PLAIN AND GAIN

Cycling Plus gets stuck into the Ekoi Stone Circle, which is aiming to be the biggest gravel ride in the south of England

GUT INSTINCT

Pro cyclists now perform strategic ‘gut training' to boost their energy production, stomach comfort and athletic performance. We reveal how it could help you too

Hot air

Government's discourse around ULEZ has Laura wondering how to get cyclists’ argument across

Brooks B17

The traditional leather saddle has absorbed ups and downs for over 120 years and is still going strong

Inside man

Alex Dowseltt tells us about the unique rewards of indoor training

CHEEP THRILLS

With over 80 recognised sites, North Norfolk is practically one enormous bird reserve. Rob Ainsley rides Britain's best route for seeing them, whether you're expert twitcher, bird-curious, or just want a good ride...

River Cottage ramble

Warren Rossiter heads to Devon to talk to chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and awardwinning bike designer Darron Coppin of Sven Cycles about the custom bike they've created

Hot ticket

Rookie Anna Gardiner straps in for ride of her life at a scorching L'Étape du Tour, the world's biggest and arguably best mass participation event

SUPER WORLDS

Ably filling the Tour de France-shaped hole in our lives in early August, the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships were a triumph

ACE OF RACE

No matter which fiscal peloton you're riding in, it's fascinating to experience the technologies behind some of the world's liveliest bikes. We find out how three super-fast road bikes compare

Verbier

The Swiss Alps are home to some of the most exclusive ski resorts in the world.

Highways to Hell

Laura tries to get to the bottom of where National Highways' cycling budget has been going

Colnago C68 Allroad

Handcrafted superbike built to go anywhere

Resurfacing

Gravel bikes are keeping ex-pro Nicolas Roche busy in retirement

Spokes

Celebrating the long, thin, quiet revolutionaries of cycling tech. They're easily overlooked, but crucial...

11 Days in August

For the first time, a combined UCI Cycling World Championships will take place in Glasgow this August (3-13). We hear from athletes, coaches and pundits from across the world of cycle sport about a much-anticipated 11 days of action

WORLDS COLLIDE

Charlie Allenby heads up hill and down dale in a mixed-terrain taster of this September's first-ever Struggle Borderlands road and gravel weekender in Yorkshire

ERE Research Omnia CLR45

£999 Classy road-and-beyond carbon wheels

Sidi MTB Dust

£260 Italian kicks for XC and gravel with the brand's usual attention to detail

X EDUCATION

Eighty-five kilometres of Exmoor's finest tarmac. The latest in e-road tech. One ebike novice. Will he be converted to the electric cause in Somerset's wildest and windiest corner?

EYE OF THE STORM

The pandemic tipped an ailing British racing scene into crisis. As teams fold, budgets tighten and the calendar is squeezed, Cycling Plus examines how we got to this point and hopes for a resurgence

A BETTER PATH ?

After decades of inaction, the UK's cycle paths appear to be getting better. Len Williams learns about new design standards, and what more needs to be done

In the loop

We spend a short Swedish night circumnavigating Lake Vättern, in one of the world's biggest and oldest sportives

Zero to Hero

THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A RECOVERY PLAN THAT'LL SEE YOU RETURN STRONGER THAN EVER...

ZIPPIN' TO WORK

Short or long, on-road or off, there's a commuter-friendly ebike to suit. We look at four very different options for all journeys and budgets

SPARKY SPORTS BIKES

E-road bikes have seen a big jump in tech recently. We take three of the latest and greatest lightweight models out for a ride...

CYCLING PLUS EBIKE OF THE YEAR

Which of the latest turbo-charged performance and commuter bikes will be crowned the 2023 winners?

Iceland

Cycling the windswept volcanic outpost of Iceland is unlike anything else.

Trail behind

How come cyclists are excluded from so much rideable terrain in England and Wales?

Garmin

No longer do cyclists depend on locals for directions. We depend finding a recharging socket instead...