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Cycling Weekly, General News, News - July 3, 2020

Why is cycling so white - and how can the sport increase diversity?

KUURNE, BELGIUM - MARCH 01: Start / Kuurne City / Fans / Public / Peloton / during the 72nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2020 a 201km race from Kuurne to Kuurne / #KBK20 / @KuurneBxlKuurne / KBK / on March 01, 2020 in Kuurne, Belgium. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

There was much jubilation on the podium at Le Havre and on the streets of Asmara, Eritrea, after stage six of the 2015 Tour de France. Why? Because history was made when Daniel Teklehaimanot, then riding for MTN Qhubeka became the first black African to wear a leader’s jersey – the King of the Mountains […]

CW5000 July Challenges

The sun’s out, the days are long, some cafes are open for takeaway drinks and we can ride in small groups again – albeit with some challenging restrictions. If this isn’t reason to celebrate with some big rides and get our mileage up, we don’t know what is. So after a few months of more […]

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Buyer's Guides, Cycling Weekly - June 24, 2020

Best Bikepacking bags 2020: A buyers guide for multi-day adventures

Seat, frame, bar and everything in-between. We share the best bikepacking and multi-day adventure bags and how to choose the best for you.

CW5000 Finishers club

If you've completed the CW5000 be sure to let us know. You can email us at cycling@futurenet.com or post on the CW5000 Facebook page. Be sure to let us know where and when you hit the target and any other stats about your riding this year. For those who aren't close to the target, don't worry, there's still a long way to go this year.

More and more CW5000 riders are now reaching the target mileage so here is our hall of fame. If you’ve signed up to the challenge and completed the mileage, send a screen grab of your Strava profile page (or whatever mile logging tool you use) and we’ll add you to the list. Email cycling@futurenet.com. Ross […]

The Strava dilemma

Now that Strava is charging £4 per month for full access to leaderboards, Hannah Reynolds assesses whether, in terms of motivation and training benefits, it’s money well spent

Late last month, training platform Strava made some significant changes to its user terms. Some of the features that were previously free are now available only with a paid-for subscription, and most new development will be available only to subscribers. In Strava’s own words to its users, “A few of our free features that are […]