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.
well since the great purge following the brexit vote and the ousting of Cameron, the rest of the conservatives are indeed right wing extremists...
There are places, though, where a bell is required equipment and lacking one can be a pretext for harassment by the police. NYC comes to mind....
One single loop of tubular carbon fibre. Just because there were counterfeit Ringle cages doesn't justify or excuse Topeak's action. It's theft,...
The Met police have an all time record number of officers. Predictably they are still nowhere to be seen and show a complete disinterest in low...
I discovered the first bit of cycling infra I've ever liked today....
Nor have I, I hasten to add! As the accused he could've got legal aid if his income was low enough, I think the bar is actually quite generous,...
Not helped by the fact they seem to have installed them in the wrong orientation.
And Golden Shoehorn of the Week goes to... Oh and Lineker has won his appeal against HMRC. Do try to keep up eh? 👍
Headlights are not that effective in picking out pedestrians, as the white lights on the poles are so blinding....
Definitely not me - I'm a short arse 5 foot 7.