BikeRadar Podcast | Do electronic gizmos make your riding better?

Can adding batteries, circuit boards, motors, wires and Bluetooth connectivity improve your ride?

The AXS controller to shift gears is quick and easy to use though you need to be careful with how it's position on the bar to avoid it hitting your hand.

Steve Behr / Immediate Media

Tom Marvin

Published: March 7, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Tom and Alex discuss whether adding electronic gizmos to your bike makes it, and your ride, better.

From pre-ride planning to components with a battery in, as well as post-ride analysis, there's plenty of tech out there to try to improve your ride. But, does it?

We've been lucky enough to test a whole host of such tech at BikeRadar, and think much of it genuinely improves your riding or ride experience. From SRAM's wireless AXS drivetrains and Flight Attendant suspension lockouts, through to a plethora of GPS devices and power meters, there's plenty of electronic technology available to the everyday rider.

Want to hear more? Look out for our podcast on the inside story behind SRAM's Rival AXS groupset and advice on training with Wahoo.

Garmin Fenix 6 Pro Solar GPS smartwatch
So much electronic tech can now be loaded onto your wrist. - Alex Evans / Immediate Media

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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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