Cycle magazine August/September 2025

A woman in blue skirt and white top, with long hair and holding a cycle helmet, is standing on a train platform with a folded Brompton bike next to her as a train goes past
Read the August/September 25 issue of Cycling UK’s member magazine online. This issue features a sneak preview of our new long-distance route, how to fix the cycling gender gap, touring by folding bike, trail hardtails on test, 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 August/September 25 issue of the magazine, so have a flick through. Join Cycling UK to receive six copies of the magazine per year as part of your membership.

The full version of the issue is available to members, please log in to view the full version.

 

In this issue:

  • Features: Mind the gap
  • Tour and explore: Rail & bus Lincs; Weekender – Etape Loch Ness; Riding into history
  • Reviews and previews: Gear; Books; Shop window – new products from the cycling world
  • Bike tests: Trail hardtails; Pashley Roadfinder X
  • Group test: Front pannier racks
  • Regulars: Freewheeling; Quick releases; Bikefinder; Q&A; Travellers’ tales; plus much more

View the magazine chapters as PDFs

Attachment Size
Cover 560.3 KB
Contents 209.01 KB
Free wheeling 1: On my bike, Tech, Watch this 451.13 KB
Free wheeling 2: Your ride, Record rides, Eco tyres 605.78 KB
Quick releases 1: Campaigns 184.89 KB
Quick releases 2: Community 371.25 KB
Quick releases 3: Member benefits 287.03 KB
Quick releases 4: News and events 310.91 KB
Quick releases 5: Summer raffle 334.12 KB
Quick releases 6: Routes 1 459.66 KB
Quick releases 7: Routes 2 342.42 KB
Great rides 1: Rail and bus Lincs 1 671.65 KB
Great rides 1: Rail and bus Lincs 2 134.13 KB
Great rides 1: Rail and bus Lincs 3 276.73 KB
Great rides 1: Rail and bus Lincs 4 215.59 KB
Weekender: Etape Loch Ness 1 177.58 KB
Weekender: Etape Loch Ness 2 306.03 KB
Great rides 2: Riding into history 1 593.25 KB
Great rides 2: Riding into history 2 487.18 KB
Great rides 2: Riding into history 3 302.45 KB
Feature: Mind the gap 1 287.77 KB
Feature: Mind the gap 2 405.81 KB
Feature: Mind the gap 3 300.71 KB
Feature: Mind the gap 4 309.97 KB
Feature: Mind the gap 5 430.27 KB
In the frame 1: Gear 1 – Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport R Tube Type review 317.23 KB
In the frame 2: Gear 2 – Beeline Velo 2 review 288.48 KB
In the frame 3: Gear 3 – Cambrian Lightweight Saddlebag QR review 351.57 KB
In the frame 4: Shop window 373.68 KB
In the frame 5: Books 150.5 KB
In the frame 6: Bike test 1 – Trail hardtails 1 273.11 KB
In the frame 7: Bike test 1 – Trail hardtails 2 285.65 KB
In the frame 8: Bike test 1 – Trail hardtails 3 332.59 KB
In the frame 9: Bike test 1 – Trail hardtails 4 329.46 KB
In the frame 10: Bike test 2 – Pashley Roadfinder X 1 282.4 KB
In the frame 11: Bike test 2 – Pashley Roadfinder X 2 241.05 KB
In the frame 12: Group test – Front pannier racks 1 297.74 KB
In the frame 13: Group test – Front pannier racks 2 319.04 KB
In the frame 14: Group test – Front pannier racks 3 222.85 KB
Over to you 1: Letters 1 303.96 KB
Over to you 2: Letters 2 253.37 KB
Over to you 3: Interview 268.04 KB
Over to you 4: Q&A 1 244.41 KB
Over to you 5: Q&A 2 351.2 KB
Over to you 6: Bike finder 257.59 KB
Over to you 7: Travellers’ tales 1 349.72 KB
Over to you 7: Travellers’ tales 2 306.35 KB

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