Summer’s here (kind of), the Tour’s in full swing and issue 155 is a banger. We’ve got an incredible (and secret) Big Ride up Alpe d’Huez, a beautiful gravel grind around the pro’s favourite, Girona, and an insanely steep Classic Climb up Austria’s most revered slopes, the Kitzbüheler Horn.
Our profile is the most endearing thing you’ll read in 2024, all about 94-year-old Scottish champ Ramsay Mackay; we’ve got a history lookback at Beryl Burto; a Q+A with Israel Premier-Tech’s George Bennett; and a deep-dive on the latest technology in the world of wheels.
Bikes include the new Factor Ostro VAM, FiftyOne Sika and the Eddy Merckx Pévèle, with kit coming in the form of Hunt’s superfast, superlight Sub50 wheels, Assos’s fancy new bibshorts, the Oakley sunglasses Cavendish wore to victory 35 and a whole lot more besides. Including, wait for it… the brand-new Raleigh Chopper. Probably could have just put that on the cover.