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12 Upgrades That Are Too Expensive But We Really Want
We have all bought some truly awful bike products over the years and there are plenty of pitfalls to make when spending money on cycling kit.
But a lot of products, while far too expensive, are still ones we really want.
Liam is joined by Warren and Ash to identify the offending items and help you avoid making the same mistakes.
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Nathan Haas on why you don’t need MTB tyres for gravel and how the UCI is “disrespecting” gravel pros
Liam and Simon are joined by Nathan Haas, a former WorldTour professional turned gravel privateer, to discuss the tech trends that could define gravel racing in the coming years.
Having started his cycling career as a mountain biker, Haas explains why he thinks MTB tyres and suspension forks are overkill for gravel racing.
The trio also touch on the recent UCI Gravel World Championships, and how the sport’s governing body could improve its support for the independent gravel racing scene.
To hear more from Haas, check out his podcast, The Gravelog.
2024 Gravel World Championship tech trends
Best gravel suspension forks
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Sir Chris Hoy exclusive interview – how BMX, mountain biking and road riding led to Olympic greatness
In this episode of the BikeRadar Podcast, senior technical editor Warren gets an exclusive sit-down with Sir Chris Hoy at Manchester Velodrome to talk about his astonishing career. They discuss everything from E.T.-inspired BMX racing, mountain bike, and road racing to how Sir Chris became a track legend. We hear who inspired him, what brought him to track racing, and how he stayed on top for so long. Sir Chris also tells Warren about his post-racing life, from launching a bike brand and his love of e-bikes to his passion for motorsport and rallying – leading to competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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11 things we love and hate about the bike industry
The bike industry is, like any industry, home to aspects which are great and things which boil our brakes.
But from the outside, some of these positive and negative aspects can be missed. In the spirit of openness, we wanted to talk about them.
So these are five things that we love, and six things we think the bike industry could improve on.
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https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/bike-industry-mtb-standards
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What gravel bikes would we buy with our own money?
BikeRadar’s testers are in the fortunate position to be able to test the latest bikes. But reviewing bikes and making a significant financial investment to buy one, are two very different things.
The gravel discipline has expanded rapidly over the last decade and the bikes which fall under this dusty umbrella range from aero racers to monster adventure rigs. So with gravel bikes becoming ever more numerous, choosing what to buy is getting harder.
We gave Jack Luke, Warren Rossiter and Liam Cahill a tricky task. Choose one bike which they could realistically buy and one that would require a significant win on the horses or lottery.
Given each rider has a very different take on gravel, there were a wide range of options brought to the table.
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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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