Cyclist Australia

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Ed’s Letter

Cyclist Australia

Gravel arcadia • Bianchi’s shapely Arcadex is sure to turn some heads

Sole mates • Bontrager has refreshed its core shoe offering with updates to its entry-level and mid-range road and MTB range. Here’s a quick peek…

Keep a lid on it • It must be helmet season. Check out these four releases from some of the biggest names in the game

Gear+Tech New gear

DT Swiss ARC 1100 Dicut 50 • Cyclist spent a couple of months on a pair of DT Swiss ARC 1100s to get a true feel for these new hoops. Here’s our verdict…

New gear

And they’re off! • Rejoice! The racing is back! Felix Lowe weighs up what we have learned from some of the early action

Aussie watch • Cyclist loves to keep an eye on how our homegrown pros are performing. Here’s a wrap from the last two months

Craig Richards • The Bicycle Network CEO on cycling advocacy, going toe-to-toe with radio announcers and riding to the edge of the earth

Is the gender gap closing? • There is still a big divide between men’s and women’s pro racing in terms of teams, races and salaries, but things are starting to change, as Cyclist discovers

Coppi christens the Alpe • In 1952 Fausto Coppi became the first rider to win a Tour stage to the summit of Alpe d’Huez, claiming the yellow jersey on his way to an incredible second Giro d’Italia/Tour de France double in three years

Going full tilt • Is your saddle at the right angle?

Should I take supplements? • Pills and powders can help plug the nutrient gaps in your diet

Burger kings • Spicy, salty, sweet: pick three. Refuel with this Asian-inspired meal

It’s only pain • No sport embraces pain quite like cycling. Here’s some advice on how best to deal with it, from the guys who have turned suffering into a business

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Can’t wait to cycle the charming hills of Italy?

The garden in the mountain • In the Dolomites of northern Italy, our route via the Passo delle Erbe and Passo Gardena serves up rugged beauty unlike anywhere else in the world

Passo dello Stelvio • It has the beauty, the heritage and the hairpins… lots and lots of hairpins. This makes the Stelvio – in Cyclist’s opinion – the greatest climb of them all

True innovation • Could the next worldwide hub of cycling innovation be based in Geelong? Cyclist visits the factory of Australia’s own Partington.CC and discovers a team at the cutting-edge of the industry

Thunder road • They might look like road bikes, but with a few subtle tweaks here and a wider tyre there, endurance bikes will take you anywhere. This is our pick of the bunch

Cannondale Synapse

BMC Roadmachine

Open Min.D

Giant Defy

And the winner is… • Which bike deserves a ceremonial ribbon? Step forward the Synapse

Long road to Roubaix • One minute Lizzie Deignan is considering retirement, the next she’s world number one. Now the British rider is aiming to make history by winning the first ever women’s edition of Paris-Roubaix in April

A bridge not far • It’s the kind of view many will travel across the world to see, but for Aussies – and especially Sydneysiders – it’s right here in our own backyard. To celebrate our 50th issue, Cyclist heads back to the same place we shot our first ever Big Ride all the way back in 2013: to the NSW Coal Coast, on a route that includes the spectacular Sea Cliff...