BikeRadar Podcast ep 3: How do £10k bikes even exist, helmet tech and e-road

BikeRadar's tech writers Warren, Matthew and Tom discuss developments in electric bikes, helmet technology and the rise of the £10,000 bike

The Trek Madone SLR 9 Disc was our SuperBike of the Year, and comes in at a cool £10k

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Tom Marvin

Published: May 17, 2019 at 4:28 pm

In our first monthly round-table chat, our tech ed Tom Marvin is joined by senior road technical editor Warren Rossiter and senior writer Matthew Allen to discuss topics including the latest technology used in helmets, hyper-expensive road bikes and the development of the electric road bike sector.

The Project Y looks amazing in bikepacking guise. You could be forgiven for not realising there's a 250W Fazua motor/battery unit hidden in the down tube
The Project Y looks amazing in bikepacking guise. You could be forgiven for not realising there's a 250W Fazua motor/battery unit hidden in the down tube - Matthew Allen / Immediate Media

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Our first podcast covered our Road Bike of the Year test, with the team discussing six of the key bikes from this year's awards.

Rider riding a mountain bike off a drop with the BikeRadar Podcast logo in the top right corner
Our Trail Bike of the Year came from the Commencal stable

The second episode of the BikeRadar Podcast discussed the top five 2019 Trail Bike of the Year contenders and heard from Tom as well as our senior technical editor Rob Weaver and MBUK magazine's features editor Ed Thomsett.

All the links you need from this month's podcast

The XXX is the road-focussed helmet
The XXX is Bontrager's road-focussed helmet - Jack Luke / Immediate Media

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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