Insight

In issue 11: The Road Edition, we celebrate the sport of cycling - the individuals, the teams, the events and the passion. Our cover story is an exclusive interview with record breaker and maverick genius Graeme Obree. We ask why cyclo-cross is so popular, charting its forever growing success at grass roots level. What's it like riding north London's notorious Urban Hill Climb? Simpson's Nick Christian shares his breathless experience with us.

In another exclusive interview, we go behind the scenes with Drops, one of the country's best amateur women's race teams, to find out what the future holds for them.

Plus we ride the roads of Suffolk and discover that it's the journey and not the destination that inspires us to ride.

Details

Size: 100pp 235 x 174mm
Production process: 4 colour process

Contents

Kit you can’t do without: 
Why I love this bike: Timothy John's Condor Super Acciaio
Urban Hill Climb: we ride this annual North London event
Veneto: part two of the odyssey takes us to Wilier, fi’zi:k and PEdAL ED
CX: we chart its growing success
Graeme Obree: in conversation with the maverick genius
Drops: the women's team turning heads and getting results
The Romance of the Road: what inspires us to ride
Tour of Britain: Stage 7, the race of truth
Food for thought: James Mcmillan's tagliatelle recipe
Bike fitting: holistic v digital, is there a perfect solution?