In this issue

CYCLING IS CHANGING
The future of what, where and how we ride

GERAINT’S GIRO HEARTBREAK
INEOS LEADER DENIED SECOND GRAND TOUR WIN ON PENULTIMATE STAGE

Geraint Thomas rues 'frustrating' end to Giro d'Italia

Ineos Grenadiers rider led by 26 seconds going into the penultimate stage but ended up 14 seconds behind Primož Roglič

3 mins

Charlie Quarterman: Giro diary

The Corratec rider on rest-day lurgy and Grand Tour finisher’s pride

2 mins

Ben Swift: It was the one of the hardest Grand Tours

British rider was seen on the front throughout Geraint Thomas's push for pink, and experienced the Giro's unrelenting pain

3 mins

JOE LAVERICK: How to almost win bike race a

It may not be eight days, nor a UCI race, but Ireland's Rás Tailteann is going strong - and boy it was an experience. I spent the week 'on loan' with Foyle CC. Racing on teams of five, there were three members of the Foyle club as well as me and Commonwealth Games medallist Finn Crockett.

2 mins

British Cycling bans transgender riders from female category

Two new policies covering competitive and non-competitive trans and non-binary participation come after a nine-month review process

2 mins

RISE OF THE MACHINES

With artificial intelligence creeping into more and more areas of our sport, James Shrubsall sets out to find out how it's changing cycling and what we can expect in the future

8 mins

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

British Cycling replaced all four track head coaches last year. With a home World Champs and then Olympics fast approaching, Tom Davidson finds out how they're getting on

8 mins

Specialized Allez goes disc only

US company's longest-running production road bike has waved goodbye to rim brakes

4 mins

Apple Watch Ultra £849

The Apple Watch Ultra is designed to be rugged and features a screen constructed from sapphire glass, which apparently is second only to diamonds in terms of its 'hardness'. A bold claim, but one substantiated through our experience. The watch is also dustproof and waterproof to 40m.

1 min

Amazfit Falcon £499

Amazfit is a smartwatch company based in Hong Kong which specialises in fitness wearables. The Falcon features a titanium body, a 42mm sapphire crystal touchscreen, four buttons and liquid silicone strap. We used the buttons rather than the touchscreen when wearing gloves and they performed well.

1 min

Garmin Forerunner 225 £299

The Forerunner 255 is the cheapest watch on test, and by some margin. Naturally something has to give, and when it comes to the 255 it's the lack of any mapping.

1 min

Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar £549

Garmin’s near range-topping Forerunner 955 is not so much an activity tracker as a complete wrist-based diagnostics tool. Aside from tracking your riding, running or whatever activity you wish to partake in, the GPS watch measures a staggering amount of data, via light reflection, to feed back on your recovery, health, training readiness, optimal training zones, stress levels and more. You can also add the altimeter, barometer, compass, pulse oxidation, respiration, sunrise and sunset times, music player controls, race calendar and more.

1 min

Coros Apex 2 Pro £499

The most striking benefit of the Apex 2 Pro is its incredible battery life. Coros claims 30 days of regular use per battery charge, equating to 75 hours of GPS-enabled activity – it only needed charging twice in two months of use.

1 min

GIRO GASTRONOMY: A FEAST FIT FOR A GRAND TOUR AFTER-PARTY

To celebrate an action-packed, albeit unpredictable Giro, chef Hannah Grant lays on a carb-crammed Italian spread

7 mins

MY TRAINING SPACE: David Rhead

I used to store all my bikes and kit inside the house, but as I was amassing more and more, my wife’s tolerance was getting stretched. Shopping around for garden rooms, I was being quoted prices of over £20,000, and I thought, ‘Hang on a minute, I can build this myself ’. So in 2016 that’s what I did – for about a quarter of that cost.

1 min

Bob Jackson Audax Club

Popular classic from a Leeds brand that was big in America

1 min

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Published by Time Inc. (UK). Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market. It is the best source of breaking international and UK news, race reportage, reliable fitness advice, trustworthy product reviews and inspirational features for British cyclists. Always a great read, Cycling Weekly inspires you to ride your bike more!