Cycle magazine October/November 2025

A person wearing red and black mountain bike kit and helmet is riding a mountain bike through an autumn forest with leaf-covered ground and autumn sunshine streaming through the trees
Read the October/November 25 issue of Cycling UK’s member magazine online. This issue features autumn essentials for you and your bike for under £100, riding traffic free from Mid Wales to London, all-rounder steel road bikes 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: Autumn gold
  • Tour and explore: Across countries; Weekender – South Somerset Cycleway;Fiets first
  • Reviews and previews: Gear; Books; Shop window – new products from the cycling world
  • Bike tests: All-rounder road bikes; Stooge Dirt Tracker
  • Group test: Commuter lights
  • Regulars: Freewheeling; Quick releases; Bikefinder; Q&A; Travellers’ tales; plus much more

View the magazine chapters as PDFs

Attachment Size
Cover 956.71 KB
Contents 278.71 KB
Freewheeling 1: On my bike, Watch this, Tech 485.46 KB
Freewheeling 2: Your ride, New bike, Event 536.34 KB
Quick releases 1: Routes 246.07 KB
Quick releases 2: Community 289.32 KB
Quick releases 3: Member benefits 333.17 KB
Quick releases 4: News and events 308.92 KB
Quick releases 5: Campaigns 1 453.08 KB
Quick releases 6: Campaigns 2 396.55 KB
Great rides 1: Across countries 1 753.12 KB
Great rides 1: Across countries 2 201.21 KB
Great rides 1: Across countries 3 360.27 KB
Great rides 1: Across countries 4 337.65 KB
Weekender: South Somerset Cycleway 1 273.32 KB
Weekender: South Somerset Cycleway 2 289.96 KB
Great rides 2: Fiets first 1 715.35 KB
Great rides 2: Fiets first 2 333.58 KB
Great rides 2: Fiets first 3 287.89 KB
Great rides 2: Fiets first 4 234.28 KB
Feature: Autumn gold 1 633.1 KB
Feature: Autumn gold 2 305.73 KB
Feature: Autumn gold 3 361.14 KB
Feature: Autumn gold 4 217.68 KB
Feature: Autumn gold 5 299.1 KB
In the frame 1: Gear 1 – Schwalbe Aerothan innertube review 241.41 KB
In the frame 2: Gear 2 – Burley Coho XC 269.51 KB
In the frame 3: Gear 3 – Endura Women’s SingleTrack Waterproof Jacket II 277.26 KB
In the frame 4: Shop window 362.86 KB
In the frame 5: Books 182.47 KB
In the frame 6: Bike test 1 – High-grade steel 1 237.98 KB
In the frame 7: Bike test 1 – High-grade steel 2 249.67 KB
In the frame 8: Bike test 1 – High-grade steel 3 281.39 KB
In the frame 9: Bike test 1 – High-grade steel 4 278.09 KB
In the frame 10: Bike test 2 – Stooge Dirt Tracker 1 269.35 KB
In the frame 11: Bike test 2 – Stooge Dirt Tracker 2 250.64 KB
In the frame 12: Group test – Commuter light sets 1 187.39 KB
In the frame 13: Group test – Commuter light sets 2 212.68 KB
In the frame 14: Group test – Commuter light sets 3 198.84 KB
Over to you 1: Letters 1 359.25 KB
Over to you 2: Letters 2 177.69 KB
Over to you 3: Profile 603.96 KB
Over to you 4: Q&A 1 288.28 KB
Over to you 4: Q&A 2 159.12 KB
Over to you 5: Bikefinder 205.73 KB
Over to you 6: Travellers’ tales 1 269.7 KB
Over to you 6: Travellers’ tales 2 278.87 KB