They may have started out as a sideshow but 29in wheels are edging towards mountain biking’s centre stage. So what difference does an extra three inches make? The answer comes courtesy of Cannondale…
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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.
Dedacciai Nerissimo: First Ride
Dedacciai’s Italian-designed Nerissimo is also available in black, funnily enough
Corratec Shape Pro: First ride
Mountain bike strength combined with road bike speed — classic German efficiency
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
Montura Four: First Ride
Titanium is still the ultimate do-it-all frame material and now there’s a new home grown option
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!
Whistle Win: First ride
Looking for your first aluminium road bike and an eye-catching girly one at that? We put the rosy Whistle Win through its paces out in the lanes
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!
7 of the best £50 cycle helmets
When you’re out on your bike it makes sense to protect your bonce with a helmet. It makes even more sense to spend less than £50. Combine the two and you’re onto a real winner
Upgrade your bike: Bangs for bucks
The lure of shiny new bits for your bike is all part of the game in cycling — no sooner have you wheeled your new machine out of the shop than you’re wondering how you can make it even better. CA offers up a few ideas…
Five months to Istanbul – part three
Peter Baker concludes his epic bike journey from London to Istanbul – despite a nasty encounter with a stinging insect and an extended visit to hospital
Getting on Famously: A Dorset adventure
To mark the 70th anniversary of the first publication of the Famous Five books a new adventure trail tribute to Enid Blyton has been opened in Dorset
Bikelock Holmes and the hunt for Sir Arthur
CA’s very own Bikelock Holmes and his ever-faithful partner Dr Matson take an invigorating spin through the Home Counties on the trail of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Cycling Active Summer 2012 issue on sale now!
Cycling Active Summer 2012 issue: Touring bikes big test; summer clothing round-up; Tour de France challenge ride; Eddie the Eagle rides the Olympic road race circuit; GPS systems for bike; and much more!
From Caker to Kovert King
One reader gives his long-term verdict on a bike equipped with Shimano Ultegra electric gears – the Kovert FX Pro
Bike Week 2012
Everyday cycling for everyone is the theme of this year’s Bike Week, running from June 16-24 2012
7 of the best: Bike locks
Lock it or lose it — our selection of bike security products is the key to your peace of mind
Mountain bike versus hybrid: Test lab
So a hybrid is just a mountain bike with bigger wheels and slicker tyres on, right? Professor Lamy dons his lab coat and gets out his Bunsen burner to experiment
Cycling Active July 2012 issue on sale now!
Cycling Active July 2012 issue: £950 sportive bikes; 33 pages of bikes and kit reviewed; Best of hills – road or hybrid?; 7 of the best pedals; 15 pages of fitness tips; riding skills; and much more!
