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 haven't raced for years now, but there used to be BCF 3rd Cat road races where women could compete, and even 2nd & 3rd Cat races with special...
Another vote for C38s here.
Well, there's no cure for being a... can't bring myself to say it (but there's definitely no cure for it).
There's a lot of negativity around Cav, for whatever reason. Plenty are willing to say he only wins because of his leadout, or because he's in...
Wow. I'd be chuffed with that ride now at 54, at 85 that's incredible. Chapeau Granny Mave!
My first Grand Tour for a few years and I was surprised how many mistakes I made. I never really considered Leknessund or Gee, I totally ignored...
97 per cent of drivers agree that people who drive too closely to people cycling are putting lives at risk...
The trick to making chains last longer is definitely keeping them as clean as possible. Wax instead of oil is recommended as it doesn't turn into a...
Got a Garmin GPS III in 1998. It was mainly designed for sailing and boating.
My Mattolini Corsa