Bike tech, argued properly.
The BikeRadar Podcast covers road, gravel, and mountain bike technology with a sharp eye for what brands are changing and why it matters. Episodes move from leaked Canyon endurance bikes and Shimano crank fallout to tyre widths, group sets, and the small standards that make riders argue.
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The BikeRadar Podcast is a fast-moving cycling tech conversation about the bikes, parts, tyres, standards, and brand decisions shaping modern riding. It is rooted in road and gravel, but mountain bike thinking regularly sneaks in through tyres, drivetrains, brakes, and durability questions. The show works best when a single piece of news becomes a broader argument. A new Canyon Endurace leak is not just a new frame sighting; it becomes a debate about aero shapes, endurance-bike identity, Paris-Roubaix speculation, and what pro teams might actually race. A Cannondale CAAD14 launch turns into a pricing argument about alloy race bikes, carbon alternatives, UDH dropouts, threaded bottom brackets, and whether nostalgia can carry a modern bike. Shimano stories get careful treatment. The podcast follows Dura-Ace signals, GRX crank and chainring options, and the long crankset recall saga without pretending the answers are simple. Tyres are a constant obsession. Wider road rubber, tubeless setups, inserts, glued-on tyres, gravel slicks, XC tyres on gravel bikes, and race-specific choices all get treated as meaningful clues rather than accessory chatter. Race coverage is often really equipment coverage in disguise. Flanders, Roubaix, Omloop, and riders provide a live test bench for the show’s bigger questions about speed, comfort, reliability, and fashion. The conversations are casual and sometimes teasing. They are also precise. One moment can linger on a ridiculous middle-aisle deal or a rant about bad product photos, then swing straight back to hydraulic brake development or the history of Campagnolo, Shimano, and SRAM in racing. Challenger brands are another recurring thread, especially Chinese group sets, MicroShift, WheelTop, L-Twoo, and the possibility that road cycling’s old power structure is less permanent than it looks. The show does not flatten every topic into buying advice. It asks what a product signals, how a brand behaves, and where the trade-offs land for riders, shops, and racers. That makes it useful for committed cyclists who already have the vocabulary and want sharper context. It is not beginner hand-holding. It is informed bike-tech argument with enough humor to keep the spreadsheets out of sight.
Made for: Built for road, gravel, and mountain bike riders who follow product launches, pro-race equipment, component standards, and the politics of cycling brands. It best suits listeners already comfortable with bike-tech vocabulary.
What sets it apart: The show connects leaks, launches, recalls, and race sightings to practical riding consequences instead of treating them as isolated news items. Its edge comes from specific technical skepticism rather than polished hype.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
BikeRadar turns component launches, race-day equipment choices and workshop-level detail into an informed running argument about where cycling technology is heading.
The BikeRadar Podcast treats bicycle technology as something to inspect, measure and argue over. Jack Luke and Simon Von Bromley move between new components, industry decisions and equipment spotted in professional racing, with enough disagreement and humor to keep the technical…
A glued-on tubeless tyre becomes your next rabbit hole if bike tech is your idea of intrigue.
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A rough sector, a blocked road and a specific Shimano fix.
The segment starts with a brutal wheel-change problem in the Ehrenberg sector: a crash at the forest entrance, a doctor's car blocking the road, and no team staff allowed to stand in the trench with spare wheels for the first time.
A new Endurace prompts a crisp look at why component hierarchies do not stay settled.
The BikeRadar Podcast turns the Canyon Endurace launch into a wider look at who gets to set the pecking order in endurance road bikes and components.
Shimano rumors, race-day tyre clues, and a blunt complaint about bad bike photos.
A fresh Dura-Ace wheel sighting gives this BikeRadar episode its charge, before the hosts broaden into opening-weekend tech, a fair complaint about product photography, and a pass at the worst proprietary standards in road and mountain bike gear.
A practical spin through slick gravel tyres, MicroShift's hydraulic hurdle, kids' bikes, and the 32-inch question.
Continental's super-slick gravel tyre gives this PlayNext review a clean entry point into the stubborn survival of Allroad in 2026, before Simon turns to MicroShift's new mountain-bike groupset.
An excellent Cannondale, but not quite the one Simon wanted.
The BikeRadar Podcast opens on Cannondale's new Super 6 Evo, but the conversation quickly moves past launch-week enthusiasm. Simon Von Bromley has ridden it, rates it highly, and sees why the Super 6 has such a following.
Fox's Podium fork turns into a measured discussion of weight, setup, and what mass is worth on a mountain bike.
Fox's new Podium fork gives the BikeRadar Podcast a clean, useful question: how much extra fork weight is worth carrying on a modern mountain bike?
A listener-led Bike Credo episode that turns practical cycling questions toward commuting, fitness, and bike culture.
Listener questions set the pace for this Bike Credo Podcast episode, with Jack Luke and Simon Von Bromley moving through mountain bike, road, and gravel prompts.
Cycling obsession, roasted at group-ride pace.
Rob Weaver and Alex Evans discuss Fox's new inverted Podium fork, a 170mm travel single crown fork aimed at enduro riding.
Jack Luke and Simon Von Bromley answer listener questions on cycling topics, including tire recommendations for wet commuting and upgrades for mechanical disc brakes.
BikeRadar hosts Simon and Warren call correct tire pressure a free upgrade, citing Simon’s 30 mm tires at about 55 PSI in dry conditions.
It opens with a wheel change and a blocked road.
BikeRadar's Warren Roster says the new Canyon Endurace CFR is closer to a pro-race bike than a casual endurance model, with more comfort and bigger tyre clearance than the Aeroad.
This episode compares Alexander Kristoff's 2016 Canyon Aeroad with Matthew van der Poel's current model, discusses tech predictions for the Tour of Flanders, and covers cycling news including new Vittoria tires and auction items.
This episode discusses a leaked new Canyon Endurace road bike with radical aero design, along with other cycling news including Pirelli tyres, Roval gravel wheels, and Cannondale's distribution changes.
This episode discusses Shimano's $11.5 million penalty from the CPSC for failing to report defects in its Holotech road cranks, exploring the implications for the company's reputation and covering related bike industry topics.
This podcast discusses the controversial pricing of Cannondale's new CAAD14 alloy race bike, comparing it to carbon models, and previews upcoming segments on cycling news and industry developments.
Shimano's next Dura-Ace group set is the main hook.
Allroad is still here.
The BikeRadar Podcast centers on Simon Von Bromley’s argument that Cannondale’s new Super 6 Evo is a strong bike but not the bike Cannondale should have made, especially when compared with the older System 6.
This episode explores the future of bike racing potentially shifting indoors and offers tips from Rouvy coach Stephan Neusser on avoiding burn-out during winter training.
This episode discusses Merida's new gravel bike, prototype gravel rims, and other bike tech news, including a collaboration between Q365 and SRM.
This episode of the Bike Radar Podcast features a Q&A session where Simon Von Bromley answers listener-submitted technical questions about bike maintenance, starting with how to clean and lube a drivetrain without contaminating disc brake rotors.
This episode discusses the pros and cons of hardtail, softail, and full-suspension bikes for cross-country racing in 2025, helping cyclists choose the best option.