Article · 11 Aug 2018
Top tips for cycling the Route des Grandes Alpes
Jonathan cycled the Route des Grandes Alpes to celebrate his birthday and learned vital lessons along the way. He now has an abundance of advice to share with others on how to...
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Feature · 15 Jul 2018
Route des Grandes Alpes – cycling through the French Alps
Jonathan and I took on our biggest cycling challenge yet, to ride 650km and climb 15000 metres in 9 days, creating a sort of elegant reversed question mark shape as we tackled the...
Article · 13 Jul 2018
E-bikes are just for softies
I’ve never been a strong cyclist, but until recently I’ve always enjoyed cycling. Now I simply love it! This is not just an isolated remark overheard in a pub, it’s a growing phenomenon, and cyclists who scorn e-bike riders should pause to...
Article · 4 Jul 2018
Hidden Gem – have you ever visited the Cathar castles of southern France?
Dating from the religious turmoil of a period between 1000 to 1250AD, the castles built and occupied by the Cathars are found on high rocky outcrops, and command fantastic views...
Feature · 17 Mar 2018
A Trail of Two Cities: A new route from London to Paris by bicycle
Mike Wells’ new guidebook to cycling from London to Paris outlines a proposed route to reach Paris by bike for the 2024 Olympics, but you can ride it now!
Feature · 6 Feb 2017
Travelling solo: a female long-distance cyclist’s reflections
In the final article in the series, around-the-world adventure cyclist Cressida Allwood describes her journey from the solo female traveller perspective. She tells us about some...
Feature · 7 Nov 2016
Cycling the River Rhone Cycle Route from Source to Sea: EV17
After a decade of planning and construction, a 900km (560 mile) cycle route following the River Rhone from source to sea is nearing completion, and has been accepted by the...
Feature · 8 May 2016
Cycling the Danube: Budapest to the Black Sea Part 3
This is the last of three articles describing a journey Tim Salmon and his wife Camilla made along the lesser-travelled lower Danube, from Budapest across Hungary, Croatia, Serbia...
Feature · 10 Apr 2016
Cycling the Danube: Budapest to the Black Sea Part 2
This is the second of three articles describing a journey Tim Salmon and his wife Camilla made along the lesser-travelled lower Danube, from Budapest across Hungary, Croatia,...
Feature · 11 Mar 2016
Cycling the Danube: Budapest to the Black Sea Part 1
In this first of three articles Tim Salmon describes a journey he and his wife Camilla made along the lesser-travelled lower Danube, from Budapest across Hungary, Croatia, Serbia...
Feature · 8 Feb 2016
The Velo Francette - France's newest long-distance cycle route
Gillian Thomas explores France’s newest long-distance cycle route the Velo Francette, through Normandy, Pays de la Loire and Poitou Charentes from Ouistreham to La Rochelle.
Feature · 13 Oct 2015
The Haute Route Alps – a long tough cyclosportive
The Haute Route Alps is 791km and almost 22,000m of ascent over seven consecutive days in some of the world’s most spectacular scenery. Regular Cicerone Extra contributor...
Feature · 5 Jul 2015
The Grandest Départ: Yorkshire 2014
Harry Dowdell remembers the thrill of the seeing the Grand Départ take place on home turf in 2014 – something that Yorkshire, and the wider UK cycling scene, will never forget.
Feature · 5 Jul 2015
The road to sportive cycling
Colin Dennis, author of Cicerone’s sportive guidebooks to the south-east and south-west England, welcomes the professionalism of today’s sportive cycling events – by comparison with the amateur efforts of only 20 years ago – and the arrival...
Feature · 5 Jul 2015
Cycling the 'Tour' cols of the Maurienne
In May Andy Hodges and a fellow cyclo-grimpeur Lee Rounce visited the Maurienne to taste the charms and challenges of some of the most famous climbs of the cycling world – before the Tour de France peloton gets its wheels on them at the end of...
Feature · 23 Mar 2015
VAM: A Naismith’s rule for cyclists
Cicerone author and keen cyclist Richard Barrett shares his tips on working out how much those steeper climbs will slow you down. Here, he explains VAM - (velocità ascensionale media) a method for estimating your speed when cycling through hills...
Feature · 20 Jan 2015
Mysteries, monuments and medics on the Danube
Mike Wells is currently writing a series of cycling guides to the great rivers of Europe for Cicerone. His latest guide, the first part of a two-volume series describing the...
Feature · 20 Oct 2014
Through the Black Forest on The Westway
The Westway (Westweg) is the long distance walking route that travels through the heart of the Black Forest in Southern Germany. Here, Cicerone author Kat Morgenstern describes some of the highlights.
Feature · 10 Aug 2014
Cycling classic Tour de France climbs
Every Tour de France supporter will know the mountains of the Maurienne. Many a champion has been made on these slopes. The mighty Galibier, the demure Madeleine, the iron-hard Croix de Fer: they all stare dispassionately down upon any cyclist...