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.
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I've had a hiplok for a couple of years now. I don't mind the weight (but then I'm pretty pathetically skinny anyway) and I've never had an issue with comfort (although I've never come off whilst wearing it). My only issue is that, because it is a lock, it often sits near the mechanicals of the bike and therefore gets oily. This oil and muck then gets transferred to my t-shirts, so I've had to reduce my light coloured ones to cleaning rags and only have dark coloured t-shirts in my wardrobe now.
Are you sure you are not already?
I know I am...
Looks tough but I'm not sure I want to be carrying (another) 5 and a half pounds around my middle.
Not going to do your spine or internals much good if you come a cropper either. Each to their own though.