It's time for us to talk about bonking in cycling, the dreaded energy crisis that sneaks up on you and takes you down without warning. Bonking can turn a seasoned cyclist into a shadow of their former self in minutes, and if you've been cycling long enough, it's guaranteed to happen to you.

An aero position on a road bike means making yourself smaller to the wind by adjusting your elbows, shoulders, torso and head. Done well, it can help you ride faster without buying new equipment, or hold the same speed while using less energy.

There is quite a bit to get used to when you first take a road bike into traffic. Looking behind without drifting, knowing where to wait at a junction and leaving room beside parked cars all take practice. Good bike safety habits give you more time to react and help other road users understand where you are going. Here are ten practical bike safety tips, along with advice on riding in traffic, choosing useful safety gear and preparing for mountain roads.

Your road bike could be all you need for your first triathlon, without a shopping list longer than your training plan. It’s the bike you already know how to handle, and with the right fit changes it can carry you through the bike leg with enough left for the run. Here’s where I’d spend the money, how far you can adapt your road frame and when a dedicated tri bike starts making sense.

It's easier to get on the bike through winter when there's a ride you're looking forward to on the calendar. Perhaps you want to finish your first sportive, return to a mountain event with better legs or finally enter the gran fondo you've been discussing for years. Choosing that target means looking beyond the finish-line photos to the preparation, cost and time involved. Here's how to choose an event that suits your riding and your life, with eight ideas for 2027 and ways to prepare on ROUVY.

You're a few hours into a long ride or trainer session when you start to notice something you'd rather not. Things have gone numb 'down there'. Maybe you stand on the pedals a bit, shift around and the feeling starts to come back. But if it keeps happening, you might be dealing with cyclist syndrome.

You can put plenty of miles into your legs and still find that a day in the Dolomites asks a little more of them. There is the climbing, of course, but also the early start, the long descents and the business of remembering to eat while admiring where you are. The 40th Maratona dles Dolomites takes place on 4 July 2027, with three routes starting in La Villa and finishing in Corvara. Its longest course covers 138 kilometres and 4,230 metres of ascent, including Passo Giau. Getting a few things sorted beforehand means you can spend more of the day enjoying the ride.

A triathlon is an endurance race combining three sports: swimming, cycling and running, completed in that order as one continuous event. Participants move between disciplines through two transitions, with the clock running from the start of the swim to the finish of the run.

Every year a wave of ROUVY employees disappears off to IRONMAN events around the world, and roughly half the team has finished a full distance or a 70.3. So we asked the person with the most finish lines behind him for everything he knows.