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Rouleur is a bi-monthly British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

 magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 first published in 2006 by sportswear brand Rapha
Rapha
Rapha Performance Roadwear is a premium sportswear and lifestyle brand focused on bicycle road cycling, clothing and accessories. Started in London in early 2004 by Simon Mottram and Luke Scheybeler, the first products launched in July of that year...

 and now as a part of Rouleur Ltd. The focus is road racing
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 but there have been excursions into areas such as cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...

 and Track Racing. It is edited by co-owner and founder Guy Andrews
Guy Andrews
Guy Andrews, educated at Cranleigh School and St. Peter's College, Oxford University, is a British television writer who has written for television programmes including "Lost in Austen", "Absolute Power", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", and "Chancer"....

 and it is designed by Jonathan Bacon. Contributors include The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

writers William Fotheringham
William Fotheringham
William Fotheringham is a sports writer specialising in cycling and rugby. As a newspaper journalist he writes for The Guardian. Fotheringham was a features editor for Cycling Weekly, and the first editor of Cycle Sport and Procycling magazine...

 and Matt Seaton, as well as Graeme Fife
Graeme Fife
Graeme Fife is a prolific English writer, playwright and broadcaster. His first career was as a schoolmaster and university lecturer.-Education:...

, Herbie Sykes
Herbie Sykes
Herbie Sykes is an English journalist and writer specializing in the history of road bicycle racing. His first book, , a biography of Franco Balmamion centred around his victory at the 1962 Giro d'Italia, received widespread critical acclaim...

 and former Clash road manager Johnny Green
Johnny Green
Johnny Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul"...

. Photographic contributors include Ben Ingham, Gerard Brown, Taz Darling, Geoff Waugh, Timm Kölln, Olaf Unverzart, Rein van de Wouw, Marthein Smit and Dan Sharp. It has also featured photography from Magnum photographers John Vink and Guy le Querrec
Guy Le Querrec
Guy Le Querrec is a French photographer and filmmaker, noted for his documentary images of jazz musicians. He is a member of Magnum Photos....

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