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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BikeRadar Meets | Wind Tunnel Testing at the Boardman Performance Centre

BikeRadar Meets | Wind Tunnel Testing at the Boardman Performance Centre

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 m...

2 Mar 202039min

Have gravel bikes made Cyclocross better?

Have gravel bikes made Cyclocross better?

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...

24 Feb 202038min

Road Tech Talk | Do road bikes really need suspension?

Road Tech Talk | Do road bikes really need suspension?

More and more modern road bikes are being designed to incorporate suspension so Warren, Tom and Rob discuss the – surprisingly long – history of road bikes with extra cushioning. Hosted on Acast. See ...

17 Feb 202036min

The things bike companies still get wrong

The things bike companies still get wrong

Bike companies, in general, do a great job when it comes to designing bikes, but Tom and Seb can’t help but think there are a few too many details that they keep getting wrong… Hosted on Acast. See ac...

10 Feb 202049min

BikeRadar Meets | Ian Weatherill, Hope Technology’s Co-Founder

BikeRadar Meets | Ian Weatherill, Hope Technology’s Co-Founder

Hope Technology is one of the most influential British bicycle componentry brands in the world. From their early days producing high-end hubs and disc brakes, Hope Tech’s UK-based factory still manufa...

3 Feb 202046min

What is the hardest race in the world?

What is the hardest race in the world?

Road racing is as brutal as it comes – hard men and women pit pure strength against one and another in a bid to reach the finish line ahead of the pack. But with racing covering everything from 200m s...

27 Jan 202045min

Bike Shorts 04 | classic forks, high-tech manufacturing, and new balls please

Bike Shorts 04 | classic forks, high-tech manufacturing, and new balls please

We’re back with our BikeRadar Shorts series while the office is nice and busy! We take a quick look at the new Marzocchi Z1 Bomber Coil, the re-rise of the alloy bike, along with 3D printing and steel...

20 Jan 202016min

How we test bikes

How we test bikes

It might seem like the most glamorous job going in the bicycle industry, jetting here there and everywhere to ride Gucci bikes. But while that happens, there’s a lot of work going on that you just don...

13 Jan 202037min

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