This week is Upgrade Your Ride Week at Cyclingnews, keep an eye out for a range of features, guides and info to help you take your bike to the next level
It's Upgrade Your Ride Week here at Cyclingnews, meaning seven days dedicated to helping you, our readers, on keeping your bike in full working order, as well as advice on upgrades that will make it better than ever.
We appreciate that as Christmas draws ever closer and the cost of living crisis continues its vice-like grip, the purse strings might be feeling tighter than ever at the moment. With that in mind, the thought of upgrading your bike might be well down on the priority list at the moment. As a result, we'll be balancing our advice with helpful ways to save money while keeping your bike in tip-top condition... sure, a brand-new pair of wheels will be great, but what if buying a used bike is a better choice?
However, to spin that another way, times are tough right now, so it's particularly important to retain a focus on the things that bring you joy. If like us, cycling is a passion for you, then a broken bike won't allow you to blow off steam when you've had a tough day at work.
What's more, for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is taking hold and getting out on the bike can take some serious self-motivation. Upgrading your ride to make it a more comfortable - and safe - affair, such as fitting it with some of the best bike lights, upgrading to the best road bike mudguards or finding a pair of winter road bike tyres - will ease some of those gremlins in your mind.
You might also be here in search of gifts for someone else, rather than upgrading your own bike. We've already got plenty of advice to help, not least our roundup of Christmas gifts for cyclists.
Josh is Associate Editor of Cyclingnews – leading our content on the best bikes, kit and the latest breaking tech stories from the pro peloton. He has been with us since the summer of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews.
On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.
