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.
Someone has already suggested that perhaps it's time for him to give up driving.
Don't sweat over your FTP. Getting fit and enjoying your riding is far more important. If chasing the numbers is important to you then FTP is as...
Maybe, but only because that's what the Highway Code says to do… ...
I too am one of those old folks and I remember it well (though it was gangrene rather than the actual crash directly that almost took his leg, as I...
As he says, sexual abuse as a child can rear its appalling head at any time in your life and drive you into a tailspin of depression, poor...
I have a Ragley Trig, which is steel, has masses of clearance plus everything needed for racks, mudguards. I have it set up with a 2x10 Campag...
Damn they messed up with this one, services like that grow from word of mouth. Who is going to be recommending komoot now when you need a...
Excellent, just the job! Thanks
Good point, it's England and Wales. Northern Ireland seem to have the same minimum and maximum penalties but I don't know if they work with the...
Are you confusing a clearly opinionated - nay, biased rag like road.cc with a balanced, respectable news organisation like the BBC?