Look at any review and you’ll see, in a fairly prominent position, the weight of the bike or component – but does weight really matter?
BikeRadar’s tech-head Seb has done the maths, and reckons we might be making a mountain out of a molehill…
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Light bikes often feel great on the trail, and up climbs, but there's far more to how the bike rides than just its weight: rolling resistance, for example, plays a massive part.
Also, it turns out weight isn't always a bad thing, and this comes down to the unsprung to sprung ratio of the bike and rider's weight. Listen in to find out more.
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Previous BikeRadar Podcast episodes
- Episode 1 — Cycling Plus' Bike of the Year Special (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 2 — MBUK's Trail Bike of the Year Special (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 3 — The BikeRadar Podcast | How do £10k bikes even exist? (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 4 — The BikeRadar Podcast | SRAM versus Shimano, and more! (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 5 — The BikeRadar Podcast | Why do all bikes look the same? (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 6 – The BikeRadar Podcast | Is it time to ditch 'The Rules'? (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 7 – The BikeRadar Podcast | Road tubeless — the what, why and how (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 8 – The BikeRadar Podcast | Purism be damned, this is why we love e-MTBs (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 9 - The BikeRadar Podcast | Do you really need more than one bike? (Spotify/iTunes)
- Episode 10 - The BikeRadar Podcast | How MTB racing influences bike design (Spotify/iTunes)
Previous BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast episodes
- BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast Episode 1: Fork Offset — all you need to know
- BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast Episode 2: Mountain bike suspension dampers
- BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast Episode 3: Mountain bike geometry
- BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast Episode 4: Linkage forks
- Bikeradar Tech Talk Podcast Episode 5: Wheel size
- BikeRadar Tech Talk Podcast Episodes 6 and 7: Suspension Springs and MTB Drivetrains
