Tight hips in cycling happen when the muscles around the front, side and back of the hip lose useful range of motion, usually because riders spend long periods in a flexed riding position. For cyclists, this can show up as hip-flexor tightness, lower-back discomfort, knee irritation, poor glute engagement, poor posture on the bike or a loss of comfort later in longer rides.

There’s something about cycling that’s just better with other people. You can chat before the ride, motivate each other during hard sections and catch up afterwards. For many riders, the social side of cycling is just as important as the training. That feeling doesn’t have to stop when the winter comes or the weather gets bad. Group indoor rides have become one of the best answers to that problem.

The old adage, "Hope for the best, and be prepared for the worst," is a wise approach to packing for rides. Just as you would pack a raincoat if there's a chance of rain, you should carry a cycling first aid kit just in case you or someone in your group has an accident.

For many riders, Lanzarote is one of those places that stays in their legs long after the ride ends. The roads are rarely flat, the winds are relentless, and the volcanic landscape makes almost every route feel different from anywhere else. For Jesper, the island gradually became more than just a winter riding destination. After years of travelling there with his family, it also became the place where he started creating routes for ROUVY.

The guilt and FOMO used to hit me like a brick every time I would turn down an outdoor ride in favour of my smart trainer. But sometimes, climbing aboard my trainer makes a lot more sense than meandering the rolling hills in my rural hometown.

A power meter measures how much power you produce while riding, shown in watts. Unlike speed, which changes with wind, gradient and road surface, power tells you how much work your body is doing at that moment.

Interval training for cyclists is a structured way of alternating harder efforts with easier recovery periods to improve specific areas of fitness, such as endurance, threshold power, VO2 max, sprinting and race repeatability. Put simply, intervals give each workout a clear job.

Cycling in Tuscany combines vineyard roads, Strade Bianche gravel sectors, hilltop towns and more climbing than you’d expect. You can ride through Chianti one day, head south to the white roads around Siena the next and finish the week on the longer climbs near Lucca.

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