CW5000
13.7 miles - or roughly an hour of cycling - every day, for one year - can you join the community-driven 5000 mile club?
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CW5000 2023 Finishers club
Find out who has completed the 5,000 mile challenge. Keep logging your miles if you want to be added to the list
By Simon Richardson Published
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Tinker Bottom on Quicksie Hill - the search for Britain's funniest road names is over
Here are the 27 of the funniest road names from across the UK. And not all of them are rude
By Simon Richardson Published
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Ten steps to the perfect amateur 'off-season'
The season of weight training and nutritional debauchery is here
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan Published
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Can you hit these 11 off-the-bike fitness and health benchmarks?
Throwing down almost a dozen strength, flexibility and health benchmarks, we dare you pedalling specialists to put some numbers on your all-round athleticism
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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I quit coffee for a week and this is how it affected my cycling performance
Headaches, a suppressed max heart rate and increased perceived exertion were all to be expected - the most surprising effects came on my return to caffeine…
By Andy Turner Published
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CW5000 finishers medals now available to buy!
CW5000 riders are completing the challenge and ordering their finisher's medal
By Simon Richardson Published
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Breathe slower and cycle faster: energy saving tips to optimise your breathing
Inhale, exhale – two actions you rarely have to think about. But could altering the way you breathe improve your cycling performance?
By Rob Kemp Published
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What causes cramp when cycling? The theories and fallacies behind the pain
We go in search of the causes - and possible treatments - for that lightening bolt of pain which seemingly comes always at the worst moment on a bike ride
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan Last updated
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One big hill, three ways up it - How to make one of Britain's toughest climbs even harder
Some of the best climbs in the UK and Europe have three roads up them - the challenge: To do them all in one day
By Simon Warren Published