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.
For the home mechanic, how often does the torque wrench need to be reclibrated?
The grip that the right wing reactionaries have on the gullible public is frightening, and this is just a microcosm of that influence, with so many...
I know a good book about that!
But ... and I know this is beyond the DfT, but announced funding was then cut (even that which didn't turn out to be some political sleight of hand...
I bought a Topeak Joe Blow Sport III Pump about 9 months ago, quite frankly, I was not impressed with it. The base has too much flex it in it, the...
Ride single file, stay close to the curb? Where I live, I get people screaming at cyclists telling them they don't belong on the road, I was...
The worst thing about all this is learning that Bon Scott's family tried to make sunglasses with his name on.
There's a whiff of Martin73 about that post from whosatthewheel.
I assumed that a commuter road was like the Room of Requirement - it travels to wherever people need to drive on it.
Anyone 6'3 here? Torn on sizing. I ride size 58 in Specialized and Cannondale, Large in Giant, Large in Canyon, saddle height 82cm. I really like...