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 TE AM 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

Power ride • Ribble Endurance SL

Cervélo Áspero Apex

A sharper ride • Devinci Hatchet Carbon GRX LTD

Electric dreams • Carrera Crossroad E

SHOOTOUT • Steel and aluminium single-ring gravellers grind it out

CRAZY TALK

HAPPY RETURNS? • Chris Froome’s return from injury against the odds could be one of the stories of the 2020 season

GREEN OIL ECO RIDER DELUXE PACK

FOUR ESSENTIALS

PETERSFIELD & SOUTH DOWNS • Perfect for mountain bikers and roadies alike

TOP GEAR • It’s bargain clothes time in the budget supermarkets. Rob Ainsley is celebrating spring…

THE COMMUTE, ILKLEY • This West Yorkshire cafe provides sustenance to road and gravel riders exploring the local terrain

SPORTIVES AND GRAN FONDOS • Every issue, Cycling Plus writers take a subject and debate their top five. This month, we look ahead to the summer with our favourite organised rides from around the world

WHEELS OF STEEL • Road bikes and road-biased all-rounders made of the oldest of bike-building materials… steel!

THE BIKES ON TEST…

CINELLI VIGORELLI • £1499.99 The criterium-inspired Vigorelli bigs up the colour purple…

SPA CYCLES ELAN 725 • £1999 Reynolds 725-framed all-rounder with custom-specified kit

THE LIGHT BLUE DARWIN TWO WAY STREET • £2054.99 Steel-framed, steel-forked, do-anything all-rounder

GENESIS VOLARE 853 • £2615 Brit-designed, pro-team inspired, Reynolds 853-framed flyer

ALL CITY ZIG ZAG • £2750 The US company adds disc brakes in its evolution of its Mr Pink

ALL CITY ZIG ZAG • Striking all-rounder cuts a very dashing figure

MICHE GUARNITURA ATTIVA

LOOK GEO TREKKING VISION

MICHELIN POWER ALL SEASON

PACKABLE GILETS • £34.99 – £119.99 All-season sleeveless friend

DT SWISS GR1600 SPLINE

XPLOVA X3

FIZIK ARTICA X5

GIRO CHRONO EXPERT JERSEY & BIBS

ISADORE BIBS, LEG WARMERS, BASE LAYER & JERSEY

Mason Bokeh Ti GRX Di2 • £6195 Dom Mason’s British-designed, Italian-manufactured titanium adventure bike

Power Plants • Giving up meat could boost your health and help save the planet, but can a plant-based diet really fuel a hungry cyclist? We explore the rise of vegetarian and vegan diets, and reveal how they could help to maximise your performance.

10 OF THE BEST… SADDLES • We all dream of time in the saddle, but could you be sitting more comfortably?

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Better by bike • Cycling has the power to save the world, but not without assessing and slashing the environmental impact of production and delivery. We investigate the sustainability issues and the innovators who are riding toward a greener future…

GRAVEL WARS • We hit the highlands in January to see just how extreme you can go on a gravel bike

THE WHITE STUFF • The stunning hills of southern Tuscany, fortified by strade bianche gravel roads,...