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…

The Big Picture

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

After the gold rush • Mark Ruskell MSP ponders what a fitting legacy to the brilliant Glasgow Worlds looks like

Het Kuipke • The legendary Belgian velodrome has been wowing crowds at the Six Days of Ghent for almost a century

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

Licence to kill • How can our justice system change to improve cyclist safety?

Cipollini Ago • £7,800 Italian sprint legend gets dirty, with a carbon monocoque gravel bike

Alta Badia, Italy

The route

GOING FOR GLORY • We try out a trio of mid-tier racing bikes to find out what features you can expect and which bike offers the most bang for your 2023 buck

Need to know • Read on to find out what you should expect for your money when buying a bike at this high level

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test • Say hello to our trio of mid-priced road superbikes

Scott Addict RC 40 • £4,449 An impressive race bike featuring a Shimano 105 Di2 groupset

Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 8 Di2 • £6,199 Is this the Ultimate race-bike frameset?

Argon 18 Sum Pro Force eTap AXS • £7,500 Rapid performance shines through, but not without flaw

Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 8 Di2 • A steed well worthy of being called a budget superbike…

THE FAST SHOW • The Tour de France peloton is taming the world’s greatest cycling race in speeds never seen before even in its darkest doping days. But how?

BACK ON TRACK • South London’s Herne Hill Velodrome has come through existential crises to become a major talent-development hub and an invaluable community asset

Story of a cycling institution

WILD COUNTRY • Cycling Plus’ workshop manager Will Poole has to handle mechanicals galore during his much-delayed ride at the Salsa Frontier 300, a British gravel coast-to-coast event

SALSA FRONTIER 300: 2023 AND BEYOND

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

Ribble Gravel SL Pro • £4,949 Lancashire-designed rough-stuff speedster

Mavic Cosmic SLR 45 • £2,000 Easy-to-live-with tubeless wheels

Rapha Pro Team Lace Up • £245 Rapha gives its top-end shoes the lace-up treatment

Electrolyte mixes • Pop a serving in your bottle to help boost hydration and performance on long rides

Prime Primavera 44RD • £899.99 Good-value, brawny all-round carbon wheelset

Shootout – Chamois creams

Tyre levers • £4.99-£17.99 Which of these essentials is best?

Vello Rocky • £1,590 Clever, folding, classy commuter

FAST ROAD TYRES • Want to transfer your ride from a dull to a fast one? We test eight tubeless tyres on the road and at the Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub to find the best speedy slicks

Fast tyres on test • Our Silverstone stint explained, plus what to look for when going road tubeless

Pirelli P Zero Race TLR • £78.99 Weight 310g (700 x 28c) Sizes 700 x 26, 28, 30, 32, 35,...