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Cyclist issue 171 out now 🌅

🔗 Subscribe or buy issue 171 here: store.cyclist.co.uk
Cover 📸 Matt Ben Stone
Subscribers’ cover 📸 Juan Trujillo Andrades
The best bikes from our testing for mixing on-road and off-road riding capabilities, plus what is all-road anyway?

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/best-all-road-bikes
February 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Our selection of the best TPU, latex and butyl inner tubes for road and gravel cycling, plus how to choose the right one.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/best-inner-tubes
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The key differences of Campagnolo's groupsets explained, including reviews of the top road and gravel groupsets.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/buyers-guide-to-campagnolo-groupsets
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
New podcast episode! 🎧

Scottish pundit and commentator Brian Smith joins the podcast this week to talk about his racing career, winning the British National Championships and life on Lance Armstrong's Motorola team.

🔗 Listen here: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/brian-smith-podcast
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Six words in a classified ad selling a bike hide a story of adventure, companionship, love and loss.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/ernest-hemingway-tandem
February 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Races might become less predictable, but will cyclocross lose its star power once Van der Poel hangs up his bike? Ewan Wilson assesses.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/cyclocross-without-van-der-poel
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Everything you need to know about the 2026 UAE Tour Women, which takes place from 5th-8th February and is headlined once again by the Jebel Hafeet climb.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/uae-tour-women-preview
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Everything you need to know about Remco Evenepoel and João Almeida's first stage race of 2026, the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-preview

✍️ Ewan Wilson
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The past week’s pro cycling news highlights, including the hot topic of Grand Tour wildcard invites plus records falling in cyclocross and track cycling.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/pro-cycling-news-2026-cyclocross-worlds

✍️robyn
February 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The former World Champion tells Cyclist about his new team, his old-school approach to racing, and having the expectations of France on his shoulders.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/julian-alaphilippe-interview
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
January had it all: dramatic upsets, high-speed crashes, and even a yellow card suspension, and that was just for UAE. Here are all of this month's biggest stories from the first month of the season

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/pro-cycling-winners-losers-january-2026
January 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Passoni's new flagship bike is an evolution of the Titanio Disco, with revised geometry and big changes in the frame

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/passoni-ot-01-omni-titanium-2026
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Our pick of the best road and gravel bike brake pads, for whichever type of brakes and wheels you have.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/best-brake-pads-road-gravel
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Assessing the form of the contenders for the elite women and men’s races at the upcoming Cyclocross World Championships.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/uci-cyclocross-world-championships-2026-form-guide

✍️ robyn
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Rain, mud, cold, crashes, ice, sweat, blood, filth… what’s not to love?

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/in-praise-of-cyclocross
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Aero handlebars will save watts by reducing your bike's frontal profile.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/best-aero-handlebars-road-bikes
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The Solo team collected a series of notable wins in the 1960s, as well as being the first professional team of a certain Eddy Merckx.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/pro-team-history-solo
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Jonathan Thompson of Tomo Bikes talks tall bikes and award-winning gravel builds.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/gravel-adventure-and-cyclocross/jonathan-thompson-tomo-bikes
January 29, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The Cyclist team's favourite road bike wheels for pure speed.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/buying-guides/best-aero-wheels-reviewed
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Olivier Vandystadt shows us round his private collection of cycling memorabilia in Paris, and picks out six of his most prized possessions.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/vandystadt-collection
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A complete guide to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Hulst in the Netherlands, where Mathieu van der Poel looks set to make history...

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/uci-cyclocross-world-championships-preview
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING NEWS: We can confirm Cyclist is officially Tadej Pogačar’s favourite cycling magazine 🎉
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Discover the names and backstories behind this year's fleet of British WorldTour riders, including Oscar Onley, Matthew Brennan and Ethan Vernon.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/british-mens-worldtour-riders-2026
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Ahead of his stage win at last week's Tour Down Under, the 20-year-old Brit looks back on his stellar first year at Visma-Lease a Bike.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/matthew-brennan-interview
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The past week’s pro cycling news highlights from robyn, including an early season crash for Giro d'Italia hopeful Vingegaard and more injuries for UAE Team Emirates XRG.

🔗 Read more: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/pro-cycling-news-2026-vingegaard-crash
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM