BikeRadar Podcast | Mountain biking's most controversial debates

From skinsuits to flats or clips, we won't sit on the fence when it comes to mountain biking's hotly debated debates

Stretching it out in the 'skinsuit' set up.

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Tom Marvin

Published: June 29, 2020 at 2:56 pm

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Everyone has an opinion on everything, and when it comes to mountain biking there’s plenty on which to have an opinion.

Some aspects of our riding culture can be pretty divisive, while others come down purely to personal preference.

Alex, Tom, and Rob discuss six of the most controversial debates and hash out their own feelings and arguments, to see which of our mountain bike editors is really right.

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Tom Marvin

Senior technical editor

Tom Marvin is a technical editor at BikeRadar.com and MBUK magazine. He has a particular focus on mountain bikes, but spends plenty of time on gravel bikes, too. Tom has written for BikeRadar, MBUK and Cycling Plus, and was previously technical editor of What Mountain Bike magazine. He is also a regular presenter on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel and the BikeRadar podcast. With more than twenty years of mountain biking experience, and nearly a decade of testing mountain and gravel bikes, Tom has ridden and tested thousands of bikes and products, from super-light XC race bikes through to the most powerful brakes on the market. Outside of testing bikes, Tom competes in a wide range of mountain bike races, from multi-day enduros through to 24-hour races in the depths of the Scottish winter – pushing bikes, components and his legs to their limits. He’s also worked out that shaving your legs saves 8 watts, while testing aerodynamics in a wind tunnel. When not riding he can be found at the climbing wall, in his garden or cooking up culinary delights.
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