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.
Bigger wheels are faster I hear?
"I had to go very slightly out of my way on roads designed for through traffic???? Just so some people could be safe and enjoy cleaner air near...
I think I speak for every cyclist when I say that we more than welcome being treated the same as drivers. I shall start ignoring the safety of...
Not everyone is comfortable with the Abu Dhabi's stance on human rights.
I'm not confortable with the 'evil' description either. I'm also prepared to accept a custodial sentence may not have been appropriate. However, it...
How the f*** am I being obtuce? Because I'm thinking critically? ...
I wonder if that nice Mr Mark Harper, secretary of state for transport, would like to have a discussion/poll about whether cyclists think these...
Yeah, doesn't look much better on the model photographed on Kostume's website either...
Avoided speeding cyclist
I would prefer we stop "paying lip service to cycling infrastructure" and ... actually build proper cycling infrastructure (best guidelines in UK...