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.
I see. I knew there was a permissable switch out, but thought it was only if there was a clash with a leader's jersey. You learn something new...
Well of course - I mean, that bike is totally Mexico
It's not really just one small cable - the cable has to be routed up to the bars (possibly through the stem), and then either through the bars or...
I know that road well, I ride it regularly....
Why did I leave my pic-a-nic basket in the car? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-65751318
I think Microshift are probably the biggest threat to Shimano....
Interesting, thanks for that information....
Agreed on fixed being better for climbing - IF you're still within your gear. When you ride fixed, you'll get used to quite wide a range of cadence...
A beauty. It almost looks as good as my Raleigh Banana.
Yeah - I just think of Boyle's when gas laws come up