BikeRadar Podcast Ep 13: Road tech way ahead of its time

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Podcast Ep 13: Road tech way ahead of its time.

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Tom Marvin

Published: December 4, 2019 at 9:38 am

Everything in fashion is circular and it appears bicycle tech is too. While new technology is often hailed as groundbreaking, or never before seen in cycling, you might be surprised to hear what’s been around before.

Our assistant editor Jack and writer Simon delve into the annals of cycling history to pick out the tech that was well ahead of its time.

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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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