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 pushing 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
I have had a steel frame (Claud Butler) rust through in the past - found out by putting my finger through the seat tube!...
How about just adding some pedal washers instead to move the pedals out a little... Gotta be easier than moving the cleats and messing up your fit.
Hmm... So how many people have climbed on Everest? Plenty more than ever made it to the top. But if you say you've "climbed Everest", I think it's...
There's no sweeping generalisations here... as relevant as your position that young inexperienced drivers pose the greatest danger, so to is the...
I took an idle glance at this bike, and the Ribble 725 CGR. Surprised to see that 2x GRX options weren't available for either. I guess 40f x 42r is...
£225!?...
I had an old version of these. Found them to be beautiful tyres but far too fragile to be practicle for use in the UK.
A bit of a flaw in that motorists are unaware of the laws they have to follow or don't care about following them....
You say in the text the brakes are flat mount....
Wow, say goodbye to "that guy's wearing the same sunglasses as me" embarrassment! Phew, been bugging me for years, that.