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…

THE UK’S BEST TESTS FOR OVER 25 YEARS

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

Italian job • Condor Super Acciaio Disc

High flyer • Wilier Triestina Cento10 hybrid

Blast from the past • The Light Blue Parkside

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OFF THE CHARTS • Tom Pidcock’s big mountain-bike breakthrough is collapsing the idea of the specialist

SPOKE BULLETPROOF & STORM TROUSERS • £135/£145 Get back to work in style

FOUR ESSENTIALS

STAFFORD • A friendly town in the heart of England for easy rural access

HOW TO TRAIN • Railways offer our best way of travelling with bikes now the future’s here, says Rob Ainsley

THE HUB, REDBOURN • Visit this bijou cycling cafe in the green and pleasant Chiltern Hills for great coffee and banter

IN PURSUIT OF SPEED • Going fast on a bike is one of the greatest thrills around. But does speed ensure less comfort and usability? We test four slippery carbon race bikes from Cannondale, Felt, Scott and Vitus to find out

THE BIKES ON TEST…

VITUS ZX-1 EVO CRS ULTEGRA DI2 • £3999 Is the Evo the ultimate affordable aero road bike?

CANNONDALE SYSTEMSIX HI-MOD ETAP AXS • £10,500 The newest incarnation of a modern American classic

FELT AR ULTEGRA DI2 • £6299 Stiffer, more aerodynamic and with an angle-adjustable seatpost

SCOTT FOIL 10 • £5949 Aero bike with hydraulic discs and internal cabling

CANNONDALE SYSTEMSIX HI-MOD ETAP AXS • This American flyer is as good as it gets…

ZIPP 303 FIRECREST

HEAD TO HEAD: ROAD HELMETS

ENVE G SERIES GRAVEL BAR

RUDY PROJECT CENTRAL +

FIZIK VENTO INFINITO CARBON 2

SUNGOD VELANS

HUUB KALEIDOSCOPE SHORT SLEEVE JERSEY & BIB SHORT

ENERGY BARS & GELS • £1-£2 Fuel your long rides and races

Moots Routt 45 • £5600 (frameset only) Premium gravel titanium from Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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OPTIMUS PRIMOŽ • Primož Roglič bounced back from heartbreak at the 2020 Tour de France to win two huge races, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Vuelta a España. We unlock the secrets of his resilience

HOW TO BOUNCE BACK • Clinical sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson reveals how to overcome a cycling setback

The future is now • Wireless and electronic gearing has always been just for the wealthiest riders and the spendiest superbikes. Now SRAM hopes to change all that with the all-new Rival AXS…

Nine reasons you need AXS • It’s predicted that Rival AXS is going to shake up the groupset market. Here are nine fine reasons why you might want to welcome a new era in groupsets

The inside story of Rival AXS • JP McCarthy, SRAM’s road product manager and Paul Cantor, director of road at SRAM, talk through the evolution of Rival AXS and where shifting is heading in the future

GRAVEL SHOES • We test the top gravel shoes for tackling trail and tarmac, with a guide to what to look for

FIVE THINGS TO CONSIDER… • All you need to know before buying gravel shoes

LAKE MX176 • Affordable shoes that balance...