Rouleur editor Edward Pickering is joined by photojournalist James Startt, who covered the Ardèche and Drôme Classics in the south of France. These two races are growing in popularity with both WorldTour teams and fans, for their tough parcours, amazing scenery and unique atmosphere, and they are becoming known as the 'Alt Opening Weekend'.

Ed also chats with cycling journalist and cultural critic Kate Wagner about cycling's close and occasionally problematic relationship with pain and suffering; Kate contributed a feature on the same subject to Rouleur 117, which is available now.

And finally, Dan Cavallari talks with Enduro Bearings founder Matt Harvey.

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