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…

Going for gold • Aurum Magma Zipp

Lean, keen & supreme • BMC Teammachine ALR Disc Two

Comfort and joy • Trek Domane+ LT 7

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COLD FACTS • John reacquaints himself with the joys of the winter ride, much to his surprise

STUBBLE & CO ROLL TOP • £105 Lightweight waterproof backpack

FOUR ESSENTIALS

ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS • A variety of rides in this most beautiful part of the country

SLIDING DAWES • So, farewell Dawes Galaxy. Is the touring bike an endangered species? Or will things go full cycle?

CHANGING OF THE GUARD • With the UK’s winters delivering much more rain than ice, we’ve selected four bikes for every budget to keep you riding outdoors through the dampest days

THE BIKES ON TEST…

TIFOSI CK7 CENTAUR • £1138.99 (£1099 + £39.99 for ’guards) Here comes the rain again

KINESIS TRIPSTER AT • £1910 (£1850 + £60 for ’guards) Gravel gets set for winter

CONDOR FRATELLO DISC • £2499.99 British steel for home-grown weather

RIBBLE ENDURANCE TI DISC • £3324 (£3299 + £25 for ’guards) Titanium for every day of the year

KINESIS TRIPSTER AT • This is a bike that will excel in all four seasons

BONT VAYPOR S HOLOGRAM

ORTLIEB BACK-ROLLER

VAUDE AQUABACK

NORTHWAVE CELSIUS R ARCTIC GTX

LEZYNE CONNECT SMART 1000XL/KTV PRO SMART PAIR LIGHTS

HJC VALECO HELMET

MINI PUMPS

FABRIC LINE-S PRO FLAT

CASTELLI CUBI JERSEY; SORPASSO ROS BIB TIGHTS

Specialized S-Works Aethos Dura-Ace Di2

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Power hour • Your daily lunchtime break is the perfect window for boosting your fitness, strength, flexibility and diet. We reveal how to transform a lunch from lazy to punchy

OUTSIDE BETS • Upgrade your lunchtime ride outdoors to enjoy maximum gains in minimum time

WELCOME IN THE NEW • Sampling new sports will refresh your mind and enhance your on-bike performance

LUNCH WITH A PUNCH • Get savvy in the kitchen to both save time and boost your energy before a lunchtime workout

GET A LEG UP • Enhance your leg strength and protect your muscles from injury by doing 3 sets of 8-12 reps of these easy bodyweight exercises at lunchtime

ZWIFT PROGRESS • If the weather is grim, or you don’t have long for lunch, training indoors will enable you to work at highly specific intensities

STOMACH FOR THE FIGHT • These simple pre-lunch core exercises will boost your performance the next time you ride

HEAD IN THE GAME • A well-earned mental break at lunchtime can be just as healthy as a blast of exercise

28MM TYRES • Wider tyres are taking over and you can see why with this lively dozen

HUTCHINSON FUSION 5 PERFORMANCE 11STORM

SPECIALIZED S-WORKS TURBO

MICHELIN POWER ROAD CLINCHER

BONTRAGER R3 HARD CASE LITE TLR 28MM

CHALLENGE PARIS-ROUBAIX TLR VULCANIZED 27MM

GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 TUBELESS

CONTINENTAL GRAND PRIX 5000 CLINCHER

PIRELLI P ZERO RACE TLR 28MM

CADEX RACE

CONTINENTAL GRAND PRIX 5000 TL 28MM

SCHWALBE PRO ONE TLE

VITTORIA CORSA TLR...