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Dedicated solely to road cycling, Cyclist is the very first magazine of its kind. A celebration of the freedom to explore and the gear that makes road cycling special. Cyclist will take you on the world's best routes and get behind the doors of iconic brands. With performance advice from the experts, we unearth tall tales from the pro peloton and get you up-close to the best road bikes and technology. Plus, Cyclist mixes in-depth articles with breathtaking imagery from the sport's best photographers. It's the road cycling magazine you've been waiting for.

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Welcome • There’s a moment during every enforced gathering of strangers – I believe people refer to them as ‘parties’ – when some bloke I’ve been making stilted conversation with for the past 20 minutes will unleash the question I have been dreading all evening: ‘So, what team do you support?’

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LEADOUT • Bikes, gear, people, racing, opinion

Taking a new path • There have been big changes at Parlee. The result is the Ouray

New gear LEAD OUT

Right first time • Chris Roberts of Havren Frameworks walks Cyclist through his first full titanium build

Start 2025 right with a subscription to Cyclist • The magazine for people who love cycling

Q&A Ben O’Connor • The Australian had a standout year in 2024. So how does he plan to top it in 2025?

A moment in time Ferrand-Prévot wins the Road Worlds • In 2014, a 22-year-old Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the World Championships Road Race, setting in motion a remarkable 12 months of rainbow jersey hauls

The future is unwritten… • … but Felix Lowe is still happy to make his predictions for how the coming year’s racing will pan out

Rate of inflation • Road tyres just keep getting wider, with several brands now offering 40mm. Is this what we’ll all be riding soon?

Ride like the wind • Are on-bike aero monitors set to become the new power meters? Cyclist finds out

Pick ’n’ Mix • Didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas?

Big Ride: Italy Glory of the snow • The Passo Giau is the centrepiece for a Dolomites ride with a sprinkling of winter

High and Dolomitey • Follow Cyclist’s route up the Giau. Snow optional

The rider’s ride • Orbea Orca M10iLTD PWR, £11,999, orbea.com

By the numbers • Facts in figures

Can’t see the wood • Northern Italy’s trees are disappearing fast after facing a second deadly threat in just five years

How we did it

‘I was made out to be the bad guy’ • Tom Pidcock tells Cyclist about the toughest year of his career so far

Pidcock of the walk • The ascent of the great descender

Pidcock on…

Classic Climbs Coll de Rates • A favourite training camp test piece of the pros

Clothes maketh the team • As kit supplier to Ineos Grenadiers, Gobik has to meet some very exacting demands. Cyclist peeks inside its hi-tech Spanish factory

What Pog wants, Pog gets • The tricky business of dealing with pro rider predilections

On the first day of Christmas… • My sponsor gave to me – a typical pro kit list for the new season

The trouble with winning • It might sound counterintuitive, but race victories aren’t always a good thing for jersey suppliers

The China Tour • The final WorldTour race of the year is unlike any other. Cyclist travels to China to experience the ridiculous and the sublime of the Tour of Guangxi, and to meet the people who make it all work

Swiss precision • Guiding the Tour of Guangxi

Sportive: Nature is Bike Mud and wine • In western France’s Loire Valley, Nature is Bike serves up a weekend festival of gravel...