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May 2025 issue on sale now!
750d wheels, Chris Hoy, big-budget upgrades to avoid, early-morning rides, best smart trainers and more

Why every cyclist should own a touring bike
If you want adventure and versatility then look no further than a touring bike. Here are five reasons to add one to your collection.

Very Important Bike – Look 795 Blade RS
Look claims that the gorgeous 795 Blade RS is its fastest, most versatile bike ever.

Join Team Alpecin and Cycling Plus for the 2019 Etape du Tour!
We're teaming up with Alpecin again to give more lucky readers the chance to get the pro treatment as they train for the 2019 L'Etape du Tour!

What bikes are in the latest issue of Cycling Plus?
As always, the latest issue of Cycling Plus is packed with reviews of some brilliant bikes. Here are just six of the models ridden and rated in the October issue but which would you pick to ride?

Forgive me Strava, for I have sinned…
Nothing beats uploading a ride to Strava and finding that you've bagged a KOM. Unless you know that you cheated…

We want to hear what you think about Bike of the Year
Take our quick survey. Tell us what you think about our Bike of the Year awards. Help us make them even better for 2019!

Take our poll and pick your favourite Cycling Plus Bike of the Year!
On April the 19th we'll reveal the 2018 Cycling Plus Bike of the Year. Nine bikes have carried that accolade already but which one do you like best?

Bike of the Year is 10 years old in 2018 – Are you riding one of our previous winners?
Since 2009 we've put 391 bikes through their paces to bring you nine Bike of the Year issues. On April 19th we'll reveal our 10th champion, but are you riding one of our previous winners?
Graeme Obree hits the wind tunnel for the first time ever to discover if he really is a genius!
Fascinating video seeks to discover if Graeme Obree's record breaking bikes are faster than modern machines…
Check out the cool classic bikes Cycling Plus readers are riding today!
Here's proof that it doesn't matter how old your bike is, as long as it's a bike and you're riding it!
Have Trek nailed the gravel bike with the new Checkpoint - first ride video
Bikeradar's Ben Delaney was at the US launch of Trek's new Checkpoint. Here are his first ride reflections!
Are you a gravel rider? Find out by watching this video!
Love drop bar bikes, love mud but don't want to ride cyclo-cross? Then maybe you're a 'groadie'! Watch this video from Bikeradar to check…
A £12,000 road bike, the gravel bike debate and future cycling tech: Three great videos from Bikeradar that you need to watch
Watch our chums on Bikeradar dissect an ultra-expensive French bike, argue about gravel bikes and discuss the future of cycling…
Riding Iceland's Gravel Roads on a GT Grade
Tom Marvin tackles the road less travelled into the Icelandic wilderness on GT’s Grade
Cycling Road Trip: Riding the Kinesis Tripster from Harrogate to Aberystwyth
First rides don’t get much more full on, or stories more poignant, than Guy Kesteven's adventures on the latest in the Kinesis Tripster series, the AT. But just where does this new bike sit in the increasingly popular, gravelly area between road and off-road?
How well do you know your bike brands? Take our head badge quiz!
Put your bike geekery to the test with our fun quiz. Can you name a brand just by looking at a bike's head badge?
Which of the top five road bike trends for 2018 will you adopt? Take our quiz!
Will you be riding an e-road bike, getting fatter tyres or stopping faster on your aero road bike? Let us know below...
Is this the ultimate way to get your gravel bike to the trails?
A Cannondale Slate adventure bike and a rally-spec classic Porsche 911 look like the perfect combination to us...
Why every cyclist should own a time trial bike
Your road bike might be fast but a time trial bike is way faster. Here are five reasons you need a TT bike in the shed!
Why every cyclist should own a flat-barred hybrid bike
For fast urban cycling you can't go wrong with one of the new breed of flat bar hybrid commuting bikes. Here's why
Would you swap your car for this electric bike?
Best known for folding bikes, Tern's GSD is an electric bike that really could replace your car. And yes it folds - a bit!
Why every cyclist should own a titanium bike
Carbon-fibre bikes are everywhere, so why not treat yourself to something made of titanium. Here's why you won't regret it.
Why every cyclist should own a cyclocross bike
You can never have to many bikes and here are five reasons you definitely need one of them to be a cyclocross machine!