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.

FROM THE EDITOR…

HIGHLIGHTS…

THE ONLY BIKE BUYING ADVICE YOU CAN TRUST…

THE TECH TEAM PREVIEW THEIR ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS…

OUR AWARDS • Look out for our Best On Test award. We only give this to gear and bikes that really deserves your attention

Press to go Trek Domane+ • £5250 Power-assited go anywhere road machine

Austin Atto

Racing DNA Tresca TCA-1 • £1600 British-bred aluminium race machine

Perfect blend Boardman HYB 8.9 • £1100 Chris and co’s top-line hybrid bike

SHOOTOUT • Bargain battlers slug it out for the budget bike bulls-eye!

HUB

MOVER AND SHAKER • Love him or loathe him, Lance Armstrong is back - and quite possibly here to stay…

OAKLEY TOUR DE FRANCE JAWBREAKER • £195 Limited-edition technical eyewear

FOUR ESSENTIALS

YORKSHIRE • Make like the professionals and head to the dales for a taste of the UCI route

EVENT HORIZON • Dates for your diary from throughout the cycling world over the next few months

GHENT 6 DAY

PEDAL-O-METER • Sometimes the wind’s at your back, and at other times it’s all uphill

RIDING HIGH • The UCI Worlds confirm Yorkshire’s cycling status. Rob Ainsley hopes for a legacy beyond yellow bikes…

THE GREEN JERSEY, CLITHEROE • Eat, drink and be merry in this one-stop Lancashire hotspot for all things cycling…

RULES WE’D LIKE TO BREAK • Velominati’s ‘The Rules’ are a tongue-in-cheek primer to cycling that are often taken far too seriously. The BikeRadar Podcast decide which ones need ditching…

UP HILL, DOWN DALE • With a home-based Road World Championships in 2019, we look at the more affordable versions of the bikes the pros will be racing around Yorkshire

THE BIKES ON TEST…

CANYON AEROAD CF SL DISC 8.0 Di2 • £3889 A sleek-looking, racy contender that prioritises aerodynamics

SPECIALIZED TARMAC SL6 EXPERT • £4250 Light, nippy and capable, this well-equipped bike has a tiger in the tank

CANNONDALE SUPERSIX EVO FORCE ETAP AXS • £4799.99 Eleven years of fine tuning produces a versatile road machine

PINARELLO PRINCE FX • £5000 A more affordable incarnation of Team Ineos’ Dogma

BMC SLR02 DISC ONE • £5199 Meet the mean Teammachine

SPECIALIZED TARMAC SL6 EXPERT • Accelerative, agile and stable with amazing grip and compliance

SWIFTCARBON RACEVOX • A bike that aims to tick all the boxes

BONTRAGER AEOLOUS PRO 3V TLR • £549.99(F) £649.99(R) Super-wide lightweight road wheels

HEAD TO HEAD

CATEYE PADRONE DIGITAL • £79.99 Cateye computer goes all Bluetooth-y

POCKET FRIENDLY MULTI-TOOLS • £22.99 – £49.99 Maximal multi-tools for when more is better

STAGES POWER L CARBON • £569 Enter Stage(s) left

SCICON AEROCOMFORT GLASSES • £219 Bag masters expand to eyewear

DMT KR1 KNIT SHOES • £310 Get knitted

EVERVE ME BIB SHORTS & ONE JERSEY

SAVE 30% • SUBSCRIBE & CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO AMAZING LEZYNE LIGHTS!

Climber VS Descender • Can expert descending make up for climbing shortcomings, and vice versa? We head to the Swiss Alps to find out…

BARS, STEMS & SEATPOSTS • We test 10 sets of bars, stems and...