Cycle magazine April/May 2024

A man and a child are cycling along a flat, tarmac path. There is a village and mountains in the background
The April/May 2024 issue is available to view online. Highlights in this issue include how Kidical Mass is campaigning for safer cycling for children, steel touring bikes on test, bikepacking for beginners and much more

Reaching almost 70,000 members Cycling UK’s Cycle magazine has the highest circulation of any cycling publication in the UK. Non-members can view a snapshot of the February/March 2024 issue of the magazine, so have a flick through. To receive six copies a year simply join Cycling UK.

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In this issue:

  • Features: Bikepacking beginners; Lead the way; Kidical Mass; Traffic-free touring
  • Reviews and previews: Gear up – components, accessories and books
  • Bike tests: Steel tourers
  • Group test: Bikepacking seatpacks
  • Regulars: Freewheeling; This is Cycling UK; Shop window – new products from the cycling world; Weekender – Bikepacking in Pembrokeshire’s Preseli Hills; Cyclopedia – questions answered and cycling topics explained; Travellers’ tales; plus much more

View the magazine chapters as PDFs

Attachment Size
Cover 12.1 MB
Contents 1.52 MB
Freewheeling 1: You ride, kit, tech, 5-minute fixes 1.23 MB
Freewheeling 2: Try this, Watch this, On my bike 2.27 MB
This is Cycling UK 1: Chief executive column 682.87 KB
This is Cycling UK 2: Strategy, Road safety 1.7 MB
This is Cycling UK 3: Awards, Northern Ireland, AGM, Events 1.39 MB
This is Cycling UK 4: Groups, Campaigning, Trustee elections 1.77 MB
This is Cycling UK 5: Member benefits 1.43 MB
You are Cycling UK: John Bedford, legacy leaver 1.14 MB
Shop window 1.45 MB
Gear up 1: Carradice Bagman Universal Bar Rack 764.18 KB
Gear up 2: Shimano Cleat Adapter SM-SH41 1.11 MB
Gear up 3: Van Rysel Men’s Sleeveless Ultra-Light Road Cycling Windbreaker Racer 1.05 MB
Gear up 4: Books 666.02 KB
Letters 1 873.6 KB
Letters 2 1.24 MB
Great rides 1: Bikepacking beginners 1 9.98 MB
Great rides 1: Bikepacking beginners 2 605.81 KB
Great rides 1: Bikepacking beginners 3 1.88 MB
Great rides 1: Bikepacking beginners 4 3.59 MB
Feature 1: Lead the way 1 5.91 MB
Feature 1: Lead the way 2 3.47 MB
Feature 1: Lead the way 3 2.09 MB
Feature 1: Lead the way 4 1.49 MB
Feature 1: Lead the way 5 1.43 MB
Weekender: Bikepacking the Preseli Hills 1 3.19 MB
Weekender: Bikepacking the Preseli Hills 2 1.62 MB
Feature 2: Kidical mass 1 4.97 MB
Feature 2: Kidical mass 2 2.52 MB
Feature 2: Kidical mass 3 1.01 MB
Great rides 2: Traffic-free touring 1 4.6 MB
Great rides 2: Traffic-free touring 2 3.06 MB
Great rides 2: Traffic-free touring 3 2.21 MB
Great rides 2: Traffic-free touring 4 2.72 MB
Cyclepedia 1: Q&A 1 1002.51 KB
Cyclepedia 2: Q&A 2 533.19 KB
Cyclepedia 3: Bike finder 814.17 KB
Cyclepedia 4: Knowhow 918.84 KB
Bike test 1: Steel tourers 1 2.78 MB
Bike test 1: Steel tourers 2 1.73 MB
Bike test 1: Steel tourers 3 2.55 MB
Bike test 1: Steel tourers 4 1.86 MB
Group test: Bikepacking seatpacks 1 927.67 KB
Group test: Bikepacking seatpacks 2 1.75 MB
Travellers’ tales 1: Europe, France 2.32 MB
Travellers’ tales 2: France, England 1.89 MB