NOVEMBER RAIN

When Emma Lewis took on a Mexican medio fondo, the conditions weren't exactly what she'd imagined...

Koo Hype glasses

£180 Breezy shades for hot days

ONE TRACK MIND

FIVE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED SIR CHRIS HOY'S STELLAR CAREER IN THE VELODROME

Cannondale SuperSix

The US brand's 2011 masterpiece of a bike led the way in terms of carbon frame design, comfort and lightness

Boost your ride

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

Orbea Kemen Tour 20 Mid

£3,799 Rugged touring all-rounder gets a makeover

High rollers

Could bigger wheels improve your gravel riding? We test some oversized 750d rims to find out

Magic of the mind

Endurance rider Leigh Timmis on the powerful link between mental health and cycling performance

Safe and sound?

Should the UCI issue a small race a big fine for safety transgressions probably due to a lack of funds?

DUST-UP DOWN UNDER

Adelaide's new RADL GRVL event fires the starting gun on the 2025 gravel racing season

WorldTour Trends

Chinese bikes, Campagnolo's return and Shimano domination - we take a look at the big 2025 bike and team changes

Home run

How a New Town in Cambridgeshire reached for the skies in its provision for cycling and walking

Marin DSX 2

£1,229 A flat-bar hybrid for commuting, touring and gravel

Argon 18 Equation

£2,500 New value-packed endurance bike from the Canadian innovators

GANARY A COALMINE

The James Brown tune 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' comes on the radio, filling the coach, and does nothing for my pre-event nerves as I sit surrounded by serious-looking, wiry, tanned men in Lycra. It's 6.30am, pitch black outside and I'm feeling very out of my depth as a relative newcomer to the world of clipless pedals and hurting for fun. Last night's stress dream involved being very unprepared to get married and being handed my great-grandmother-in-law-to-be's hideous silver dress with lace trim to wear minutes before the ceremony was due to start. I'll let you psychoanalyse that one.

BORDER PATROL

British travel writer Tim Wild heads on a pilgrimage to Arizona's gravel Mecca, and isn't disappointed

COLD SNAPS

Chris Lanaway dons the deepest winter thermals for the Abloc Winter Challenge in southern Sweden

Master Age-group racing

Tips to keep you on the race course as you get older

Guava Spot Force AXS

£4,950 Big-value, Barcelona-born bike that hits the spot for gravel riding

Seasonal disorder

Pinpointing the start of the cycling season is no easy task, writes Ned

Ride all winter

10 scientifically proven ways to bolster your immunity

Joined-up thinking

Connecting more rail stations to the NCN is long overdue

Castelli Gabba

Castelli’s breathable, close-fitting yet waterproof and windproof jacket marked a watershed in cycle clothing

Air Apparent - Pollution hasn't gone away. It's still there in every lungful, even if we can't see it in the air or on the news. But there are reasons to breathe easier, thanks to pioneering projects using cycling 'citizen scientists'. Rob Ainsley took part in one...

The toxic effects of pollution have been known about for years. 'Just two things of which you must beware: Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!' sang 1960s satirist Tom Lehrer.Over recent decades, though, pollution has dropped down our list of things to worry about, thanks to ominously capitalised concerns such as Climate Change, AI, Global Conflict, Species Collapse, etc. That doesn't, unfortunately, mean the problem has expired. Air quality often exceeds safe limits, with far-reaching and crippling effects on our health.

No limits

Not every adventure needs to be that epic, says bikepacking Scotland founder Markus Stitz

UNBOUND UNLEASHED

Josh Patterson was one of 34 starters for the inaugural edition of Unbound in 2006. Now, with more than 5,000 riders taking part in today's event, he charts the rise of the most important race in gravel

FOREST COMMISSION

Looking for a goal race in 2025 that'll stimulate the synapses and live long in the memory? You'd struggle to do better than ENID CRV in Finland

15 OF THE BEST ADVENTURES

Featuring Yorkshire, the USA, Sri Lanka and more, here are our picks of the world's greatest gravel races and routes

The stuff of dreams

Ned sings the praises of the Paris Olympics road-race course

"I rode 3,000 miles around Britain on a bamboo bike to highlight our climate crisis"

Recordbreaking cyclist and triathlete Kate Strong, 45, took to the road to raise awareness of environmental issues