Cycling Weekly

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market. It is the best source of breaking international and UK news, race reportage, reliable fitness advice, trustworthy product reviews and inspirational features for British cyclists. Always a great read, Cycling Weekly inspires you to ride your bike more!

START LINE 9.11

IN FOCUS

Barnstorming Bäckstedt wins U23 European CX Championships • Cameron Mason and Cat Ferguson both grab silver for GB amid British success in France

Richards among UK CX victors

Wiggle could face legal jeopardy after mass lay-offs • Staff made redundant from online retailer could seek compensation, experts say

TT champ to skip 2024 campaign

Archibald leads as Track League heads to London • Scot in pole position as track series enters final weekend

Hoogland smashes kilo world record • Jeffrey Hoogland made history last Tuesday, smashing the world record for the onekilometre time trial on the track.

CTT to vote on body fairing ban • Time trialling’s governing body to debate DIY aero hacks following widespread adoption at elite level

In the running

Rapha posts £12m loss

Lotus’s legacy lives on • 31 years on from Chris Boardman’s pursuit gold in Barcelona, the car company enters the high-end e-bike market

My view

THE HUB • All the news you might have missed from the last seven days

Wout van Aert to target 2024 Giro d’Italia

Stay indoors and go FulGaz

Cycling Weekly

50 YEARS OF SHIMANO DURA-ACE • As Shimano’s flagship groupset celebrates half a century, Simon Smythe looks back at the history of the racer’s go-to gearing option in modern times

Dura-Ace 7300 AX: the groupset that fell to Earth

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS • Alex Dowsett overcame haemophilia to pursue a full-blooded pro career – James Shrubsall traces his rocky road to stardom

A life in times

Factor O2 VAM £12,200 | 6.33kg • An elegant lightweight machine with a true personality

ALTERNATIVELY…

Wahoo Kickr Move £1,399.99 | 29kg • Does movement make an indoor trainer more realistic, asks Rachel Sokal

Gear of the week • Off-road shoes, tubeless tyres and premium winter bibtights

THE 6 PILLARS OF PERFORMANCE SUPPORT • For the pros, peak performance is underpinned by an elaborate support structure. Josephine Perry considers how amateurs can pick and choose the key buttresses

Bone health • Cyclists are prone to low bone density. We ask Dr Steven Hawkins how best to avoid it

Bolster your bones in 15 minutes

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How to… mount a bicycle

Dr Hutch • Among Bernard’s many bugbears, writes the Doc, are nice bicycles – and God help anyone riding a Dawes Galaxy

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Tour de France 7 July, 1953

Pete Matthews • Classy racer from the man who reinvented the bicycle wheel