A complete guide to incorporating cycling into your life and making the most of the many benefits to health, fitness and yes, happiness that it can give you.

Hannah Reynolds has been editor of the Fitness section of Cycling Weekly magazine for over 10 years. In 2006 she launched Health and Fitness for Cyclists (now Cycling Fitness), a quarterly training manual that includes training plans and nutrition, training and technique advice. Robert Hicks has spent the last four years working as a health and fitness writer for Cycling Weekly, Cycling Fitness and Cycling Active covering topics from riding techniques, to nutrition, psychology and physiology. He cycles for the enjoyment of it, regularly attending sportives throughout the summer. Rebecca Charlton has worked as a cycling journalist in online, print and broadcast media for eight years. She is Assistant Editor on Cycling Active magazine also writing fitness, features, news and technical articles for Cycling Weekly, Cycling Active and Cycling Fitness magazines. They are the authors of Fitter, Further, Faster published by Bloomsbury in spring 2013.