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off.road.cc: the home of off-road news, reviews and buying advice
Founded in 2017, off.road.cc has become the UK’s biggest off-road-specific cycling website covering everything from mountain biking and bickpacking to gravel riding and racing.
Like sister site road.cc, off.road.cc is independently owned meaning unbiased, objective content spanning reviews, buying guides, features and in-depth deep-dive technical articles. Our team comprises award-winning writers, passionate storytellers and some of the best age-group riders in the UK.
As dedicated riders, we have our finger on the pulse for all things cycling-related and this is reflected in the stories we publish daily. Our experience and collective knowledge make us the trusted source for all your off-road information and buying advice.
Meet the team
Aaron Borrill - editor
Aaron Borrill, by off-road.cc
Aaron is an award-winning writer and editor of off.road.cc. Born and raised in South Africa he completed his BA honours at the University of Cape Town before embarking on a career in journalism. As the former tech editor of Cyclingnews and Bike Perfect, digital editor of Bicycling magazine and associate editor of TopCar, he's travelled the world writing about bikes and anything with wheels for 19 years – he’s driven 1,500 cars and pedalled over 300 bicycles.
A competitive racer and Stravaholic, he’s twice ridden the Cape Epic, raced nearly every mountain bike stage race in South Africa and completed the Haute Route Alps. He's also a national-level time trialist and represented South Africa at the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. As an eSports racer, he’s captained and raced for South Africa at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI Cycling eSports World Championships.
When Aaron talks about bikes, we listen and suggest you do, too.
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Liam Mercer - Technical editor
2024 starling minimurmur riding 2.jpg, by Liam Mercer
Since beginning his mountain biking career while working as a resort photographer in Greece in 2014, Liam became a freelance contributor at off.road.cc in 2019. From there, he’s climbed the journalism job ladder from staff writer to deputy technical editor, now finding his place as technical editor.
Partial to the odd enduro race, heart rate-raising efforts on slim-tyred cross-country bikes, hell-for-leather e-MTB blasts or even casual gravel jaunts, there’s not a corner of off-road cycling where Liam fears to tread. With more than 40 bike reviews under his belt and hundreds more on MTB, e-MTB and gravel parts and accessories, Liam’s expertise continues to be cemented and respected by the industry.
Matthew Page - Reviews writer
Matthew Page off.road.cc.jpg, by Matthew Page
Matt’s cycling journey has been anything but conventional. From childhood rides and races with friends to proper competitions as a teenager, he eventually became a cycle courier in his early 20s.
Logging big miles boosted his fitness, leading to major race wins and a full-time contract with Wiggle in the late 2000s. After several incredible years racing iconic events worldwide, he began organising his own events, including the renowned Battle on the Beach.
Writing about his racing adventures for top magazines naturally evolved into gear reviews. Riding around 20,000 km annually in Wales, with a big percentage off-road, he focuses on clear, practical reviews grounded in real-world use.
Stu Kerton - Reviews writer
2023 vitus venon evo gr riding 1.jpg, by Liam Mercer
Since writing his first bike review back in 2009, Stu has tested more than a thousand pieces of kit, and hundreds of bikes, both on and off-road. With an HND in mechanical engineering and previous roles as a CNC programmer/machinist, draughtsman and development engineer Stu knows what it takes to bring something to market from the simplest of sketches through to the finished product on the shelves.
Stu started cycling for fitness back in 1999 before his competitive nature saw him enter the pointy helmet/tiny skinsuit world of time-trialling until 2015. With racing done with and looking for a new focus the birth of gravel bikes came along at just the right time. Stu now spends his riding time between about 50/50 between road and gravel, although he keeps looking at those flat barred bikes with wide knobbly tyres and bouncy forks, and wondering if he’s missing out.
Lance Branquinho - News and features contributor
Lance Branquinho, by Lance Branquinho
Born in the gravel-riding oasis of Namibia, Lance Branquinho is an award-winning mobility and technical writer. Lance’s mountain biking journey developed after trail running injuries. His three-bike personal fleet features two steel single-speeds and he ardently believes the greatest cycling component colour is anodised purple.
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