Canadian Cycling Magazine

A Canadian magazine committed to providing the best articles on getting more out of your ride. Whether you are a mountain or road rider, you’ll find the bike and gear reviews, training secrets, route suggestions, maintenance tips and nutrition info you need to be a better rider. Find inspiring news on the pro racing scene, photos and features.

Don’t Waste the Wisdom within These Pages • I’ve had plenty of opportunities to heed advice that I should have taken sooner

VOL. 17, ISSUE 1

GALLERY

NEWS

WHAT’S HOT

Bianchi X-3

From B.C.’s Alpine to Halifax’s Jump Lines, Builders Say Demand Is Exploding While Funding Struggles to Keep Up

Why It’s So Important—For You and the Next Generation—To Take On Big Adventures

A Rider’s Mysterious Phone Call • In this section from James Piccoli’s new book, Tell Me I Can’t, the struggling road racer is on the verge of quitting. Then, it seems, his luck is finally about to change

The Data on Your Bike Computer Can Help You Win Your Legal Case

YFC GRVL • The young club goes big with dirt surfaces

The Little-known Gravel Routes of Hastings County • Find a sense of remoteness cached between busy Ontario regions

What You Need to Know about Creatine and Cycling Performance • The ‘it’ supplement may provide you with a boost, if the conditions are right

Starting Strength Work, For Real This Time • Simple and effective ways to get all the cycling benefits from building your muscles

Alan Hatherly’s Tips on Mixing Road and MTB Racing • The two-time XC world champion can divide up two disciplines, and so can you

What to Do With The Bike Parts Hidden From Sight • Even if you can’t see it, you still need to make sure it’s working. Here’s how

The Toronto Roots of a U.S. Champion • As Ashlin Barry heads into his first season with Visma-Lease a Bike’s development squad, away from the Don Valley playground of his younger days, the road, track and gravel phenomenon has new challenges to face with support that’s multinational

How Jasper’s Trails are Emerging from Wildfire • EVEN THOUGH ONE-THIRD OF THE TOWN WAS DESTROYED AND MANY MOUNTAIN BIKE ROUTES WERE DAMAGED, THE COMMUNITY’S WORK BEFORE THE BLAZE PREVENTED A GREATER DISASTER. HERE ARE THE LESSONS FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA AS IT BUILDS BACK

Cycling the Silk Road At 70 • Throughout numerous kilometres and days at altitude, a late-to-cycling septuagenarian finds out just what he’s capable of on the bike. His tale shows the fitness heights you could reach in the eighth decade of life

Van Rysel RCR-F • The aero racer from northern France carries speed on familiar roads

Trek Checkpoint+ • The e-gravel bike makes hard days feel possible and good days feel endless

Orbea Occam • A well-rounded trail bike that offers maximum fun

We Call that ‘Spring’ • Kit and accessories for your early season rides, in whatever month you get outside

Explore the Emerging Trails by the Caucasus Mountains • Medieval history mixes with a burgeoning cycling scene

Hayden Zablotny • From a sketchy first run at Rampage to a course-rewriting second lap, the freerider talks study habits, scary drops and why preparation beats hype