The most influential bikes of the millennium

The latest BikeRadar Podcast covers some fairly important bikes…

The most influential bikes of the millennium.

Mick Kirkman / Immediate Media

Tom Marvin

Published: May 18, 2021 at 7:25 pm

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Both mountain and road bikes have developed massively in the past five years, let alone the past 21. So we thought it was about time we got together to discuss the most influential bikes since the millennium.

First up, BikeRadar's MTB tech team, Rob, Tom, Alex and Luke, talk through what they think have been the most influential mountain bikes from super-secretive DH bikes to steel hardtails that defined a genre.

The revamped SX Trail platform sports more standover clearance and seatpost adjustment range along with improved performance in square-edged hits.
It might look a bit goofy now, but Specialized's SX Trail paved the way. - James Huang

Then we chatted with senior technical editor road, Warren, about the most influential road bikes this millennium.

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Cannondale SystemSix Carbon Ultegra
The SystemSix is everything you’d want from an aero bike and more. - David Caudery / 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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