Is it safe to ride a road bike on gravel? Plus, the death of suspension fork boots, and your other tech questions answered

Is it safe to ride a road bike on gravel? Plus, the death of suspension fork boots, and your other tech questions answered

The BikeRadar Tech Q&A returns, with Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley tackling your latest tech conundrums. In this episode, we cover: · Can you ride a road bike on gravel without breaking it – or your warranty? · Why don’t stems and steerers have a keyed interface to keep bars perfectly straight? · What happened to suspension fork boots? · The real risks of reusing quick links when waxing your chain · The best, no-fuss way to clean your drivetrain for a regular rider · The facts about cross chaining on a 1x bike As ever, if you have any questions you would like answered – no matter how complex or trivial – send them through to podcast@bikeradar.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The BikeRadar Tech Q&A is back, with Jack Luke, Simon von Bromley and special guest Vicky Balfour answering your most pressing bike tech questions. In this episode, we cover: Why do we always see...

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Hookless rims are back under the spotlight – here’s everything you need to know

Hookless rims are back under the spotlight – here’s everything you need to know

Josh Poertner, the former chairman of the Bicycle Wheel Technical Committee, dropped a bombshell recently when he issued a powerful rebuttal of the case for hookless road rims – one of cycling’s most ...

18 Jul 202516min

What’s going wrong at Ineos, can Visma crack Pogačar, and more

What’s going wrong at Ineos, can Visma crack Pogačar, and more

On the first rest day of the 2025 Tour de France, we’re joined by cycling journalist and longtime Tour veteran Daniel Benson, who brings his trademark insider insight direct from the roadside in Franc...

15 Jul 202531min

These are the 2025 Tour de France tech stories you need to know about

These are the 2025 Tour de France tech stories you need to know about

The Tour de France is in full swing, and with it comes a flood of tech news, wild bikes and even wilder French car park encounters with pros and rival journalists. In this episode of the BikeRadar Po...

10 Jul 202555min

NEW tech spotted at the Tour de France: what we've seen at the Grand Départ

NEW tech spotted at the Tour de France: what we've seen at the Grand Départ

We're on the ground at the Tour de France Grand Départ in Lille, hunting out the latest and greatest tech ahead of cycling's biggest race. Simon von Bromley and Ashley Quinlan have spotted an unreleas...

4 Jul 202539min

Our Tour de France tech predictions: what do we want – and expect – to see at the Grand Départ?

Our Tour de France tech predictions: what do we want – and expect – to see at the Grand Départ?

It’s Tour time! BikeRadar’s Simon von Bromley will be at the Grand Départ in Lille this week but, before heading out to northern France, Simon joins George Scott in the pod studio to run through his T...

29 Jun 202558min

The Eurobike 2025 trends you need to know about – eMTBs, electronic groupsets and urban mobility growth

The Eurobike 2025 trends you need to know about – eMTBs, electronic groupsets and urban mobility growth

High on pretzel fumes and delirious from two days trapsing the chasm-like halls of Frankfurt Messe, Jack Luke is joined by Stan Portus and Tom Marvin to run down on the key trends from Eurobike 2025. ...

27 Jun 202529min

Fox's new inverted Podium fork costs a small fortune but feels incredible: here's why

Fox's new inverted Podium fork costs a small fortune but feels incredible: here's why

Senior technical editor Alex Evans sits down to discuss Fox's new upside-down fork, the Podium, the first from a mainstream brand of this size in decades.   Together with technical editor in chief, ...

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