Cyclist

Dedicated solely to road cycling, Cyclist is the very first magazine of its kind. A celebration of the freedom to explore and the gear that makes road cycling special. Cyclist will take you on the world's best routes and get behind the doors of iconic brands. With performance advice from the experts, we unearth tall tales from the pro peloton and get you up-close to the best road bikes and technology. Plus, Cyclist mixes in-depth articles with breathtaking imagery from the sport's best photographers. It's the road cycling magazine you've been waiting for.

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LEADOUT • Bikes, gear, people, racing, opinion

Winds of change • The Y1Rs is Colnago’s challenge to aero convention

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High and mighty • Jonathan Thompson of Tomo Bikes talks tall bikes and award-winning gravel builds

From Alpine peaks to Adriatic shores • Join Polka Dot Cycling for the Slovenia Grand Tour, an unforgettable riding experience in the wheeltracks of Grand Tour legends

Julian Alaphilippe • The former World Champion tells Cyclist about his new team, his old-school approach to racing, and having the expectations of France on his shoulders

Solo • The Solo team collected a series of notable wins in the 1960s, as well as being the first professional team of a certain Eddy Merckx

So, what’s been happening…? • If you tuned out of pro cycling over the Christmas period, Felix Lowe offers these five talking points to bring you back up to speed

Gold Hill • Short, sharp and as good today as it has ever been

Pick ’n’ Mix • Cure for the January blues

Big Ride:Spain Reach for the sky • The Tabernas Desert in southern Spain offers cyclists a heady mixture of solitude, switchbacks and Spaghetti Western landscapes

The 6 French Collection • Olivier Vandystadt shows us round his private collection of cycling memorabilia in Paris, and picks out six of his most prized possessions

Long story short • Every four years, intrepid audaxers tackle the 1,500km from London to Edinburgh and back, eating and sleeping when and wherever possible. But last year Storm Floris had other ideas. Cyclist gets the story of the event from five riders, including the only one to actually ‘finish’

Classic Climbs Transfăgărășan • A Romanian military defence turned Top Gear highlight turned cycling superhighway

Fully charged • A new approach to carbohydrates seems to be fuelling incredible performances in the pro peloton. Cyclist finds out what’s going on and what it means for the everyday rider

Flemish steel • Belgian brand Jaegher is out to prove its custom steel bikes are every bit the equal of carbon

Gravel ride Rough and tough • With its lakes, meadows and snow-capped mountains, the Mont Cenis massif is a vision of Alpine serenity. But when the tracks tip skywards, the going is anything but

TESTED • The latest bikes and kit get put through their paces

Pearson Shift • This is how all bikes should be sold

Q36.5 Unique Pro shoes • For Q36.5’s latest shoes, lower means faster

BMC Teammachine SLR 01 • A drop in weight makes the new SLR 01 a tremendous all-round racer

Roval Rapide CLX III wheels • Uniquely different rims achieve top-tier performance

Cervélo Áspero-5 • An S5-inspired off-road rocket

Together all the way • Six words in a classified ad selling a bike hide a story of adventure, companionship, love and loss