BikeRadar Podcast | Our ride rituals

What do BikeRadar's mountain bikers do to make sure they're ready to ride?

We had a lot of fun ragging the Primer around.

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Tom Marvin

Published: April 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm

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We all have our riding rituals, whether a favourite pre- or mid-ride food to chomp on, or bits of clothing and kit we reach for every time we head out on the bike.

So our technical editors Tom, Alex and Rob got together in this podcast to chat about what they eat, wear and carry on their rides – from stashable tools and back protectors to Alex's obsession with carrots.

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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.