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 …

HUB

LOVE AND ’ATE • Chris Boardman gets the top job at Active Travel England, with revolution on his agenda

KRYPTONITE NEW YORK NOOSE AND STRONGHOLD GROUND ANCHOR • £159.99/£99.99 Gold standard bike security

FOUR ESSENTIALS

KIDDERMINSTER • Escape to the country on rail trails, towpaths and quiet lanes

GOOD CALL • What to do with old phone boxes? Rob Ainsley is feeling inspired to help put them to good use

Cinelli Zagato Nemo • £11,968 A centenary-celebrating, limited-edition steel superbike that’s destined to be a collector’s item

ARRIVE IN STYLE • We look at four distinctive premium offerings ranging from £2000 to £4000 Commuting e-bikes come in all shapes and styles.

THE BIKES ON TEST…

VANMOOF X3 • £1998 Designer Dutch tech-laden urban ebike

CANYON PATHLITE:ON 5 • £2499 Brimming with accessories and packing a real punch

GENESIS SMITHFIELD • £2999 The classic and future combined in a single package

GOCYCLE G4 • £3999 It’s go go gadget for this UK-designed high-tech folder

CANYON PATHLITE:ON 5 • The perfect balance of value, fun and commuter practicality

HONE FROM HOME • With some simple training upgrades, you can turn your indoor bike into a home gym. Try these on-bike conditioning workouts

Build back better • Recovery between big rides is a crucial but overlooked aspect of performance. Soft-tissue therapist and writer Anna Gardiner examines the merits – or otherwise – of common recovery techniques

Epsom salts/hot baths

Ice baths

Massage & foam rolling

Sore points • Firefighting race-wrecking problems that arise during successive days of riding is a crucial aspect of recovery

Compression sleeves

Nutrition

Sleep

Stretching Sleep

30 YEARS OUR GREATEST 30 BIKES FEATURING • Cannondale Giant Trek Specialized Scott BMC Cervélo & more…

AWARDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE • We delve into the archives to crown the best and worst, heroes and villains and the glory and misadventure of the past three decades

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

Killer instinct • Orbea Orca Aero M10iLTD

Brit all-rounder • Tifosi Cavazzo Ekar

ROVAL RAPIDE CLX

RUDY PROJECT DELTABEAT SHADES

KOO SUPERNOVA SHADES

SELLE ITALIA SLR BOOST TEKNO SUPERFLOW

SHOKZ OPENRUN

CHROME KURSK AW PRO 2.0

CAFÉ DU CYCLISTE X 66°NORTH WINTER JACKET & MARIE BIB TIGHTS

GRAVEL TYRES

ROAD SHOES • A smartly-chosen pair of road-bike shoes should offer you better power transfer, efficiency and comfort. But what should you look out for? We test 10 shoes from £45

Road shoes need to know… • We explain the key plus points and potential pitfalls when choosing your road shoes

Triban RC500

Giro Stylus

Shimano RC3

dhb Aeron Carbon Road Dial

Boardman Carbon

Bont Riot Buckle

Specialized Torch 1.0

Mavic Cosmic Boa

Bontrager Circuit Road

Fizik Tempo Overcurve R5

A SAFE BET • Cannondale’s award-winning Synapse is the definition of the modern endurance bike, with...