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

Rob, Tom, Luke and Al are in the unbelievably fortunate position to ride tons of bikes every year, meaning they only own one or two, if any at all.  But, what if they had to put their money where their mouths were? In this episode, our mountain bike tech team pick out the bikes that would be worthy of dropping their own dollar on. Do they put themselves into years of debt to buy a superbike, or are they budget-conscious and confident they can spot a performance bargain? Listen to find out!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Jan 202449min

The 2024 WorldTour kicks off soon with the start of the men’s and women’s editions of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide.  While not the biggest race in the World Tour calendar, the Tour Down Under is the first opportunity for top-flight teams to show off their latest wares.  In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, loose-lipped Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley spill the tea on the latest new tech that has already been spotted at training camps and on Instagram.  https://www.bikeradar.com/news/prototype-trek-road-bike-leaked https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2025-kask-utopia https://www.bikeradar.com/news/prototype-sram-red-shifters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Jan 202448min

While road tech can often feel as though it moves with the zeal of a glacier, 2023 was an interesting year.    We saw new endurance bikes herald the greater conflation of endurance and gravel, new tubeless road tyres from most of the big brands and fresh road groupsets from the Big Three (and more besides), to name just a few.   But what does 2024 hold? In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley look ahead into the year ahead and discuss the BikeRadar tech team’s predictions. https://www.bikeradar.com/features/tech/road-tech-predictions-2024    Did Jack pronounce Schwalbe wrong? Watch these two videos to find out!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMCKWRWnH8  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6TLA_ClXk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Jan 202436min

Just over the horizon lie a host of unknown releases, with potentially ride-changing advances in bike and kit tech. Where do we think the industry should be heading? Are brands focusing too much attention on the wrong areas, or are their developments lacklustre? BikeRadar’s gaggle of technical aficionados, Tom Marvin, Luke Marshall, Tom Law and Alex Evans, have donned their thinking caps to predict where MTB tech is heading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Jan 202448min

As the BikeRadar team takes its annual look into the crystal ball ahead of the new year, what better time to look back at our 2023 bike tech predictions and come clean on what we got wrong? In this episode, Simon von Bromley is joined by Jack Luke and Tom Marvin to discuss road, gravel and mountain bike tech prophecies that didn’t come to pass, and why that might be. Was the BikeRadar team ahead of the curve, or barking up the wrong tree? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Dec 202337min

Senior technical editors Al Evans and Tom Marvin discuss an incredibly busy year of mountain bike tech.   The guys look at the key releases in drivetrains, suspension, enduro, trail, XC and electric bikes, picking out the most interesting and news-worthy stories from the last year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Dec 20231h 1min

With another year in bike tech almost over, Jack Luke and Simon von Bromley look back at some of 2023’s biggest news stories.   Topics include the relaunched Raleigh Chopper, Shimano’s crankset recall, SRAM’s T-Type Eagle Transmission, Van Rysel’s ambition to become a “top five global brand”, the Specialized Sirrus Carbon and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Dec 202338min

From the biggest bike and groupset launches to innovations that arguably missed the mark, 2023 was an interesting year for tech news in road and gravel.   In this episode of the BikeRadar podcast, Ashley Quinlan, Simon von Bromley and Liam Cahill sit down to discuss some of their personal highlights from the year gone by. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Dec 202351min