Inspiration
If you're looking for great routes, inspiring stories and, perhaps, some utter nonsense you've come to the right place!
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Cycling Route in the Surrey Hills – 45 miles on some of the UK's most popular riding roads with author Simon Warren
David Motton takes to the roads made famous by the London Olympics – including Box Hill –with climbing-obsessed writer Simon Warren.
Our friends on Bikeradar have made some brilliant videos. You should watch them now!
If you don't already subscribe to Bikeradar's excellent YouTube then why not? It's one of the best places to go for moving images of cycling goodness!
The 2019 Etape du Tour is already sold out but you can still ride it with Alpecin and Cycling Plus!
Register your interest for Team Alpecin and you'll be in with a chance of enjoying an incredible pro experience at the sold out Etape du Tour in 2019. Find out how the class of 2018 got on below…
Would you like see some cycling pain faces? If you answered yes watch Bikeradar's Hill Climb Diaries!
Hill climbing is a very British cycle racing tradition and Bikeradar's Jack, Joe and Reuben are diving right in for a brilliant video series!
New scratchable map keeps track of your British hill climbing conquests
From Hardknott to Box Hill, there are 75 climbs to master from Maps International
Meet the riders taking on the British Heart Foundation’s Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride: Chay Fiddes
Chay Fiddes from Nottingham is raising money for the BHF following a heart scare last year.
Meet the riders taking on the British Heart Foundation's Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride: Martin Endacott
We've teamed up with the British Heart Foundation to introduce you to some of the riders taking on the charity's 52-mile night ride in October. The first is Martin – whose bout of indigestion turned out to be a heart attack!
This week Warren mostly been wearing… 'retro' cycling shades
Cycling style-icon Warren has been getting in touch with his inner Marty McFly and going back to future with the latest trend in cycling sunglasses.
How Bradley Wiggins' former physio can help you become a better rider!
British Cycling and Team Sky's former physiotherapist and bike fitter strikes out on his own
Help Get Britain Riding in 2018 and win a B’TWIN Ultra 920 AF!
To kick off Get Britain Riding 2018 we’re giving away a brilliant bike thanks to B'Twin and Decathlon UK!
Here's What Team Alpecin Learned On Their Italian Training Camp
The three Cycling Plus readers chosen to ride for Team Alpecin at L'Etape du Tour got their first taste of riding like a pro on a brilliant, but tough, training camp in Italy…
Watch Team Alpecin at the Tour de Yorkshire Sportive
Les Pegler, Murray Cox and Laura Cook (as well as CP editor Rob) put on their Katusha Team Alpecin kit and headed to the Tour de Yorkshire Sportive in early May.
Complete our poll and help us discover what makes British cyclists tick!
Our Get Britain Riding campaign, in partnership with Decathlon and B'Twin is back for 2018, and we want to find out more about British cyclists! Take our quick - and fun - poll and tell us a little bit more about yourself and your riding.
Team Alpecin is a truly international affair – meet the rest of the Etape du Tour Squad
A team of Germans, Italians, and Brits are training for this year's L'Etape du Tour.
Meet The Three Cycling Plus Readers Who Won A Place On Team Alpecin
Late last year we invited Cycling Plus readers to enter a competition giving them the chance to train like a pro cyclist in preparation for the 2018 L’Étape du Tour. Well over 1500 threw their hat into the ring to be part of Team Alpecin, but only three were lucky enough to be selected.
The best cycling routes around St Andrews, Scotland
They say that cycling is the new golf, so why don’t you try riding your bike over the third green at the Royal and Ancient? (Actually, don’t.) In fact, there’s as much to attract cyclists as golfers in this corner of Scotland, which can often be overlooked by riders who are set on conquering the high passes. The coast is always in view, either near or far, framing a pleasant and modestly hilly landscape.
Videos: Shimano's new 105 groupset, Lauf's innovative gravel fork and an American epic.
Our colleagues on Bikeradar make some brilliant videos. Here are three of their latest masterpieces!
Fred Whitton Challenge to honour people behind classic sportive with Golden Jerseys
To celebrate it's 19th running, organisers of the 112-mile Lakeland epic are calling for the public to nominate 10 people who've shown the event incredible support.
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?
Check out this video to see the work that went into Zwift's Alpe d'Huez climb
When you're 'playing' on Zwift it's easy to forget how much work goes into making this turbo-training game work – especially new features like Alpe d'Huez
Meet our Get Britain Riding Prizewinners
Last year we teamed up with B’Twin and Decathlon UK to launch Get Britain Riding and picked four riders, nominated by friends and family, and kitted them out with everything they needed to start cycling.
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!
