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.
Agreed, although women face additional barriers in busy places too. All the women cyclists I know report a much higher level of abusive behaviour...
Who actually cares if "bike to work" bikes aren't actually used for daily commuting ? (Apart from The Telegraph, of course) The fact that you can...
He does it to make a point. As I remember from his videos he is rarely not in control of the situation. Although as it's all on shitter these days,...
Probably worth pointing out at some point that the Telegraph is on the Cycle to Work Scheme..
It gets posted in road.cc comments around six times daily.
But if it's a bridleway or a permissive path they're within their rights to be.
This is my favourite rant - but I really dont see the point of windproof cycling clobber that isn't properly waterproof - especially for the UK. ...
Whenever I drive, which isn't much, I often wonder why other seem to just not care at all, it's like so sense and appreciation for any other human...
Thanks for all the kind replies. I was back on my bike yesterday and went and had a look at where I had my fall. No obvious diesel on the road or...
Toe clips, now we're talking.