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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 acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Feb 202036min

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 acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Feb 202049min

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 manufacturers their wide range of highly regarded components. They’ve now expanded into mountain bikes, with the HB.160 and HB.130, as well as their ground-breaking HB.T track bike, ready to ride in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics under Team GB. Ian Weatherill co-founded Hope Technology after a spell manufacturing high-end parts for the aerospace industry, and sat down with Technical Editor Tom Marvin for this BikeRadar Meets Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Feb 202046min

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 sprints to races across continents, we decided to weigh in and discuss which drop-bar race format is the hardest in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Jan 202045min

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-infused carbon fibre, and we pay our respects to Chris Hamilton’s nether regions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Jan 202016min

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’t see, when it comes to testing and reviewing bikes. Between them, Technical Editor Tom and Technical Writer Seb have tested hundreds of bikes over the years, and in this episode we talk you through the process of bike reviewing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Jan 202037min

What can you learn from racing across continents? Ultra-endurance athlete Emily Chappell talks all things Transcontinental, from bike setup to fuelling foods, breaking through mental barriers and pushing yourself when you feel like a fraud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Jan 202047min

Happy New Year BikeRadar listeners! We got the BikeRadar team together to look forward to what they’re excited about coming in 2020. Some of the team are looking forwards to tech we know is arriving, others have gazed into their crystal balls to predict what we might see. One of us is disappearing for 3 months, and he’s certainly looking forward to that! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Jan 202015min