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.
How fast can it go? By the way, it's a very beautiful road bike.
Yes, a Brompton with the load on the carrier block handles just as twitchily no matter how heavy the load is!
Also, if you're wearing a helmet, unbuckle the strap. It's really easy to yank somebody's head around by grabbing a properly fastened helmet. Yes,...
A couple of reports said he tried to sneak back in to the country but didn't elaborate....
You're potentially helping every local cyclist even if they will never know so you're very welcome. Funnily enough today I replied with the exact...
I have the original Ortlieb Vario. It's now 6 years old. By far the best feature is the 5 year warranty....
Really sad postscript to the Tashkent story. The Uzbek federation took exception to Yanina Kuskova posting that Insta story and has refused to fly...
Yikes! I wouldn't buy another similar wheel from them, even if it was half price or whatever....
You're obviously a tall guy, unless you're built like a blade of grass you're going to have some weight. I see plenty of cyclists who would...
ditto