Do you really need more than one bike?
The ideal number of bikes to own is N + 1 is a popular saying among cyclists – with N representing the number of bikes you already own. But does the new breed of highly versatile, go anywhere road (or...
7 Loka 201934min
MTB Tech Talk | Suspension springs
Both your fork and shock rely on their spring to support your weight. This comprises of either a pressurised air spring, or a steel or titanium coil spring. While air springs dominate, for good reason...
30 Syys 201929min
Purism be damned, this is why we love e-MTBs
E-bikes; are they an industry conspiracy designed to sell you yet more bikes, or just another way to enjoy yourself out of doors? We’re certainly in the later camp and, in this week’s podcast, Matthew...
23 Syys 201932min
MTB Tech Talk | Wheel size
Debates over wheel size in mountain biking seemingly never end. First there was 26” wheels, then 29er stormed on to the scene – their larger diameter finding fans in the XC world, but older geometries...
16 Syys 201943min
Bike Shorts 01 | SRAM’s universal hanger, everlasting bottom brackets and farewell to tubulars
In the aftermath of the Eurobike trade show, BikeRadar’s Jack and Matthew discuss some tech highlights including SRAM’s solution to bent derailleur hanger woes and an exciting new bearing design from ...
13 Syys 201911min
Road Tubeless, the what, why and how.
Mountain bikers have been rolling without tubes for over a decade, with less punctures, more speed and more grip, so why has it taken their skinny tyre’d brethren to ditch the tubes? Tom, Matthew and ...
8 Syys 201932min
MTB Tech Talk | Linkage forks
If you've got a suspension fork on your mountain bike it's most likely to be a telescopic fork, whereby the stanchions slide in and out of your fork's lowers. However, the past year or so has seen a n...
26 Elo 201936min
BikeRadar Monthly 04 | Is it time to ditch 'The Rules'?
'The Rules' are a set of maxims by which the keen road cyclist often feels he or she should live by. It could be argued as a tongue in cheek dig at the MAMIL who wants to emulate their road racing her...
9 Elo 201939min
