{"id":37147,"date":"2022-05-16T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=677350"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T14:54:11","slug":"bikeradar-podcast-how-we-chose-our-2022-bike-of-the-year-winners","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/bikeradar-podcast-how-we-chose-our-2022-bike-of-the-year-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"BikeRadar Podcast | How we chose our 2022 Bike of the Year winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Jack Luke\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 16 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><iframe title=\"&quot;Road\" bike=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" year=\"\" special=\"\" best=\"\" road=\"\" gravel=\"\" and=\"\" budget=\"\" bikes=\"\" tested=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/bikeradarpodcast\/road-bike-of-the-year-special-the-best-road-gravel-and-budge&quot;\" width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;180px&quot;\" scrolling=\"&quot;no&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" style=\"&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden;&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Last week, we <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/2022-bike-of-the-year-mtb\/&quot;\">revealed our 2022 Bike of the Year winners<\/a> \u2013 now it\u2019s time for the story behind this year\u2019s test.<\/p>\n<p>Bike of the Year is a massive undertaking, with 47 bikes tested through winter and early spring, across eight road, gravel and mountain bike categories.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/bikeradar-podcast\/&quot;\">BikeRadar Podcast<\/a>, Jack Luke is joined by Simon von Bromley and Warren Rossiter to discuss how we tested this year\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/buyers-guides\/best-road-bikes\/&quot;\">road bike<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/buyers-guides\/best-gravel-bikes\/&quot;\">gravel bike<\/a> categories.<\/p>\n<p>Despite challenges in even getting a hold of bikes, the team still managed to rack up thousands of kilometres of testing, with the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/gravel-bikes\/2022-giant-revolt-advanced-pro-0\/&quot;\">Giant Revolt Advanced Pro 0<\/a> taking the top spot \u2013 the first time a gravel bike has won our overall Bike of the Year test.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-678010\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/RussellBurton202204212DX0651-d80dd04.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Our 2022 Gravel Bike of the Year test also gave us our overall winner.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Russel Burton \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<hr\/><iframe title=\"&quot;MTB\" bike=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" year=\"\" special=\"\" best=\"\" trail=\"\" enduro=\"\" and=\"\" electric=\"\" mountain=\"\" bikes=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/bikeradarpodcast\/mtb-bike-of-the-year-special-the-best-trail-enduro-and-elect&quot;\" width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;180px&quot;\" scrolling=\"&quot;no&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" style=\"&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden;&quot;\"\/>\n<p>This week also brought us the lowdown on this year\u2019s mountain bike categories.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Marvin, who was in charge of the trail bike category, won by the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/mountain-bikes\/full-suspension-mountain-bikes\/trek-top-fuel-8\/&quot;\">Trek Top Fuel 8<\/a>, and Alex Evans, who crowned the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/mountain-bikes\/full-suspension-mountain-bikes\/nukeproof-megawatt-297-factory-review\/&quot;\">Nukeproof Megawatt 279 Factory XT<\/a> as our inaugural eMTB Bike of the Year, are joined by Luke Marshall to discuss the trials and tribulations of this year\u2019s Bike of the Year testing.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Robin Weaver, who headed up the enduro category, was unable to join this week\u2019s podcast, but the trio also discuss Rob\u2019s winner, the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/reviews\/bikes\/mountain-bikes\/full-suspension-mountain-bikes\/nukeproof-giga-297-carbon-elite-review\/&quot;\">Nukeproof Giga 297 Carbon Elite<\/a>, in his absence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;im-gallery\" im-gallery--slideshow=\"\"> <i class=\"&quot;icon-loading&quot;\" data-grunticon-embed=\"\"\/> <div class=\"&quot;standard-grid\" thumbnails--show=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;row\" no-gutters=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;col-lg-12\" col-md-12=\"\" col-12=\"\" style=\"&quot;display:\" none=\"\"> <figure><div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=160%2C208,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=190%2C247,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=215%2C279,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=295%2C383,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=136%2C176,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=155%2C201,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"&quot;wp-image-678221\" size-portrait_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-gallery-grid-src-image=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MBK408p901-905supp.SB20220408bpw206-1-419b07b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=531%2C691&quot;\" width=\"&quot;556&quot;\" height=\"&quot;723&quot;\" data-crop-width=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-crop-height=\"&quot;&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Tom\" marvin=\"\" rob=\"\" weaver=\"\" and=\"\" alex=\"\" evans=\"\" during=\"\" mtb=\"\" bike=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" year=\"\" testing=\"\" title=\"&quot;Tom\" style=\"&quot;width:\" auto=\"\" height:=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/div> <figcaption style=\"&quot;display:none;&quot;\"><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\">(L-R) Tom Marvin, Rob Weaver and Alex Evans took charge of our 2022 MTB Bike of the Year test.<\/span> <\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Steve Behr \/ Our Media<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><meta class=\"&quot;js-lightbox-thumbnail-picture&quot;\" 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class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MTB-BOTY-testing-5117cd4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=160%2C208,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MTB-BOTY-testing-5117cd4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=190%2C247,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MTB-BOTY-testing-5117cd4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=215%2C279,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"\/><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2022\/05\/MTB-BOTY-testing-5117cd4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C723&quot;\" width=\"&quot;556&quot;\" height=\"&quot;723&quot;\" data-crop-width=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-crop-height=\"&quot;&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Rob\" weaver=\"\" unloading=\"\" bikes=\"\" from=\"\" a=\"\" van=\"\" during=\"\" mtb=\"\" bike=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" year=\"\" testing=\"\" title=\"&quot;Rob\" style=\"&quot;width:\" auto=\"\" height:=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/div> <figcaption style=\"&quot;display:none;&quot;\"><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\">Tom, Rob and Alex tested 24 trail, enduro and electric mountain bikes between them.<\/span> <\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Russell Burton \/ Our Media<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><meta class=\"&quot;js-lightbox-thumbnail-picture&quot;\" 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