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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Tour de France 2024 • Couillole and the gang

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

Go figure Tour de France 2024 in numbers

Stone-cold classic • Ross Litherland explains his love for the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, road cycling’s most brutal surface

TdF presentation • The glitzy show that reveals the (usually already leaked) upcoming route for the Grande Boucle

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

Canyon Endurace CFR AXS • £8,999.99 A genre-blurring superbike built for travelling long-distances at top speed

Caught in a landslide • Promises mean little when you see only inaction, as Laura finds in the Lake District

Tenerife

NEW-SCHOOL RAVEL • This month, we head to the really rough stuff to see how four of the latest gravel designs handle roots, rocks and plenty of mud

Need to know • We tell you how these all-terrain steeds are designed to handle everything from fast fireroads to technical singletrack

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test

Genesis Fugio 30 • £1,999.99 Small wheels equal big fun!

GT Grade Carbon X • £3,100 Suspension for speed and comfort

Rondo MYLC CF1 • £3,799.99 A gravel bike built to go downhill fast

Wilier Adlar • £4,170 All-terrain heavy lifter

The winner is… GT Grade Carbon X • Rides like a speedy mountain bike with suspension

EASY EATING • If long work hours, stress, cravings or fatigue are wrecking your satisfying food solutions. From batch cooking to smoothie recipes, here’s how to make healthy eating as easy as pie healthy-eating plans, go back to basics with speedy, simple and

Paris Brest Paris • ‘Slow cyclist’ Jack Thurston takes on the challenge of a lifetime with the legendary 1,200km audax in France

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

Colnago C68 Allroad • £14,000 Colnago’s superbike goes endurance

Classified Powershift hub • €1,399 Seamless replacement of your front mech

Pinnacle MIPS Road and Gravel Helmet • £29.99 Can this budget helmet deliver the goods?

Smith Shift XL MAG Photochromic • £189.99 All-conditions, oversized eye protection

Selle Italia Model X Leaf • £49.99 Clean, green, affordable and comfortable

Leatt MTB Endurance 3.0 V24 • £139.99 New helmet with both gravel and commuting chops

Panniers • Which on-bike bag is best for your needs?

Shootout Rear racks

Rear lights • £39.99 - £64.99 Be safe, be seen with these high-lumen lights

Merida Scultura Endurance 400 • £1,700 Long-distance aluminium at a great price

ROAD BIKE HOES • Enhanced power transfer, more efficiency and added comfort. A well-chosen bike shoe should do it all. We test eight pairs around the competitive £100 price point

What to look out for • Read on to find out the key plus points and potential pitfalls when choosing your...