Horse for the Course

Horse for the Course | I spent five days cycling on Sri Lanka’s red gravel tracks and unfinished roads – it was an adventure like no other
Katherine Moore rode through the island's mountains and forests, eating fresh coconut, spotting elephants and battling the heat and humidity on her Ribble CGR Ti

Horse for the Course | Chasing the pros and riding the white roads of the Gran Fondo Strade Bianche
George heads to Italy for a double-header of WorldTour racing and gran fondo riding on Tuscany's white gravel roads

Horse for the Course: What bike do you ride for the 1,900km Silk Road Mountain Race?
Josh Murphy takes on Kyrgyzstan's toughest trails
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Horse for the Course: Road meets gravel for the 145-mile FoCo Fondo
Is this convertible all-road/gravel bike, with 12-speed Shimano Ultegra and 40mm tyres, up for 145 miles of Colorado gravel?

Horse for the Course | Can suspension tame a wet and wild edition of the Unbound gravel race?
Can suspension tame a wet and wild edition of the Unbound gravel race?

Horse for the Course: Gravel or MTB for the 613km Torino-Nice Rally?
How does a downcountry full-suspension mountain bike fare over 613 kilometres and 10 high Alpine passes?

Horse for the Course | Can you race an enduro on a hardtail?
Taking on a three-day enduro with no rear suspension

Horse for the Course: Katherine's West Kernow Way e-bikepacking recce
Katherine takes on CyclingUK's newest bikepacking route, the West Kernow Way

Horse for the Course: Jack's 420km two-day Scottish bikepacking adventure
An unforgettable ride in an unforgettable year

The hottest bikes of the year ridden at the best events
We round up our best Horse for the Course events in 2018

Specialized S-Works Venge for the Sagan Fondo in California
WorldTour-specced superbike for 110km Northern California vineyard ride

Canyon Speedmax CF 8.0 Di2 for this year's 12hr World TT Champs
Nick Legan races 12 hours on board his upgraded Canyon Speedmax

Fixies are dumb, but I love them — Jack's hill climb fixie
Modifying a State Bicycle Co Undefeated for hill climbing

Horse for the Course: Curve Belgie Disc for the Garmin Ride Out
Rolling roads, sunshine, WorldTour riders and a perfectly executed sportive

Respect your elders: turning back the clock at Eroica Britannia
Oli rides a classic road bike that's older than he is

Testing prototype tires over 12,000 vertical feet on asphalt and dirt
Big cotton casings for Haute Route Rockies stage

Delaney's rookie Dirty Kanza 200 bike
Racing gravel? Here's what worked for me, and what didn't

Running down a dream at the Land Run 100
Two Vittoria-shod Opus horses for the Oklahoma gravel course

Horse for the Course: Trek Madone for Flanders sportive
Joining 16,000 riders on the old stones with an aero bike and new XXX wheels

Baptism of mud: a first attempt at a cyclocross season
Racing and crashing on a Specialized CruX Sport

Riding the Ramble on a Niner RLT 9 Steel
Three days, 200 miles and many mountains

Merida Big Nine Team for the MTB Marathon World Championships
How does an amateur fare against the best riders on the planet?

Racing 200 miles of gravel on the new Specialized Diverge
Suspension up front and plenty of bottles for the Dirty Kanza

Niner RLT 9 RDO with Fox AX gravel fork for The Hairy 100
Dented a rim at mile 35 and kept on rolling