Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
Biggest eBay Bicycle disaster I ever saw happened to someone else, not me: a friend asked me to find them a decent entry-level road bike, I found...
I've just had a quick look at the BC website to check and most races seem to be about the £30 mark, I think that riders, most of whom have paid...
“There is never a Plan B for cycling” Only slightly less likely than a plan A.
I liked the V1: many hours between charges, in light and camera mode. I can't see a reason to get this V3. Disappointed.
The zip broke on my Harrington.
Can I ask you for a cite on those 900mm and 1200mm numbers, please, Dave? Very geniune question - I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. It's a...
Just checking start time for Brugge -De Panne and it looks like the window shuts a little early at 8 am UK time. Looks like race starts at 10.30 am...
I suspect this has been on the cards since the early 90s, with rumoured lobbying from teams including March and Footwork.
Aha! *That* is the real reason that being able to accelerate is a "safety feature"! "In the event of fire, break glass (windscreen) and accelerate...
I'd rather take my bike to Halfords. That's something I thought I'd never say!