Travel
Cycling in Soča Valley: why it deserves a place on your riding list
Soča Valley is one of those places that looks almost too polished to be real. The river is turquoise, the mountains rise sharply from...
Sportives
Best closed-road sportives in the UK
Closed-road sportives are the closest most amateur riders get to feeling like the pros. The roads are shut to normal traffic, the route is...
Travel
Cycling in Christchurch & Canterbury: why it deserves a place on your riding list
Christchurch and Canterbury make a strong case for being one of New Zealand’s most complete cycling destinations. The appeal is not just that you...
Travel
Cycling in New Hampshire’s White Mountains: the climbs, roads and atmosphere that make it special
The White Mountains do not resemble Europe’s great cycling regions. There are no strings of villages built around famous cols, no summit cafés filled...
Travel
Cycling in the Bavarian Alps: Garmisch-Partenkirchen climbs, roads and atmosphere
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is one of those cycling places where the scenery does a lot of the work before the ride has properly begun. The town...
Sportives
Toughest sportives in the UK
The toughest sportives in the UK are not always the longest. Distance matters, but the hardest events usually combine climbing, steep gradients, rough weather,...
Travel
Cycling in Hudson Valley and the Catskills: why this New York escape deserves a place on your riding list
The Hudson Valley and Catskills do not sell themselves like a classic cycling destination. There is no single famous climb that dominates the marketing,...
Sportives
Étape Loch Ness guide: route, closed roads and Fort Augustus climb
Étape Loch Ness is one of the UK’s most distinctive closed-road sportives, not because it is the longest or the steepest, but because it...
