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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THE HUB GEAR OPINION RIDES

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

Go figure The month in numbers

Go-faster gear • 10 buys to increase your road-riding speed

Novel ideas • Phil Cavell’s book The Midlife Cyclist was a hit in 2021. Here he picks up the story since publication

Round the world • The ultimate cycle adventure is commonplace now, and it’s mostly the Brits who do it in a hurry

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

FiftyOne Bikes Assassin • £5,450 Gravel goodness with adjustable geometry, handcrafted in Dublin

Railing at the trains • Travelling with your bike on a train is a uniquely stressful experience

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CAN YOU HAVE IT ALL? • We test three £1.8k bikes that are aimed at all-road versatility to find out if we can, at long last, declutter the bike shed

Bike tech explained • Your quickfire guide to bike jargon

Bikes on test • Say hello to our trio of £1,800 do-it-all bikes

Ribble CGR AL Enthusiast • £1,799 ’Cross and Gravel and Road. Really?

Surly Straggler Sora • £1,799.99 Surly’s slim steel Straggler shines

Trek Domane AL 4 Disc • £1,800 When is a road bike not a road bike?

Ribble CGR AL Enthusiast • The Ribble’s ambitious multi-disciplinary frameset gives it the edge

THE Z FACTOR • Tom Pidcock has done the business on the road and off it in recent years, but he’s just the tip of the British talent iceberg. Meet six starlets of Generation Z who could be targeting victories in the biggest bike races over the next decade

Bake back control • Chef Hannah Grant is back with a new cyclists’ cookbook that might change your perception of cake forever

Overtaken by events • With pandemic shutdowns, inflation and Brexit, the UK cycling sportive and holiday industry has been dealt heavy blows over the past three years. Now, as the world opens for business again, we hear from organisers as they consider what cyclists want in a much-changed landscape

CYCLING PLUS

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

Pinnacle Arkose X • £2,249 Value-packed, capable graveller

Giro Aries Spherical • £289.99 Lightweight premium road lid

Shimano RX600 • £159.99 Tough gravel all-rounders with good grip and excellent comfort

Roval Rapide CL II • £1,500 High-performance wheels that really deliver

Oxford Products Aqua Evo bags • £19.99/£54.99 Budget bento and seatpack for bikepacking

Ridden & Rated ● Shootout – Commuter helmets

Panaracer Agilest TLR • £59.99 Quality lightweight road tyres

Assos outfit • UMA GT Spring/Fall LS Jersey £130 UMA GT Spring/Fall Half Knickers C2 £130

Superstrata Classic • $2,800 3D-printed, crowd-funded carbon

GO-FASTER GAINS • Want to ride quicker and save money? Of course you do. Here we gain exclusive assess to the Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub’s wind tunnel to find the best wind-cheating products and body-position...