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.

WELCOME…

Cycling Plus

THE HUB • GEAR OPINION RIDES

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

Endurance style • Our essential picks for beasting that big ride this summer

Open season • Pro riders face the same dangers in training as us, says George Bennett

Maglia Rosa • The Giro d’Italia’s pink leader’s jersey is one of the most cherished prizes in professional cycling

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

BMC Roadmachine X One • £5,700 Everything you need to know about the endurance bike that ventures beyond the road

Shore leave • How Shoreham-by-Sea’s bike lane loss might just be the nation’s gain

Bormio, Italy

FAST GRAVEL BIKES • Want to hit the off-road trails on a bike that feels swifter, lighter and more responsive? We’ve tested a range to suit your speed dreams

Need to know • Just what makes a ‘fast’ gravel bike and what should you demand from the trio on test? Here’s our five-step guide to these swift, multi-terrain machines

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test • Introducing the do-it-all rides and the brands on test

Trek Checkpoint SL 6 eTap • £3,850 Can this Checkpoint compete with the pricier and racier models on test?

Wilier Rave SLR Ekar • £8,680 Nudging closer to road territory, can this Ekar bike cut it on the trails as well? We get our Rave on

Specialized S-Works Crux • £11,300 Okay, it doesn’t come cheap, but can the featherweight Crux live up to that price tag?

Trek Checkpoint SL 6 eTap • It’s versatile and cheaper, but is certainly no slouch when it comes to fast multi-terrain riding

THE SECRETS OF SOUPLESSE • Sculpting a smooth pedal stroke will electrify your performance – and boost your riding style. We reveal how to polish your pedal stroke like a pro

PAIN & GAIN • For some, riding a bike is far more than a hobby – it’s a means of managing chronic conditions and keeping pain at bay

THE WAITING GAME • Shortages and supply issues continue to afflict the bike industry, but when will things return to normal? And how can you beat it?

TALKING SHOP • Bristol-based Bomber Bikeworks is run by Greg Lancaster. Here, the “Bomber” reflects on how Covid and Brexit have affected him…

BOOM OR BUST? • Keith Noronha of Reynolds UK has overseen many a peak and trough. Here’s his take on the future…

Lusso Dryline Short Sleeve Baselayer!*

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

Brand-X Road Bike • £349 A proper road bike at an indecently low price?

Specialized S-Works Prevail II Vent MIPS helmet • £240 Lighter and cooler version of a classic

Cadex 36 Tubeless • £1099.99 (f), £1399.99 (r) Flyweight tubeless carbon rims

Sigma ROX 11.1 Evo • £170 Diminutive bike computer with plenty of data

Prime Primavera Shorty saddle • £119.99 Full-carbon unisex short perch at a great price

Rapha Pro Team LS Thermal • £150 Long-sleeve jersey from the ubiquitous Londoners

Le Col Pro Carbon • £250 Weight 520g Colours...