn more about the UK’s best gravel events: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/routes-and-rides/uk-gravel-race-calendar Learn more about Katherine’s book: https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/gravel-rides-south-west-england Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
28 Maalis 23min
“How I wrote my new gravel guidebook – and 3 of the best routes” – Katherine Moore on the best gravel riding in south-west England
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
21 Maalis 29min
Cannondale’s new Topstone is everything Warren wanted – and more news from Boardman, Vittoria and Hutchinson
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-tyres Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
13 Maalis 42min
Enormous aero helmets, new tyres and gravel gearing – tech trends from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025
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 tech gallery Lidl-Trek using prototype automatic chain waxing machine at the Tour de France Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 Maalis 42min
Should time trial bikes be banned?
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
19 Helmi 37min
