Grand Tours like the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana can be difficult to watch, not because of the racing but because there's so much to keep track of. 

All three have several competitions running at once: the general classification, mountains classification, points classification and team classification, with the Vuelta also having the combination jersey and the Tour having the best young rider's jersey.

As well as keeping track of these competitions there's how they're actually contested, is it time? Points? What about bonus seconds? Bonus points? Time and point penalties? It can be brain-frazzling just trying to keep on top of all these. So we have come up with several tips to make watching the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia super easy.

Cycling is an expensive hobby. Even at it's cheapest, you'll need to buy a bike which usually runs into the hundreds of pounds and then there's the helmet, lights, clothing, components and spares etc. The list goes on.

There are plenty of brilliant hacks out there to save you money or help you out in a tricky situation - here's our list of 5 of the best/most genius.

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Every carries spare inner tubes (or at least they SHOULD) in case of a puncture, but it's just not practical to carry a spare tyre on the off-chance you'll suffer a blowout.

But if it does happen what to do? A tear in a tyre wall is a disaster that will bring any ride to an immediate end and leave you calling for the service car (aka your spouse)...usually.

Upgrading your bike is one of the finer pleasures in life - there's few things more satisfying than spending some time replacing components, or adding nice upgrades to improve performance and make you bike look awesome. 

Cycling is a sport that is somewhat obsessed with image, there are plenty of so-called 'rules' which say how cyclists should act. These 'rules' include everything from etiquette when passing fellow riders to the correct sock length - looking at you Velominati.

Cycling is one of the healthiest activities that you can do in terms of physiology. It provides a low impact workout that can be done at various intensities, working out the entire body.

Not only are there physical benefits to cycling, there are loads of mental health positives as well as the fact that cycling is the most efficient way to travel around.

With so many benefits it ca be hard to find the most important ones, so here are our top 5 physiological effects on the body that cycling causes:

In 2015 bike manufacturer Pinarello unveiled the K8-S - an aero road bike with rear suspension that was Team Sky's weapon of choice for the cobbled classics.

Team Sky used it to great effect with Ian Stannard winning the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Geraint Thomas taking victory in the E3 Harelkebe, breaking the team's WorldTour duck for the early season classics.

So, why has it taken so long for a road bike with suspension to come to the fore in professional racing? Purely from a manufacturer's point of view it has always been difficult to create a frame with enough rigidity to handle the flex created by suspension, especially within the weight limits and specifications of the UCI rulebook.

We've all been in the situation on the road when we hear a creak, squeak or something on the bike feels a little wobbly. It's scary at worst, frustrating at best and it can all but ruin a perfectly good ride. 

Luckily, many of these can be easily fixed by yourself, either with some basic maintenance or by replacing parts. Here we list 5 common maintenance problems which you might encounter on the bike and how you can fix them.