The BikeRadar Podcast

Apr 06 2025 520 ep. 42 mins 565
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BikeRadar delve into the world of road and mountain biking to bring you the best tech content in cycling. Join the team for their weekly episodes and occasional bonus episodes.

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Dear bike industry, these are the only road and MTB standards you should use

Apr 06 2025 39 mins  
For many cyclists, the continual churn of standards can be a nightmare. New ‘standards’ shoot up like Tadej Pogaçar on the Plateau de Beille, making our riding lives more complicated than necessary. Innovation and new standards can make our bikes better, but too often the gains don’t feel worth the hassle. With this in mind, Jack Luke sits down with Simon von Bromley and

The tech trends that will define the Spring Classics (or our predictions, anyway)

Apr 03 2025 43 mins  
Holy Week is here! The biggest week in the one-day race calendar is here, with the Tour of Flanders on Sunday and Paris-Roubaix a week later. The Spring Classics test riders and their equipment to the limit. It’s an annual tech feast for bike nerds so, ahead of Flanders and Roubaix, BikeRadar’s Simon von Bromley make their predictions for the trends that will define this year

Lidl-Trek are using gravel gearing at the Spring Classics – we find out why

Apr 02 2025 24 mins  
Ahead of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, BikeRadar’s George Scott speaks to Glen Leven, Team Support Manager for Lidl-Trek, to find out why the team is using gravel gearing for the Spring Classics. This was an impromptu phone call following Mads Pedersen’s win at Gent-Wevelgem, so the audio quality isn’t quite up to our usual standard, but we still want to bring you

From super nerdy apps to practical tips: how we’d plan your perfect gravel route

Mar 27 2025 25 mins  
Fresh from the launch of her new book, Gravel Rides South West England, Freelance journalist and regular BikeRadar contributor, Katherine Moore speaks to Jack Luke about how to plan the perfect gravel route – or, as Moore puts it, “how to cook up a gorgeous gravel recipe.” From the absolute basics to shockingly nerdy apps, this episode has something for gravel riders of al

“How I wrote my new gravel guidebook – and 3 of the best routes” – Katherine Moore on the best gravel riding in south-west England

Mar 20 2025 31 mins  
Freelance journalist and regular BikeRadar contributor, Katherine Moore, speaks to Jack Luke about her new book, Gravel Rides South West England, and shares three of her favourite routes. Find out more about Katherine’s book: https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/gravel-rides-south-west-england?srsltid=AfmBOoqyqkIOiBKKl3jN29T-w7wdJR7hQf7g5z6b5fOeIJ2kPQEHB016 Learn more about

Cannondale’s new Topstone is everything Warren wanted – and more news from Boardman, Vittoria and Hutchinson

Mar 12 2025 44 mins  
In this news round-up, Jack Luke grills Warren Rossiter and Simon von Bromley on the new Cannondale Topstone gravel bike, Boardman’s value-packed SLR, and new tyres from Vittoria and Hutchinson. Read more: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/2025-cannondale-topstone https://www.bikeradar.com/news/boardmans-new-slr-promises-to-be-fast-for-all-four-seasons https://www.bike

Enormous aero helmets, new tyres and gravel gearing – tech trends from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025

Mar 04 2025 44 mins  
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Liam Cahill sits down with Simon von Bromley to discuss the hottest tech trends from the first spring classic of 2025. Back in the UK after a weekend in Belgium, Liam gives us the skinny on Visma–Lease a Bike’s head-turning helmets, all the unreleased kit the likes of Specialized and Zipp and trying to hide, and why some teams are tur

Should time trial bikes be banned?

Feb 18 2025 39 mins  
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Jack Luke sits down with Simon von Bromley to discuss Simon's belief that time trial bikes should be banned. According to Simon, time trial bikes are dangerous, expensive, and bad for the sport – but how do his arguments stand up to scrutiny? Tune in to find out… Simon says: the UCI should ban time trial bikes Learn more about your

David Millar on his new role at Factor, safety and tech in pro racing and why cycling’s business model will be hard to change

Feb 02 2025 33 mins  
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, Simon von Bromley sits down with former pro road racing star, David Millar. With national titles and multiple Grand Tour stage victories on his palmarès, Millar established himself as one of Britain’s best-known cyclists across a 17-year career. Over a meandering conversation, Millar talks about his new role as brand director at Fact

Why Velofollies is now the best show for bike nerds, journalists and brands

Jan 26 2025 31 mins  
Last week, BikeRadar’s Jack Luke attended Velofollies, one of Europe’s leading bike shows, and saw a whole host of wonderful new tech. Now back in the UK, Jack sits down with Simon von Bromley, to discuss his highlights from the trip, and why he thinks Velofollies may have usurped Eurobike on the cycling-show calendar. For all our coverage from Velofollies 2025, head to Bik