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.
This market is getting ever smaller, as mainstream bikes and everything that pertains to them are moving further and further away from traditional...
That tends to be a trope alongside "hobby" and "recreation"....
I thought downhill segments were disallowed a couple of years or so ago after someone had a bad (fatal?) crash on one?
Obesity is now the biggest killer in the UK, above smoking - a good cure for obesity is cycling regularly - it's simple and cheap.
Bio-friendliness is a very complex question to answer, mining, extraction of raw material, life cycle, disposal! (find some e-waste bin when out of...
Here we have my Carlton Corsa originally built 1973 first owned by me in 1978 bought second hand for my birthday. Rebuilt in 2012 a few things have...
Indeed but a copper might not engage on a wild chase with a beefy motorist, risking his life and limb. Kids on the other hand and cyclists are easy...
After inhaling a pollen laden bee (or at least having it hit the back of my throat and choking on the pollen) I've taken to breathing through...
Managed to average 52 mph over the past 6 days straight on my fave segment but a measley 47 today. My coach says I'm over-training.
'Cut off' Surrey town 'becomes an island' after road closures turn three minute journey into one hour...