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.
The thing is, they have said that (well, the first bit) in response to similar petitions over the years. Which makes it all the more bizarre that...
I mean the fundamental point on cyclists speeding is surely one of physics....
"He may be obsessed with braking power and fast cornering in the wet at his day job"...
Just got another one. Now that drivers realise that if I'm on a flatish road in a 20mph speed limit I might actually be doing more than 20mph...
I'm guessing according to Mr Chapps the driver wasn't displaying number plates, wasn't insured.......
A moving tribute Matt. A lovely bloke and a one-off human being. Once met, never forgotten.
Good use by witness of the word "kerfuffle", though placed alongside "carnage" and two men with axes, I don't know if it is an entirely appropriate...
While North Wales are the exact opposite, they love their A Frames.
But Campag is at its most beautiful when it is fully shiny.
Does anyone know when the patents expire on the old top of the line 9 speed Campy and Shimano groupsets? Asking for a friend!...