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!

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IN FOCUS

Evenepoel storms to Volta ao Algarve victory • Geoghegan Hart completes first race back after injury as time trial world champion comes out on top in Portugal, reports Tom Thewlis

Ruta del Sol reduced to just one day

Sargent and Harcourt triumph at Severn RC TT • Riders step up on truncated course in Gloucestershire

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad • 24 February, Belgium

THE CONTENDERS

The price is right

British National Track Championships • British honours up for grabs as riders build form towards the Olympics and Paralympics

THE CONTENDERS

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

Do traditional cycling clubs risk extinction?

Dominant or demotivating?

Cycling Weekly

I’LL TAKE THE LOW ROAD • Riding the full breadth of southern Scotland in two days is no easy task. CW editor Simon Richardson prays for a tailwind on the new, 246-mile Kirkpatrick coast-to-coast route

Key Information

Burning questions Are e-bike batteries a fire hazard? • After a rash of deadly fires caused by e-bike batteries, Simon Fellows asks whether cyclists are taking their lives in their hands every time they plug in?

‘Rogue goods claim conformity but are untested’

Five steps to stay safe

ALUMINIUM BIKES • As sky-high prices show no sign of coming down, Stefan Abram finds out whether or not sub-£2k aluminium bikes still have what it takes

Scott Speedster 10 £1,899 | 10.42kg • The Swiss marque’s ‘big’ offering

Specialized Allez Sport £1,600 | 9.56kg • Has Spesh hit the mark with its new Sport?

Trek Emonda ALR 5 £1,850 | 8.98kg • Aggressive geometry from the American marque

Canyon Endurace 7 £1,649 | 9.25kg • Can Canyon capitalise on a rock-solid spec sheet?

VERDICT

RIM BRAKES…?

MIXED MESAGES • Unproductive! Peaking! Decreased fitness! Fitness gadgets use very emotive language, but should we be allowing them to press our buttons? Dr Josephine Perry investigates

Tech missives that missed the mark

Racing on Zwift instead of interval sessions – how fit can I get?

DOMESTIC RESULTS

How to… Comment

Dr Hutch • A sixth sense for avoiding crashes is useful, observes the Doc, but so is an intuition for spotting spongers and puncture-prone clubmates

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

Championship of Zurich 1975

Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra • The bike that kept the Cannibal winning for years after he’d retired