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.

Ed’s letter • Issue 402 ● March 2023

Cycling Plus

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THE HUB GEAR OPINION RIDES

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

Kids’ cycling kit • An array of tech, clothing and inspiration for young riders

Making your mark • How global adventurer Mark Beaumont is finding new challenges closer to home

Christiania Bikes • Cargo-bike trendsetters from Copenhagen who changed the international school run

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

Many happy returns • Cycling uptake won’t magically happen. It needs big investment

Moots Routt RSL • £16,101 A very special gravel superbike from the experienced bike builders in Steamboat Springs

Outer Hebrides

The route

The Bike Test INFLATION BEATERS • Four budget-friendly road bikes battle it out for supremacy

Need to know • Budget bikes have had less of a price hike than those at the top end, so there’s still good value to be had…

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test

Carrera Zelos • £375 Super-budget drop-bar disc-brake bike from Halfords

Triban RC120 • £399.99 Flanders-designed all-rounder for maximum bang for your buck

Marin Fairfax 2 • £665 Flat-bar all-rounder with a wide range of gears and hydraulic brakes

Mango DO.GG 1X • £689.99 Steel commuter bike with a skinny steel frame, 1x gearing and hydraulic brakes

The winner is… Marin Fairfax 2 • Great comfort, excellent gearing and fantastic brakes

Cycling Plus x HUUB kit TEAM KIT 2023 • Introducing the exciting Cycling Plus x HUUB kit, available for you to buy now!

BEST YEAR EVER! • FEEL FITTER, FRESHER AND STRONGER ON THE BIKE IN 2023 WITH OUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO REFRESHING YOUR TRAINING AND REINVIGORATING YOUR DIET IN THE NEW YEAR

UP UP UP • Bikeradar.com’s Jack Evans laces up the crampons for three days of mountain climbing at the first-ever Haute Route Davos

High roller • Four-time Haute Router James Lawler, 49, from Bedford offers his proven multi-day advice

Stop at nothing • A sound routine makes for happy riders, but what happens when life forces us to shift gear? We meet three cyclists who had to rethink their riding when their situations changed

SUBSCRIBER CLUB

Riden & Rated • The UK’s best tests for over 30 year

Merida Scultura 9000 • £5,950 Ultegra Di2-equipped speedster

Cannondale Hollowgram R45 • £899 Wheels that perform above their pay grade

Garmin Varia RCT715 • £349.99 Light, radar, video: the RCT715 has it all

iGPSport iGS630 Computer • £149.99 Good-value for device best for road rides

Kask Sintesi • £90 Multi-discipline option from the Italians

Shootout – Gravel boots

Fizik Artica GTX Tempo • £249.99 Winter warming footwear

Altura Grid Parka • £155 A very wearable wet-weather commuter jacket

Zooz Urban Ultralight 250 • £2,100 Stylish urban ebike with a classic BMX twist

Rear Lights • £52 – £88.95...