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Ken Bird 'Big Bird'

A bike built for Britain's tallest man

Canyon Grail CF SLX 8 Di2

Price range: £2,399 - £6,199 | Model tested: £5,099 | Weight: 7.92kg

GRAVEL BIKE OF THE YEAR

Cycling Weekly's recommendations for the rough stuff

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INSIDE BRITAIN'S ALT SCENE RACE

Fastest-known times are growing in popularity, so we take a look at what's going on in the speedy off-road scene in the UK

6 mins |

REBELS WITH A CAUSE

James Shrubsall rises up to the challenge of a three-day odyssey through unruly Norfolk

7 mins |

THE HUB

All the news you might have missed from the last seven days

Tour de Suisse June 11-18, Switzerland

Evenepoel returns to action in Switzerland

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PFEIFFER GEORGI Life as a leadout

Throughout my career so far I've taken on a variety of roles within our team, from domestique focusing on early support and positioning, to road captain, and more recently a leader in the Classics

Cav's first mentor Dot Tilbury calls for him to be knighted

British sprint ace will retire at end of season after highly decorated 17-year career

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U23 road cuts could see no GB team at Tour of Britain

Financial pressures and changing landscape mean British Cycling is scaling back its U23 road programme

Bob Jackson Audax Club

Popular classic from a Leeds brand that was big in America

MY TRAINING SPACE: David Rhead

I used to store all my bikes and kit inside the house, but as I was amassing more and more, my wife’s tolerance was getting stretched. Shopping around for garden rooms, I was being quoted prices of over £20,000, and I thought, ‘Hang on a minute, I can build this myself ’. So in 2016 that’s what I did – for about a quarter of that cost.

GIRO GASTRONOMY: A FEAST FIT FOR A GRAND TOUR AFTER-PARTY

To celebrate an action-packed, albeit unpredictable Giro, chef Hannah Grant lays on a carb-crammed Italian spread

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Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar £549

Garmin’s near range-topping Forerunner 955 is not so much an activity tracker as a complete wrist-based diagnostics tool. Aside from tracking your riding, running or whatever activity you wish to partake in, the GPS watch measures a staggering amount of data, via light reflection, to feed back on your recovery, health, training readiness, optimal training zones, stress levels and more. You can also add the altimeter, barometer, compass, pulse oxidation, respiration, sunrise and sunset times, music player controls, race calendar and more.

Coros Apex 2 Pro £499

The most striking benefit of the Apex 2 Pro is its incredible battery life. Coros claims 30 days of regular use per battery charge, equating to 75 hours of GPS-enabled activity – it only needed charging twice in two months of use.

Amazfit Falcon £499

Amazfit is a smartwatch company based in Hong Kong which specialises in fitness wearables. The Falcon features a titanium body, a 42mm sapphire crystal touchscreen, four buttons and liquid silicone strap. We used the buttons rather than the touchscreen when wearing gloves and they performed well.

Garmin Forerunner 225 £299

The Forerunner 255 is the cheapest watch on test, and by some margin. Naturally something has to give, and when it comes to the 255 it's the lack of any mapping.

Apple Watch Ultra £849

The Apple Watch Ultra is designed to be rugged and features a screen constructed from sapphire glass, which apparently is second only to diamonds in terms of its 'hardness'. A bold claim, but one substantiated through our experience. The watch is also dustproof and waterproof to 40m.

Specialized Allez goes disc only

US company's longest-running production road bike has waved goodbye to rim brakes

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD

British Cycling replaced all four track head coaches last year. With a home World Champs and then Olympics fast approaching, Tom Davidson finds out how they're getting on

8 mins |

RISE OF THE MACHINES

With artificial intelligence creeping into more and more areas of our sport, James Shrubsall sets out to find out how it's changing cycling and what we can expect in the future

8 mins |

British Cycling bans transgender riders from female category

Two new policies covering competitive and non-competitive trans and non-binary participation come after a nine-month review process

JOE LAVERICK: How to almost win bike race a

It may not be eight days, nor a UCI race, but Ireland's Rás Tailteann is going strong - and boy it was an experience. I spent the week 'on loan' with Foyle CC. Racing on teams of five, there were three members of the Foyle club as well as me and Commonwealth Games medallist Finn Crockett.