Welcome to the new issue of Cyclist. If, like me, you’re a Game Of Thrones fan, you’ll know that ‘winter is coming’. But a variation on that phrase is actually playing on my mind a little more.....

Gripping Stuff The humble tyre has a big effect on your bike’s performance – and it’s getting bigger.

Seeing The Light Cyclist heads to the mighty slopes of Mont Ventoux to put three bikes with climbing pretensions through their paces.

South Pacific The tropical island of Tahiti isn’t the first place you’d think of going to for a sportive, but it makes perfect sense to Bernard Hinault and hundreds of riders from all over the world.

Heart of The Alps

The Cormet de Roselend is a state of the Tour deFrance

Italian Dream. 

Discover Europe's Most Beautiful Climb

GIANT'S NEW SUPERBIKE MEET THE UPDATED PROPEL MORE AERO THAT EVER

Switzer;land's greatest climb

Switchbacks, stunning views and even cobbles - this one has it all

Glorious Greece - Discover stunning climbs and coastlines in this cycling hideaway.

Triple Crown winner Stephen Roche.

How to mastermind a perfect TdF route.

New bikes from Cannondale and Factor..

exclusive interview David Miller : The Scottish former pro was in the UAE recently
to plug a series of cycling tours he is running
with the Jumeirah hotel group in Mallorca and
right here in the Middle East. Cyclist hopped on
his wheel up Jebel Jais...

Ride Ajman race preview, Behind the scenes at the Dubai tour, Alex Dowsett: "I want the hour record"...

Abu Dhabi Tour: Two Abu Dhabi Tours in six months? We really are spoilt here in the UAE, aren’t we? This one though is a little different – it’s the first with WorldTour status, meaning there’s more at stake for the pros. It’ll also be your first chance to see the  Country’s first pro team, UAE Abu
Dhabi, in action, Lifting the lid : Helmet tech has come a long way in a very short time, and they were only made compulsory at proevents in 2003. But what does the future hold for
the lids that guard our noggins?...

The roads aren’t known for being that friendly towards cyclists so we trained mainly on  e Pearl, doing the loop when there weren’t any other races on. I also trained solo, north of Doha......

Looking at the futuristic aesthetics of Rapha’s new Pro Team Flyweight glasses, you wouldn’t think they are actually inspired by 1920s aviator goggles.....

Shark Composites is a British brand that focuses on frames, and they have a decent pedigree: 17-year-old Team GB rider Adam Hartley broke the UK 10 mile TT record on the Attack.......

COVER STORY Abu Dhabi Tour: The pros head to the UAE capital for the second
Abu Dhabi Tour, a race set over four stages that
will take in the country’s sand dunes, plush
skyscrapers, mountains and Formula One track.
And Team Sky sprinter Elia Viviani tells Cyclist
what his hopes are for the race this year...

The Chain Effect : If you live in, or regularly visit, Beirut, you’ll know
the Lebanese city is notorious for its traffic jams.
But a group of cyclists is trying to change all that,
by using graffiti to persuade motorists to ditch
their cars for two wheels...

And now, the end is near – well, it is for a couple of months. Cyclist is going on an extended café break until September, thanks to the arrival of summer in the GCC. It’s fair to say that June, July and August aren’t the busiest months on the calendar here...

The humble lock is one of the most boring, yet essential, purchases a cyclist has to make. But Aussie company Knog have made some that look so good, we wouldn't blame some people for wanting to, well, you know, steal them. Knog is a company we've featured before....

What’s stopping you? Want to ride faster? It’s a safe bet that a few things are stopping you, namely wind, friction and resistance (the former we face in the UAE pretty much every day we ride). Discover how you can get more aero and save time, Geraint Thomas : Cyclist sits down with the Team Sky rider and looks back at his career so far, finds out why he got sent on a gruelling training ride with Bradley Wiggins when he was a misbehaving teenager and learns just how hard the Tour De France is...

Airide cycling chamois here’s little worse than an uncomfortable chammy, but finding the right fit can be a battle of epic proportions – which is why we’re so excited about Airide. Dubbed 'the next generation of cycling chamois pad', this genius invention aims to counter the move towards ever-firmer saddles, geared more at promoting aerodynamics than comfort. Designed in collaboration with the University Of Bolton Institute For Materials Research, and using 3D breathable spacer fabric, the makers of Airide claim it can turn even the most rigid carbon fibre saddle into a squashy, air sprung mattress for your rear.

I wonder if I’m hallucinating, but I’m certainly enjoying the climb, before the
summit finally arrives after a series of false flats and short, red-herring descents. By this
point we’re shrouded in cloud and it’s cold, with the threat of 4pm rain coming good.

The watt was named after Scottish scientist James Watt back in 1882, but the British Association
For The Advancement Of Science probably weren’t thinking about how they would eventually help
cyclists ride faster, when they honoured the man who also helped develop the steam engine.

Cyclist Middle East: Forget the pro-peloton, the annual race through one of the seven emirates is all about the amateurs and there's a brand new route to tackle this year.The new route is all smooth and on residential roads that at 6am on a Friday morning should be nice and quiet. Its a technical course with a few more climbs this year

Cyclist Middle East
COVER STORY
The Abu Dhabi Tour
The emirate's inaugural Tour takes place
October 8 to 11 and will feature some of the
sport's biggest names and cover 555km over
four stages. And you can ride the route as well.

Inside youll find performance advice from top experts, detailed reviews of the best road bikes and technology available in todays market, plus exclusive access to some of the best professional teams on the planet. Cyclist also looks the part, mixing in-depth articles with breathtaking imagery from the sports best photographers.

December 2017

November 2017

October 2017

September 2017

June 2017

April 2017

March 2017

February 2017

January 2017

December 2016

November 2016

October 2016

September 2016

June 2016

May 2016

April 2016

A celebration of adventure and exploration, plus the kit that makes road cycling so special, Cyclist explores the world’s best routes and takes readers behind the doors of the sport’s most iconic brands. Inside you’ll find performance advice from top experts, detailed reviews of the best road bikes and technology available in today’s market, plus exclusive access to some of the best professional teams on the planet. Cyclist also looks the part, mixing in-depth articles with breathtaking imagery from the sport’s best photographers.

1. You agree that the use of Magzter.com, the application and its services, are at solely at your own risk. Neither Magzter.com nor its associates nor employees nor third party content providers guarantee that the service will be completely uninterrupted or error-free or foolproof against miscreant activities. Nor do they warranty that you will get the exact results as expected or promised by the website or product.

11. THE SERVICE AND ALL PUBLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE' BASIS. MAGZTER, ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND AGENTS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER MAGZTER NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS OR AGENTS, MAKES ANY WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (III) THE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR THAT MAY BE CONTAINED IN THE PUBLICATIONS WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (IV) THE QUALITY OF ANY PUBLICATIONS OR THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING RELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AND YOUR DEVICE. MAGZTER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INABILITY TO DOWNLOAD CONTENT. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MAGZTER OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.

2. You will maintain and promptly update that information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including the selection and use of all content and services.

2.You will maintain and promptly update that information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including the selection and use of all content and services.

3. In no event will Magzter.com or any person or entity or third party involved in the creation, production and distribution of the content on the website and the application be liable in contract or legally for any damages, including and not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, special, and consequential incurred to you while or on using Magzter.com. By registering on the website or downloading the application, you agree that the provisions mentioned in this section shall apply to all use of and content on the website and the application.

3. Without prior written or authorised permission from Magzter, you should not modify, copy, distribute or sell any content obtained from Magzter as everything published here is the proprietary property of Magzter or its licensors. As such unauthorised use may also violate applicable laws including copyright and trademark laws, Magzter strictly prohibits these and will terminate your access and account if any such illegal activity is proved or detected. You should also stand liable for the damages caused by these unauthorised activities. Except as permitted by the Publication's lawful owner, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading Publications accessed through the Service. Except as explicitly required under copyright law or permitted by the features of the Service you may not modify, reverse engineer, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works of, or in any way commercially exploit or provide to a third party the content of the App, the Publications, or any portion of them without the express permission of Magzter and the owner of such content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Magzter or Magzter's licensors.

5. You specifically acknowledge that Magzter.com is not liable for any kind of defamatory or offensive or illegal conduct of other users or third parties or their content and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with you.

8. Magzter reserves all rights to monitor the content published and inputted by you for the purpose of determining whether you are compliant with these terms and conditions and other operating rules determined by Magzter. Magzter has the right to take decisions about the content and delete them at its own will.

9. Magzter is a distributor and NOT a publisher of the Publications and so Magzter has no editorial control over the content, including opinions, advice, statements, services, offers etc., that is represented in the magazines. So Magzter will not take responsibility for the accuracy or the reliability for any information or facts provided therein or that is made available through the service, by anyone other than authorised Magzter employees who are acting on their official capacities. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered by the Service, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of Magzter. Magzter will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the Service or from the Publications. The Service may contain links to other Internet sites and third-party resources and Magzter does not assume any responsibility or liability for communications or materials available at such linked sites. These links are provided for your convenience only. You are solely responsible for understanding any terms and conditions that may apply when you visit or place an order through a third-party site.

Details of the objectionable content, including its link on our platform

Download your favorite titles and read them offline, anytime and anywhere

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines and newspapers from thousands of best-selling titles.

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines from thousands of best-selling titles.

Gift your loved ones with a Magzter Gift Card instantly and give them the freedom to read their favorite magazines from {{magCount}} best-selling international titles.

Girish Ramdas is the Co-founder and CEO of Magzter, a New York based startup that has been making waves in the global digital publishing business. Magzter has crossed 80 million users since its inception in 2011 from more than 150+ countries with 1000s of magazines, newspapers and books from more than 4,500 publishers worldwide. He has more than 25 years of experience in cross-platform publishing, including print, mobile, and Web development. During this period, he has co-founded and run three successful start-up businesses. He has enabled magazine companies to go digital and helps them monetize their content across the digital world. Girish's deep industry experience in online, mobile and publishing ecosystems has made him an expert in acquisition, marketing and monetizing digital content across platforms globally.

In the event that you encounter any objectionable content on our platform, we have put in place a grievance redressal policy to address your concerns.

Magzter Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared. Please read the following privacy policy (the “Policy”) to learn more about our privacy practices. By visiting any of the websites operated by the Company, and any sub-domains thereof, or using any of our mobile applications and other methods of content distribution (collectively, the “Service”), you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Policy, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the following ways.

Magzter Inc. is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 80 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

Magzter is committed to providing a safe and secure platform for our users. Please note that Magzter is merely a platform for publishers to distribute their content. We do not control or endorse the content published on our platform. We cannot be held responsible for the actions of our publishers or their content.

Magzter is not responsible for compensating any party that has suffered damages or incurred costs due to any content, or part of the content, that violates their rights. Magzter is not liable to face any legal action in civil court for any violation of rights caused by any content, or part of the content, that infringes the rights of a third party.

Magzter offers the world’s largest {{allyoucanread}} subscription service called {{gold}} which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

Magzter offers the world’s largest “All-You-Can-Read” subscription service called Magzter GOLD which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

Name

Note: This will only share the cover and the publication information, but not the content.

Please fill out this form if you need any help regarding publishing your content on Magzter

Prior to Magzter, he was the President of Dot Com Infoway (DCI) and Galatta Media. His duties included strategic marketing, partnership development, and monetizing content globally. DCI grew from a small team of 3 in 2000 to 300 by 2011 and was dealing with web, software and app development for clients globally.

Since we launched, Magzter has been committed to partnering with global organizations to provide the greatest possible newsstand technology & service to our customers. Whether you are looking to offer magazine subscriptions to your customer database or just want to learn more, Magzter is committed to helping your business grow. To find out more, please fill out the questionnaire below:

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

This Policy covers Company’s treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information about you and your computer or device that Company gathers when you are accessing the Service. We may collect Personal Information from you, as explained in more detail below, and we use this Personal Information internally in connection with our Services, including to personalize, provide, and improve our products, services, content, and advertising, and to allow you to set up a user account and profile, to contact you, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to analyze how you use the Services. In certain cases, we may also share some Personal Information with third parties, but only as described in point 4.

This title is included with your Magzter GOLD subscription

To analyze the quality of content and provide appropriate feedback to publishers

We have designated a Grievance Officer to address any complaints related to objectionable content.

We request that any complaint related to objectionable content be sent to the Grievance Officer through email to the above-mentioned email address. We also request that you provide the following details when making a complaint:

and the App that provides you the capability to order, subscribe to and receive the delivery of various magazines, books, news and magazine and publication related content (collectively known as 'Publications') and to have these digital versions of the Publications delivered to you

c. We also collect information associated with your use of the application in order to make personalized recommendations. If you provide your third-party account credentials to us, you understand some content and/or information in those accounts (“Third Party Account Information”) may be transmitted into your account with us if you authorize such transmissions, and that Third Party Account Information transmitted to the Service is covered by this Policy.

f. The Personal Information we collect allows us to respond to your requests, improve our products and services, customize the advertising and content you see, and communicate with you about new products.

is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 87 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

n. We will also use usage information in order to ensure users adhere to our Terms of Use. For example, a user’s usage information will help us confirm that a user only downloads a magazine or other content a permitted number of times or to a permitted number of devices.

which gives digital readers unlimited access to 8,500+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

{{magzter}} is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 87 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

Cyclist Middle East Magazine - May 2016

Cyclist Middle East Magazine - May 2016

In this issue

Cyclist Middle East Magazine Description: