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.
Sorry guys, something should have been said about combativity, but I haven't been that involved or looking at forum posts. I think because the...
You do realise that Britain is not a country?
Finally got round to taking my Ultegra cranks into the Shimano dealer this week. The result of the inspection was "clear". There's nothing in...
I think you missed the most perplexing bit:...
Also - I think at least as important are the more "touchy-feely" metrics - has this created nicer places? How have people's feelings about maybe...
They do look lovely. Would love to see a picture of them now after testing? How is the white wearing.
This is what happens when a great brand is bought by a hedgefund (sovereign wealth fund). It all goes horribly wrong. ...
Agree with most of this: comfort, sound quality, noise cancelling, and battery life are all excellent; on the downside the controls are prone to...
This is such a shame for the Sportive HQ team and the riders. ...
Yep, probably just be ordered to undergo a programme of retrainering.