Sportive

Six ways to extend your cycling season through autumn

Keep on riding and beat the end-of-season blues

Have a break

The end of summer doesn't have to mean the end of the cycling season (Pic: Vulpine)
Autumn and winter is cyclo-cross season (Pic: Balint Hamvas)
Pack your bags and go touring
There's no shortage of climbing in Tenerife (Pic: Polka Dot Cycling)
Put your summer fitness to good use on an end-of-season sportive
Fancy riding on the track? Try a taster session or join a track league if you're more experienced (Pic: Alex Broadway/SWpix.com)
It could be time to recharge your batteries (Pic: Media24)

Have a break

Of course, you don’t have to stretch your season out if you don’t want to – autumn could be time to time to take a break after a hectic summer and recharge before getting back into the swing of things for winter.

Kick back, recharge your batteries, give you and your beloved steed a break, and start readying body and bike for winter.

Six things you need to know about… recovery

The break from riding will be over before you even know it, and while it might take you a couple of weeks to get back into the swing of things, you’ll come back to things mentally and physically refreshed.