Cycling Plus UK - February 2024

In this issue

Toughest rides of 2024
Higher, harder, longer... the ante on the road events market continues to be upped. We preview 10 of the toughest one-day rides to pencil in for the coming year.

Turbo survival guide
As we head into indoor training season, we hear from four grizzled turbo veterans about their tips and tricks for surviving – and thriving – through it..

Rolling horizons

2018 Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas tells us about the joy of discovering new routes

3 mins

Helmetcam militia

Hey, bad drivers! Want to be in the movies? Then smile as you close-pass us while on the phone

1 min

Black Series Multistrada

£5,629 British designed, all-road speedster

2 mins

Slow commotion

Downing Street targeting 20mph zones is attacking popular policy

3 mins

Gower Peninsula, Wales

A rider powers up the Cefn Bryn ridge on south Wales' Gower Peninsula.

2 mins

2024 BIKES UNBOXED

Discover cutting-edge tech and exciting new trends with these four highly covetable models, all hot off the production line

8 mins

LOFTY GOALS

Higher, harder, longer... the road-sportive calendar gets ever more extreme. Here are 10 of the toughest single day rides to enter for 2024

6 mins

ENTER THE DRAGON

It's one of the toughest sportives in the UK, but did climb-loving cycling author Simon Warren have the legs to slay the beast of a sportive route in 2023?

6 mins

Virtual Realities

Turbo training addicts reveal their hard-won tips, gathered over countless indoor sessions, for thriving throughout the winter

7 mins

Cinelli Nemo Tig Ultegra Disc Di2

£5,799 Classically inspired, modern steel speedster

3 mins

Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 Driftless

£2,700 Aluminium bike-packing-friendly gravel bike

3 mins

Best of 2023

We've rated some 400 of the best - and worst - products in 2023. But which are our hottest picks of the year? Here's our 23 for '23...

5 mins

ONE OF A KIND

Project One combines premium-quality customised bikes with an endless palette of colours and designs from the creative experts at Trek. It's a winning formula. Here's why...

2 mins

LAP OF THE GODS

Greece is often trumped by Mediterranean rivals when it comes to cycling sojourns, but could- and should - that be about to change? We ventured to the roads of the Peloponnese to find out

7 mins

Beat the bonk

These tasty, filling and nutrition-packed homemade snacks are a handy, portable size

2 mins

Objectives of desire

Ned ponders his affection for cycling on a ride from London to Minehead

3 mins

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Cycling Plus UK Magazine Description:

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.