Matt Wragg

Matt Wragg is a freelance photographer, writer and bicycle-breaker based near Nice France. After picking up his first serious mountain bike at 14, Matt was hooked. Wildly unsuccessful stints racing XC, trials, 4X and DH soon followed. After graduating with an BA in English from the University of Birmingham in 2004, he played his trade as a communications consultant in Birmingham, then London. By 2009 he admitted that trying to fit into the real world was not his path, packed his bags (and bike) and headed for New Zealand and a season of riding downhill bikes. Since then, he has also spent time in Canada, Italy and France, chasing trails and a career as a cycling photographer and writer. In 2021 he was diagnosed as autistic and has been coming to terms with that since. His bike cellar (yes, it really is a cellar) is home to bikes that span from freeride and enduro bikes, through to road, gravel and cargo bikes, and he counts his biggest career success as having time to ride them all.