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.

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

Go figure The 2023 Tour de France in numbers

Christmas Gift Ideas • Need some pressie inspiration? Here are 11 Yuletide options

Board Games • Chris Boardman still finds new ways to enjoy life on two wheels

Lotus 108 • Groundbreaking masterpiece of the one-off bike-design pioneer Mike Burrows, who died in August

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

Giant Propel • £11,499 This sleek aero road bike is now just about as light as UCI racing regs allow

Back to school • Laura ponders how we can get more kids riding to school

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The Route

WONDERFUL 105s • We test four road bikes with Shimano’s much loved and great-value mechanical groupset and see which one comes out on top

Need to know • Shimano’s venerable 105 groupset has been the powerhouse of performance road cycling for well over a decade, offering Dura-Ace and Ultegra trickle-down tech for less. Here’s the latest on the ‘people’s groupset’

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test…

Giant Contend SL Disc 1 • £1,649 Easy to ride, good value and with upgrade potential

Canyon Endurace AL 7 • £1,699 The gateway to race bike performance doesn’t need to be carbon

Scott Addict 30 • £2,349 Excitement and riding ease combine in this excellent endurance bike

Trek Emonda SL 5 Disc • £2,700 A race bike for the mountains

Scott Addict 30 • The Addict proves the most consummate of all-rounders

Christmas cracker • Embrace all the fun and freedom of Christmas while swerving the season’s health-busting pitfalls with our festive blueprint for enjoying your most cycling-friendly Yule yet

400 KM ON 400 POUND BIKES • Our 400th issue demanded a route fit for a king. John Whitney and Matt Baird strap in for the long haul on a road version of the King Alfred’s Way

BESPOKED 22 • Britain’s biggest handmade bike show, Bespoked, returns for an 11th edition, this time in London’s Olympic velodrome. We reveal our favourite designs…

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

Giant TCR Advanced Pro 2 Disc • £3,499 Value-packed race machine

Roval Alpinist CLX II • £2,500 Transformative ride quality, but at a price

Knog Scout • £49.99 Stealthy bike alarm and tracker

BikeStow Stance £69

Jack Wolfskin Tourer Halfzip Print T £70

KS Rage-iS Dropper Seatpost • £160 Suspension and dropper in one

Thule Paramount £150

Van Rysel Photochromic HD RoadR 920 £64.99

Specialized Tone • £65 Stylish MIPS-equipped urban helmet

Ridden & Rated ● Shootout – Large seatpacks

Oakley ARO3 MIPS • £153 Solid protection, multiple colours and modern looks

7mesh Seton Jersey & MK3 Cargo Bib Tight • £170, £200 Tough Canadian clobber for cool days

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