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.
There's plenty of traffic along Avonvale and Marsh Rd already without needing to encourage it.
It's terrible that even when the burly security guard challenges him, and tries to take the bike back, the thief won't let go, just keeps pulling...
The roads would have been terrible. C5s have minimal ground clearance and struggle on rough surfaces. So all the traffic calming would have had to...
Ah, one of those anachronistic objects! I'm just waiting for "Prius found in prehistoric passage grave". (Maybe left as an offering after its...
It's also the "German expressionist film" argument style * - "you want less driving? No, you want to get rid of motor vehicles entirely! No wait -...
I'll also add it's what you consider a lot of money is, as in 'What, you paid how much for a push bike! You could have bought ......' We've all...
That'll be why climbers have such bigger quads than TT specialists and sprinters then.
Where did you find that? I've never seen figures below regional level (London being the only UK city which is also classed as a region). I'm not...
I want to say, wow! holy cow ! seriously, it is very interesting to read this. So, I wonder if they are just buying this stuff off the shelf ie...
Actually, having recently bought a cheaper, new helmet to replace a more expensive (but cracked) one, I would say that more expensive is better. ...