Best energy drinks for cycling: hydration explained
Can the right drink really improve your performance or are you better off with good old H2O?
Nutritional advice from qualified dieticians and nutrition experts aimed at cyclists. We give you plain and simple advice on what to eat, how much and when, to help improve your riding and help control your weight
Can the right drink really improve your performance or are you better off with good old H2O?
Love them or hate them, there's no doubting the benefit of downing a quick energy gel at vital points of a ride or race. Here's our guide to what for look for, as well as a few of our favourites
For a quick, tasty and convenient on-bike snack, little beats an energy bar. We get stuck into seven of the best.
Due to current diets, increased food consumption would cause a rise in greenhouse gas emissions
New to riding bikes and worried your new found pedal pushing habit will turn you into the incredible hulk? Or seeking hulkesque proportions? We've got the answers...
Looking to lose weight cycling? Here's a quick guide to losing that weight to improve your riding
Everybody’s heard it said that recovery is as important as training — Peter Stuart looks at what you could be doing to optimise the adaptation process while you’re off the bike
We all want to know how many calories we burn while cycling, but while it's easy to make an estimate, it's hard to get an accurate figure. We explore common questions around cycling and calorie burn
Are you eating and drinking the right things to fuel your cycling?
Unless you only ever ride on pancake-flat surfaces, improving your power-to-weight ratio is a must. Andrew Hamilton explains why and how
It's not just for bodybuilders. Upping the protein in your diet could help you control your appetite and become leaner
Christmas is traditionally a time of overindulgence, but you don’t need to pig out and pile on the pounds. Eat the right seasonal treats and you won’t have to worry about your waistline. In fact, some festive foods may even help your cycling
Indulging in a few beers shouldn’t stop you riding your bike. We show you how to fend off a hangover so you can ride headache-free the next day
Another study shows the benefit of caffeine on performance, and this time women were included too
Failure to meet energy demand can seriously impact your health and cycling performance, and we want to know how prevalent it is in cyclists
What does a pro sports scientist think of these popular approaches to weight loss?
With high carbohydrate intake now seen as a 'bad thing' in some circles, we take a look at pre-ride carb-loading and sift out the misconceptions
Reaction to heat is individual - but there are some steps we can all take to keep ourselves hydrated
London-to-Paris record holder Jonathan Parker set his sights on a far more formidable parcours — the 340-mile highway across China’s ‘Desert of Death’
Chronic under-fuelling may be endemic among cyclists, according to research — and if so, we're storing up a bone health timebomb
Learn from the pros to fuel your cycling performance, manage your weight and improve your health
Would ditching gluten from your diet make you a better cyclist? We explain what gluten is and why some cyclists could benefit from cutting it out of their food
A lack of post-race carbohydrate intake may have contributed to inadequate fuelling