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.

WELCOME…

The Big Picture

Stuck Record? • Campagnolo are set to phase out the Record name after 62 years

Cervélo Soloist • The 2002 bike that the Italian brand’s reputation was built on is far from dead and gone

PEDAL-O-METER • WHAT’S SPINNING ALONG AT SPEED AND WHAT’S CRASHING OUT THIS MONTH?

‘We need to kill the derailleur hanger’ • Warren Rossiter says it’s high time we embraced UDH and binned bespoke hangers

Continental Terra Adventure tyre • £54.95 Genre-blurring gravel tyre that prioritises superior grip and puncture resistance over speed

Colnago V5Rs Ultegra Di2 • £8,999.99 The brand’s lightest frame yet, and it’s aero at the same time

AHEAD OF THE PACK • Bruce Dalton finds out more about HJC Sports’ new FURION 3 aero road helmet, as used by Team TotalEnergies Pro Cycling

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE • Britain’s best-selling cycling magazine will come through your letterbox as if by magic every month if you become a subscriber. And it’s much cheaper than buying it in the shops. It’s a win-win!

Features • A deeper dive into the two-wheeled world in all its glory

MANX MISSION • Charlie Allenby tries his luck at the 2024 Gran Fondo Isle of Man, in its last year as the UK’s only qualifying round for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

OLD BUT GOLD • THE VENERABLE TECH THAT PRO ROAD RACERS STILL RELY ON

GREAT SCOTT! • How Switzerland’s Scott rolled back the years and produced their lightest, fastest frameset ever

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Ridden & Rated • THE UK’s best tests for over 30 years

Oakley Velo Kato glasses • £271 Pushing the boundaries of eyewear design

4iiii Precision 3+ Pro power meter • £1,259.99 Accurate and easy to use but with one notable flaw

The Bike Test SUMMIT SEEKERS • A duo of similarly priced lightweight bikes battle it out for supremacy on the climbs and beyond

Orbea Orca M20i Team • £5,999 Feathery, fast and firm, the Orca is a specialist bike for the hills

Look 785 Huez 105 Di2 • £5,690 A solid platform for days spent climbing, but would bear upgrading

The winner is… Orbea Orca M20i Team • The Orbea takes the win with its customisable spec and better value for money

Pro-level bib shorts • £199-£250 Top-performing but super-spendy summer bibs

Avona Callis • €5,999* German brand’s debut gravel bike is fast in the lab but comes unstuck on technical trails

MASSIF ATTACK • Cycling Plus heads high into Auvergne’s volcano country, site of a key mountain stage of this year’s Tour de France

Training zone • Expert advice on maximising your cycling performance

Boost your ride • Performance Q&A The big cycling questions answered by our team of expert coaches, nutritionists and riders

Ask the experts • We answer your burning bike-related questions

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Next issue

Is bigger better? • Enormous time trial helmets are a hot trend in road racing, so why don’t riders wear them all the time?

WELCOME

Tour talk • Five major talking points ahead of the season’s biggest showdown

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