Cycling Active

Cyclo-sportive calendar 2013

Full list of British cyclo-sportives and challenge rides from January to December 2013

Cycling Weekly Surrey Hills Cyclone Sportive

Surrey Hills Cyclone Sportive – 28, 68 and 81 mile routes taking in some of Surrey's finest villages, countryside and hills on Sunday, April 21

Come ride with us - South Downs Spring Sportive last chance to book!

Cycling Weekly South Downs Spring Sportive: Three great routes around Sussex: 33, 57 and 74 miles on Saturday, March 23

Win! A cycling holiday for two in France

What friends are for

When Colin Knight’s wife Bev died of cancer his bike buddy Mike Jones knew what would help him deal with his grief. Aged 73 and 60 respectively they started cycle touring

Great Manchester Cycle: Entries now open

Entries for 2013 Great Manchester Cycle (June 30) now open - choose 13, 26 or 52 mile routes

Cycling Active April 2013 issue on sale from February 27

Cycling Active April 2013 issue: Work and play bikes from £1050; Fat burning rides that really work; 30 pages of bikes and kit; 19 pages of fitness tips; Rides in the Alps and Pyrenees; plus much more...

Brittany spires: Cycling in North West France

Taking a foreign bike trip needn’t mean long-haul flights and logistical burdens. Why not hop across the Channel to Brittany — a region with huge scope for great cycling?

Cycling Active March 2013 issue on sale from January 30

Cycling Active March 2013 issue: Great value bikes from £450 tested; 31 pages of bikes and kit; 29 big cycling questions answered; Top tips for safer riding in towns; and much, much more!

It's showtime!

The London Bike Show and Bike and Triathlon Show take place in the next few weeks

Cycling Active February 2013 issue on sale from January 2

Cycling Active February 2013 issue: Tough road bikes from £900; Make 2013 your best year ever; 33 pages of tests; 18 pages of fitness tips; and much more

Cycling Active January 2013 issue on sale from Wednesday December 5

Cycling Active January 2013 issue: Christmas gifts; Lose weight; £1500 sportive bikes; 33 pages of kit; 32 pages of fitness tips; and much more

Cycling Active December 2012 issue on sale from November 7

Cycling Active December 2012 issue: Christmas gift guide for cyclists; Kits for kids; Kona, Trek, Felt, Boardman, Gensis & GT bike tests; Winter clothing; Staying fit in the colder months; and much more

Clean and pumped

New cleaning kits from Weldtite to help you and your bike through the winter months

Cycling Active November 2012 issue on sale from October 10

Cycling Active magazine November 2012 issue: Free bike hooks; Winter sports bikes from £950; Bike lights; Boost your riding confidence; Awesome autumn, the best time to ride; Beat the bugs and stay healthy; plus much more!

Seven of the best: GPS watches

If you want to monitor and record your rides via satellite tracking, a GPS watch allows you to do just that, without the expense and technical complexity of a bar-mounted, map-plotting unit

Seven of the best: GPS watches

If you want to monitor and record your rides via satellite tracking, a GPS watch allows you to do just that, without the expense and technical complexity of a bar-mounted, map-plotting unit

Exmouth Exodus – Andy Lulham

Sportive addict Andy Lulham took on something a little different this summer – the night-time Exmouth Exodus. Here is his experience.

Cycling Active October 2012 issue on sale from September 12

Cycling Active October 2012 issue: Do-it-all £500 hybrids; Bike upgrades from a fiver; 34 pages of kit & bikes; Meet the Trotts; Hang on to your summer fitness & much more!

Ride Greece: Messin’ in Messenia

Riding through one of the most unspoilt and breathtaking landscapes in the Peloponnese region of Greece, an area with 4,500 years of history and amazing natural backdrop

7 of the best road shoes

You work hard pushing your pedals round, so you don't want any of that energy wasted because of flimsy soles. Militate against that risk by investing in a pair of securely-fitting, rigid road shoes

Bike Blenheim Palace gets some Team GB

Last call for entries to the coming weekend's Bike Blenheim Palace cycling festival (August 18-19)

Cycling Active September 2012 issue on sale from August 15

Cycling Active September 2012 issue: Road bikes tested from £975; 35 pages of bikes & kit; 18 pages of fitness tips; Ride to work & lose weight; plus much more!

Clipless pedals 101

Here at Cycling Active we ride all manner of bikes, in all manner of locations, in all manner of styles. Our church is pretty liberal-minded, welcoming all and sundry to the ways of the velocipede but there is one common tenet we endeavour to instil in all of the flock...

Cycling Active August 2012 issue on sale NOW!

Cycling Active August 2012 issue: Sports bikes from £300-£900; Summer tyres; Cycling sunglasses; Cannondale 29er; MTB skills; Grass roots racing; Spice up your commute; and much, much more!