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Dynamic Sidekick 8 review £525
Shaft drive, hub gear and folding? That’s a lot of practicality to cram into one bike… the Dynamic Sidekick 8
BH Prisma 7.3 £1899.99: First ride
BH’s sportive special from sunny Spain comes from a company boasting big-race credentials
Dawes Galaxy Cross: First ride
Matt Lamy gets his hands on a pre-production version of Dawes’s new Galaxy Cross. Could this be the perfect commuter?
Cycling Active May 2013 issue on sale from Wednesday March 27
Cycling Active May 2013 issue: Spring special – clothing, kit & bikes; 35 pages of top tech; geek-free training; heroic hill club; great rides; and much more
7 of the best: Insulated bottles
When it’s freezing out you fancy a hot cuppa and when it’s roasting you fancy cold refreshments, right? Choose the right beverage receptacle to get optimum liquid libations out on the bike
Great Manchester Cycle: Entries now open
Entries for 2013 Great Manchester Cycle (June 30) now open – choose 13, 26 or 52 mile routes
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?
B’Twin Tilt: Shape Shifter
Matt Lamy speaks to Jean-Philippe Rode, the product manager for B’Twin’s brand new Tilt line of folding cycles — an enterprise that includes a long list of impressive integrated innovations and possibly Foldingbikeland’s funkiest and most-desirable frame
7 of the best winter gloves
Nothing ruins a ride so quickly as freezing, numb fingers but sweat-soaked palms aren’t exactly an invitation to ride either. So how should you keep your hands happy this winter? Read on…
Cube Peloton Race: First Ride
Available in size and gearing options to suit all, Cube’s Peloton Race looks every part the square deal for £1079
Giant Defy 4: First Ride
Giant’s road stalwart doesn’t seem to have anything too outlandish about its design – and that’s just the way we like it
£1,000 bikes: A very British bike test
What better way to celebrate our Olympic cycling glory than to put four British contenders through their paces
£1,000 British bikes: Ribble Evo Pro Carbon £999.99
Ribble Evo Pro Carbon: One of four British bikes for under a grand
£1,000 British bikes: Verdict
We present the verdict in our four-way test of British bikes that cost under a grand
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
Corratec Shape Pro: First ride
Mountain bike strength combined with road bike speed — classic German efficiency
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
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)
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
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
Bike Week 2012
Everyday cycling for everyone is the theme of this year’s Bike Week, running from June 16-24 2012
