Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Fresh from the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ, Simon and Ashley are back at BikeRadar HQ and keen to share everything they saw in Barcelona.
From Pogačar’s 25c tyres to Vingegaard’s 30s, the continuing prevalence of narrow bars and short cranks, and why we were shocked by how much some of this year’s key bikes weighed, we cover all the juicy tech details from the race start.
If you want to know what tech the pros are using at the biggest bike race of the year, this is the podcast for you.
And, of course, don’t forget to check out our other videos from this year’s Tour de France after you’ve watched this.
00:00 - Intro
01:12 – Tyre sizes
05:05 – Handlebar widths
07:51 – Short cranks
12:46 – New Specialized Shiv – why does it look like Pogačar's old TT bike?!
17:23 – Bike weights
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Thanks to Feedback Sports for sponsoring this video feedbacksports.com
Fresh from the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ, Simon and Ashley are back at BikeRadar HQ and keen to share everything they saw in Barcelona.
From Pogačar’s 25c tyres to Vingegaard’s 30s, the continuing prevalence of narrow bars and short cranks, and why we were shocked by how much some of this year’s key bikes weighed, we cover all the juicy tech details from the race start.
If you want to know what tech the pros are using at the biggest bike race of the year, this is the podcast for you.
And, of course, don’t forget to check out our other videos from this year’s Tour de France after you’ve watched this.
00:00 - Intro
01:12 – Tyre sizes
05:05 – Handlebar widths
07:51 – Short cranks
12:46 – New Specialized Shiv – why does it look like Pogačar's old TT bike?!
17:23 – Bike weights
Listen to the BikeRadar Podcast
👉 bikeradar.com/bikeradar-podcast
Follow BikeRadar on our social media channels:
👉 instagram.com/bikeradar
👉 facebook.com/bikeradar
👉 twitter.com/bikeradar
BikeRadar is supported by Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus Magazine –For more information and to subscribe please visit
👉 bit.ly/3nMr3Rn
For more content like this see our latest subscription offer –
👉 cyclingplus.com/subscribe-today
👉 mbuk.com/subscribe-today
