Cycling Plus

Cycling Plus is the manual for the modern road cyclist. Whether you're cycling weekly, an occasional new rider or a Tour de France fan you’ll find everything you need. Each issue is packed with buying advice and tests of essential cycling gear - everything from bikes to bags! Cycling Plus is the place to find training advice, nutrition secrets and practical tips guaranteed to improve your bicycling. It's also full of inspirational rides, real-life cycling stories and entertaining riding-related features.

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Cycling Plus

THE HUB GEAR OPINION RIDES

What’s on • The best media, entertainment and events from the cycling world

Go figure The month in numbers

Fuelling focus • Stay energised on the bike with this surefire selection

Spokes • Celebrating the long, thin, quiet revolutionaries of cycling tech. They’re easily overlooked, but crucial…

One Shop Stop • Every issue, Cycling Plus gives some love to Britain’s best independent bike shops

Resurfacing • Gravel bikes are keeping ex-pro Nicolas Roche busy in retirement

Colnago C68 Allroad • £14,000 (£5,999 for frame module) Handcrafted superbike built to go anywhere

Highways to Hell • Laura tries to get to the bottom of where National Highways’ cycling budget has been going

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The Bike Test ACE OF RACE • No matter which fiscal peloton you’re riding in, it’s fascinating to experience the technologies behind some of the world’s liveliest bikes. We find out how three super-fast road bikes compare

Need to know • Key features to consider if you’re tempted to splash your cash on one of our ace race machines

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test • Say hello to our trio of lustworthy, high-end superbikes

Pinarello F7 Ultegra Di2 • £7,000 Fast, stiff and unmistakably Pinarello

Ridley Falcn RS Ultegra Di2 • £8,599 Move over Noah, there’s a new fast Ridley in town

Factor O2 VAM SRAM Red AXS • £11,800 Outstanding climbing performance delivered by a near-spotless build

The winner is… Ridley Falcn RS Ultegra Di2 • The spread of bikes here reveals that there are many ways to forge greater speed

10 WAYS TO END YOUR SEASON ON A HIGH • Harness your end-of-summer fitness and max out the warm-weather window by targeting late-season challenges and adventures. Here are our top ways to make September a golden month of cycling

SUPER WORLDS • Ably filling the Tour de France-shaped hole in our lives in early August, the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships were a triumph

Hot ticket • Rookie Anna Gardiner straps in for ride of her life at a scorching L’Étape du Tour, the world’s biggest and arguably best mass-participation event

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Ridden & Rated • The UK’s best tests for over 30 years

Vitus Venon EVO-GR RIVAL AXS 1X • £3,499.99 Our road bike of the year goes gravel

Black Inc Integrated Barstem • £498.55 Slick one-piece cockpit with plenty of size options

Altura Vortex bikepacking range • £50/70/75 Handlebar, frame and seat bags for multi-day ventures

Safety Labs Eros 2.0 • €84.99 Lightweight helmet with in-built LED lighting tech

Castelli Unlimited Cargo Bibshort £139

UYN Lightspeed £129.99

Pearson Stowaway Women’s Adventure Short sleeved Jersey £90

Zéfal Artica Pro 75 £11.99

Chrome Kadet Sling bag • £139 Clever and durable commuter pack

Assos gravel outfit • Mille GTC Lowenkralle Jacket C2 £300 Spring Fall LS Skin Layer £80 Mille GTC...