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. 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 have an embarrassing confession. It's something about which I do feel quite ashamed, but I know Road.cc are a tolerant crowd I have never...
Well, that's a bit rubbish!
Don't you be coming on 'ere with yer "facts"
"Betters"? Liam Fox? "Betters"??
I've been using Bont MTB shoes (I run SPD cleats on my road bike) and they've got the advantage of using thermoplastic, so you bake them in the...
I have a couple of either design on my cycle route to and from work and tend to avoid both and just cycle on the road, but appreciate that doesn't...
No prizes for which paper this is from
Does MTB really still have 3 sizes? Last time I bought 26” MTB tyres, there didn't seem to be much choice compared to the other two sizes. And when...
Good points; I've learnt to anticipate the light going green and get a jump on motor vehicles behind me, because if I wait until the light goes...
I thought bottle dynamos were more efficient, added to which they can be disengaged when not needed. And they are independent of the wheel build,...