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MADDI ALDAM- GATES - ‘NEW BIKE, NEW LIFE!'

New bike day! I’ve just taken delivery of the Ribble Endurance SL that I described getting measured up for last month – and as you can see, it’s a thing of beauty.

Full of beef and beer – a perfect cyclist's motto

Cycling 9 April, 1926

KICK BACK TO KICK ON

Autumn cyclo-cross, hill-climbs and e-racing might make it feel like the season never ends, but allowing yourself some off-season downtime should be top priority, insists Joe Laverick

Cervélo launches new R5 after pro success

Top-tier climbing bike to hit shops after making waves at the WorldTour

Deignan crowned queen of the cobblestones

Yorkshirewoman makes history with epic ride through the rain and mud to take first Paris-Roubaix Femmes

Colbrelli wins wet Roubaix he ‘didn't think he would finish'

Mathieu van der Poel loses out in epic race, reports Vern Pitt

ACCIDENTAL FIGURE HEAD

When Clay Davies became the only openly gay male elite level rider in the UK earlier this year he also became a figurehead for the LGBTQIA+ community in cycling. Alex Ballinger talks to him about why he came out

Dr Hutch

If the ‘jour sans’ is every rider’s nemesis then the ‘jour avec’ is its treasured opposite – a blessed but fickle day of good form, explains the Doc

Digital editor Richard Windsor's Meteor Works Aesir tourer

A workhorse with an impeccable pedigree for long days in the saddle where comfort is king

Rebecca Richardson's 5kg S-Works Aethos hill-climb bike

Nationals contender’s Featherweight race rig

CHARLOTTE BROUGHTON: Sometimes I'm afraid while out riding my bike

OPINION

BACK PAIN MYTHS DEBUNKED

Finding himself immobilised by lower back pain, CW fitness editor David Bradford goes in urgent search of expert advice to quell his fears and get him back on his bike

Crystal Palace Cycling Festival

3 August, 1953

Hunt for Richmond Park scooter bandits continues as victims mount

Pro racer and junior time trial champion among those to have bikes stolen by thieves on mopeds, reports James Shrubsall

Swift defends national jersey in Lincoln

Ineos star wins national road title as Georgi spoils the Drops-Le Col party, reports James Shrubsall

WATT WORKS FOR ME: Bithja Jones

The reigning national hill-climb champ talks about defying pain, age and gravity

How to cut through the aero hot air

Is every new bike/wheel/handlebar/skinsuit really the fastest on the market? Michelle Arthurs-Brennan looks at the bad science behind the aero claims

NATIONAL PREVIEW: Winning Walls leads Lincoln charge

Victory in Italy sets up track champ for Nationals, reports James Shrubsall

INSIDE HELL

At the epic first ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes Vern Pitt went inside the British Drops-Le Col team to experience the madness at first hand

'Today is the day!

Confounding doctors’ expectations, Chris Riley is back on his bike and savouring every moment, more than a year on from a devastating diagnosis

Archibald eyes Worlds titles after Euros triple

Scot leads British team that picks up five medals, reports Vern Pitt

7 DAY WONDER

Weekly mileage is a fixation for many a cyclist but Josh Quigley has taken it to a new level. He tells James Shrubsall how he did more than anyone has ever done in seven days

BUILD THE ATHLETE FIRST

Far from being one-trick pedalling machines, the world’s best cyclists are consummate all-round athletes. You too should build a broad base of skills, urges Chris Sidwells Photos Daniel Gould, GettyImages

Bell and Richardson throw down National Hill Climb markers

Tom Bell beats Andrew Feather to gain psychological edge, reports Snowdon Sports

Vitus Substance CRS-2 eTap AXS Rival | £2,499.99 | 9.6kg

Stefan Abram gets to grips with a great-value gravel machine

Vollering leads SD Worx to Women's Tour victory

Dutchwoman takes up the torch from compatriot and team-mate van der Breggen, writes Owen Rogers

Would You Know What To Do? How To Be A Cycling First Responder

It’s every cyclist’s nightmare: someone in your group has crashed and it looks serious. How do you provide urgent, potentially life-saving assistance? Chris Marshall-Bell finds out

Tech editor Michelle Arthurs-Brennan's Custom Werking Anormale

An Italian beauty continues to inspire and gets treated to a sweet new makeover

Time lord Ganna makes it two

While van Aert rues a Worlds double of his own

WOMAN OF THE HOUR

Next week British time triallist Joss Lowden will attempt to set a new women’s Hour record. Vern Pitt finds out how she’s been preparing for it