Who is Inner Ring?

MaxwellBygraves

Only recently been following the blog and on Twitter, but seems to always be on the money.

Strikes me as a pro or ex-pro 'cos they seem to know how things work and have a lot of contacts...anyone know who Inner Ring actually is?!

If you're reading this, keep up the good work

RichN95.

His name is Matt, but that's all I know. And I might be wrong about that.

seven7faces

i'm inner ring

domhopson

What's his twitter id and blog? Fancy a read.

iainf72

http://inrng.com

@inrng

I think he's the best english language writer about cycling at the moment.

RichN95.

iainf72 wrote:

http://inrng.com

@inrng

I think he's the best english language writer about cycling at the moment.

+1 to that. Always worth a read. And there's something almost every day.

cogidubnus

New to me, thats a really good read

domhopson

Thanks Ian

Monty Zoncolan

Duly added. Nice one.

The name does suggest an ex-rider and/or current backroom team member.

patchy

I'm inner ring, and so's my wife!

wobblerthe1st

I'm Spartacus!

Oh no wrong game

Inrng is the best cycling blog i've found, always the first thing i log onto in the mornings

Gingerflash

I agree. Certainly the best commentator I've read.

Also, his responses to comments are usually humble and friendly - there's no rampant ego at work.

All The Gears

Yes it's a really well written,with some excellent insight !

skylla

david millar

steerpike

skylla wrote:

david millar

Nah! Best guess is Matt Rendell.

sonny73

RichN95 wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

http://inrng.com

@inrng

I think he's the best english language writer about cycling at the moment.

+1 to that. Always worth a read. And there's something almost every day.

Another +1 and he's often way ahead of the game too.

RichN95.

steerpike wrote:

skylla wrote:

david millar

Nah! Best guess is Matt Rendell.

Are half the articles about Colombia?
No? Then it's not Matt Rendell

graeme_s-2

steerpike wrote:

skylla wrote:

david millar

Nah! Best guess is Matt Rendell.

I suspect it's someone who's not a native English speaker, or at least not a professional writer.

His writing is excellent, but there are quite a few poorly formed sentences that creep into the articles.

No_Ta_Doctor

He writes more like a very well connected cycling fan than an actual rider.
He's pretty much always on the money and a good read

chrisday

iainf72 wrote:

http://inrng.com

@inrng

I think he's the best english language writer about cycling at the moment.

Absolutely agree - always interesting analysis, informed and balanced perspective, and what always strikes me is how concise he is: many of his articles are very short (compared to, say, Cyclingnews) but contain lots of 'meat'.

steerpike

RichN95 wrote:

steerpike wrote:

skylla wrote:

david millar

Nah! Best guess is Matt Rendell.

Are half the articles about Colombia?
No? Then it's not Matt Rendell

Ok, I'll guess again. Richard Digance.

prawny

No tA Doctor wrote:

He writes more like a very well connected cycling fan than an actual rider.
He's pretty much always on the money and a good read

He's almost definately not a pro rider (he live tweets pretty much every race, although so did Peter Sagan during the tour ) but he has made reference to working for a team before, I think it was the old Omega Pharma Lotto lot. He definiately rides for fun though, and is male (or a big burd).

From his writing I would say he's a swanny or back office team. Doubt he's a mechanic.

Richmond Racer

A bit left-field...but...Matt Stephens? He writes pretty well

LeicesterLad

Would love an Inner Ring unmasking.

No_Ta_Doctor

LeicesterLad wrote:

Would love an Inner Ring unmasking.

not if it impacted on his ability to blog

Richmond Racer

No tA Doctor wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

Would love an Inner Ring unmasking.

not if it impacted on his ability to blog

Absolutely agree - he gets so much inside track because of his anonymity

tailwindhome

Robert Millar?

RichN95.

LeicesterLad wrote:

Would love an Inner Ring unmasking.

I image it would be completely underwhelming. He won't be famous. He'll be someone like a sales rep for Oakley or a film editor for French TV.

avoidingmyphd

Inner Ring is the best cycling writer out there right now. Who cares what his (or her) real name is? When you found out, would it be any more meaningful than "Inner Ring".

LeicesterLad

RichN95 wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

Would love an Inner Ring unmasking.

I image it would be completely underwhelming. He won't be famous. He'll be someone like a sales rep for Oakley or a film editor for French TV.

I absolutely agree it would probably be underwhelming - but surely not to that extent? Would a sales rep for Oakley really get that kind of inside gossip? If it is something along those lines he would probably lose his job if he got found out considering the amount of time he spends tweeting and blogging...

iainf72

I don't think he works in cycling, but he's helped out a bit.

I used to think he was Kleber.