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.
Welp, the cycling industry wants CVT hubs, and anti-skid brakes, so next they'll come out with a push button motorized seat tilt so you change the...
Both of you actually misunderstand what the "performance line" is. It's always been a misnomer. Schwalbe labels their budget cheapy made tyres as...
No grassroots, no future.
Focus Paralane has threaded bb and endurance geometry. Available in your price range 😉 ...
I just saw a weight for this bike on a retailer's web site. 9kg for the Ultegra build. If that's not an error, it's shocking and beyond off...
17 minutes, you say, gosh say public transport users, how terrible for you. ...
Who's looking after your bridge while you're posting on here?
Horse. Stable Door. bolted.
Rather more than a Boardman SLR 8.6 at £650 with Claris. Cycling UK members will probably get a discount off that price....
Mixed first impressions from me. Applied to a previously waxed Ultegra chain which had first been washed almost clean on a very wet gravel ride,...