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.

FROM THE EDITOR…

HIGHLIGHTS…

STARMAN

THE SPIN FLEX AND EXTEND • By revealing how rivals can beat him, Tadej Poga ar underscores just how untouchable he is

WHY YOU WANT… CHROME TENSILE HIP PACK • £95 Flyweight luggage for fast riders

WHY YOU NEED… FOUR ESSENTIALS

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE CLITHEROE • Rewarding hills and descents on surprisingly quiet roads

INSIDER TIPS

LIFE CYCLE TRIP HAZARDS • A recuperating Rob Ainsley wonders about the stats on non-traffic-related cycling injuries

Wilier Rave SLR • £8,680 Classic Italian marque’s new carbon all-roadcum-gravel machine

GRAND DESIGNS • We try out four commuter-friendly bikes costing weekend fun as well as the daily schlep around £1000 and see how they stand up to

JARGON BUSTER

THE BIKES ON TEST…

FORME MONYASH 2 • £899.99 Budget aluminium all-rounder with a fine range of features

CANNONDALE CAAD OPTIMO 1 • £ 1 2 0 0 Race-ready road bike with a mudguard-ready frameset

SPA CYCLES WAYFARER • £1400 A day-to-day bike and tourer in one well-equipped package

OXFORD BIKE WORKS MODEL 1E • £ 1 4 4 0 Handmade, light steel tourer with all-round aspirations

AND THE WINNER IS… SPA WAYFARER • Quality steel bike that will expand your riding horizons

EVENT HORIZON • With a bit of luck, it’ll be all systems go in 2022 and we’ll be back doing all the things we love best in cycling. We’ve scoured the calendar and picked out the key dates to look out for - the unmissable experiences and blockbuster events at home and abroad that you need to make an appointment with through the coming year

BESPOKED HARROGATE • Britain’s biggest handmade bike show returns for a 10th year with a new location in Harrogate. Photographer Joseph Branston reveals his favourite finds of Bespoked 2021

THE NEXT-GENERATION CYCLING COMPUTER

THIN END OF THE WEDGE • Many pro cyclists are su ering in silence with eating disorders – and a worrying number of amateur riders are too. We examine cycling’s hidden health crisis - and explain how to protect yourself from danger

NEW BIKES & GEAR • THE UK’S BEST TESTS FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS

Swift & stable • Cervélo R5 Force AXS

Rapid response • Felt FR Advanced 105 Disc

KASK WASABI WG11

DEXSHELL HEAVY DUTY CASTELLI PIOGGIA 3

QUOC MONO II

SUNGOD AIRAS

GLOWORM X2 (G2.0)

7MESH GRAVEL OUTFIT

LIGHTWEIGHT WINTER GLOVES

BUYER’S GUIDE JACKETS • A bike jacket is an essential buy for endurance rides in the wind, rain and chills this winter. But what should you look for? We test 12

NEED TO KNOW • Insider info on the tech behind a winter bike jacket

NEW BEGINNINGS • Professional road-racing legend Greg LeMond is back in the bike business, not with a WorldTour machine but a stunning lightweight ebike

WHO IS GREG LEMOND?

LEMOND R&D • We talk to one of the design talents behind the new LeMond bikes, Brandon Sincock

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TRAINING ZONE • EXPERT CYCLING ADVICE ON MAXIMISING YOUR TRAINING

Reach your peak • BOOST YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE SADDLE...