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2024 Giant TCR Advanced Pro 0 AXS - riding 4.jpgroad.cc tech editor Mat Brett seriously injured in cycling incident
Following an incident on Monday while out on his daily lunchtime ride loop our friend and colleague Mat was badly injured on a country road near his home.
After being treated for almost three hours at the scene by paramedics Mat was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol where he continues to receive ongoing and extensive treatment for multiple serious injuries.
Everyone at road.cc and our sister sites, off.road.cc and ebiketips is sending positive thoughts to Mat and his family. We know road.cc readers and other members of the cycling media and wider cycling industry will want to too.
We are all profoundly shocked that something like this can happen to such a strong and skilful rider and all-round exceptional human being. But of course sometimes stuff just happens even to the best of us.
As some of you will have noted we used the word ‘incident’ in the headline and we did so deliberately. At this stage it seems Mat was the victim of pure bad luck on a road he’d ridden down hundreds, if not thousands, of times before, but we don't have all the details. Should any further details emerge that change that reading of the situation we shall report on it.
Currently we’re just thinking about Mat recovering, but as you can imagine his absence will affect how we work in the coming months. Despite what some may think road.cc is not put together by a cast of thousands, but by a fairly small group of people in which Mat has a big role. He’s been tech editor at road.cc for 15 years, setting the tone for our tech coverage and the benchmark for its quality. Luckily for us he’s also super-organised and he’s helped put together and mentor a strong team. His byline will still be appearing on new stories in the coming days.
Get well soon Mat!
Latest Comments
- grOg 1 hour 49 min ago
No sht sherlock, it's a joke..
- Jippily 3 hours 12 min ago
Maybe after this the industry will start to realise bikes really shouldn't be costing more than motorbikes.
- Rendel Harris 4 hours 13 min ago
Yes, look forward to multiple complaints from the usual suspects. I went for a ride this morning and was planning to settle in and watch the whole...
- Rendel Harris 4 hours 45 min ago
Yes, he's done that in the past but today wasn't like that. He usually gets in the autobus and by all accounts is pretty much the conductor as the...
- captain_slog 5 hours 51 min ago
A great read, thanks. Bartali is in any case one of the giants of the sport but what might he have achieved if the war hadn't intervened?
- C3a 6 hours 11 min ago
Another tragedy. Five a day is it? We have normalised death on our roads. ...
- NOtotheEU 6 hours 24 min ago
If I hadn't ever read any of your posts it would never have occurred to me that it might not be true....
- HoarseMann 6 hours 37 min ago
Is this an environmental improvement? All batteries wear out eventually, even a rechargeable one....
- David9694 8 hours 44 min ago
And the landlord says "why the long face?"
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Still a lot to make roads safer.
Having quite literally been left for dead by a hit and run motorbike rider, unconscious with 3 broken ribs, lung damage and relatively minor damage around my eye (thank you helmet), resulting in over a week in hospital on a cocktail of painkillers causing both vomiting and constipation and weeks of sleepless nights on a sofa once I got home, I feel at least some of Mat's pain.
All the best for a speedy recovery.
Really sorry to hear this. Get well soon Mat.
Dreadful news for Matt and it must be a shock for all of the team at road.cc and elsewhere. Thoughts are with you all.
Horrible news.
First and foremost wishing him a good recovery. Keep up the good work!
All the best Mat. Hope you make a strong recovery
I'm sorry to hear this: best wishes to Mat for a full and speedy recovery.
awful news. heal up Mat.
My best wishes !
Mat was the second cyclist air lifted to Southmead hospital in two days.
What rotten luck for both of them (driver arrested in the first incident) and wishing them both a good recovery.
I'm sorry to hear this. I hope you make a full recovery, Mat.
Ouch. Speedy recovery Mat.
Thinking of you Mat, be strong, best wishes for a good recovery.
Awful news, wishing you a quick recovery Mat
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Mat!
Not good, hope he's not too badly hurt and makes a speedy recovery 🙏🙏
Best wishes to Mat and his family.
How awful. Just shows that incidents can happen to the best riders.
Fingers crossed for a swift and full recovery.
Sorry to hear this, heal up soon.
Get well soon, a wish one cyclist never really wants to have to extend to another
All the best
Peter. Really bad news. Best wishes get well soon
Heal up soon.
Bugger. Sounds horrible. Get well soon, bonnie lad.
Sorry to hear the news Mat - best wishes from everyone here at Endura
How's the bike?
(someone had to ask…)
I probably would have (standard), had I not read "bady injured", "treated three hours at the scene", "airlifted" and "ongoing and extensive treatment for multiple serious injuries"
Yeah, valid point, but 'enquiring minds' and all that…
I hope he's OK soon.
Damn. Get well soon!
Get well soon Mat
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