Adventure Cyclist
Scenes from the Saddle
This article first appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine. Twenty-three blocks due south of Temple Square, in an industrial part of town that nonetheless enjoys a couple of ...
Jul 5th, 2023
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In 2018, 38-year-old Scottish cyclist Jenny Graham broke the women’s world record for cycling around the world. In just 124 days she pedaled 18,000 miles across four continents, through wind, ...
May 1st, 2023
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Six miles seemed like a doable distance. After all, the ride would be entirely flat. When I plotted the route to our backcountry campsite, Google Maps assured me that I ...
Apr 17th, 2023
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This year I decided to escape the Massachusetts winter by cycling south from San Francisco on the Pacific Coast Bike Route. I went slowly, stopped frequently to look for sea ...
Apr 10th, 2023
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“Step out onto the Planet. Draw a circle a hundred feet round,” instructs poet Lew Welch. “Inside the circle are 300 things nobody understands, and maybe nobody’s ever really seen. ...
Apr 5th, 2023
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David Rodríguez Berrón was concerned about the crocodiles. It was late morning when Rodríguez squeezed his brakes and stopped at the edge of the Río Bongo. The muddy road vanished ...
Mar 30th, 2023
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April Fools! This clearly fake ad was for Bells Helmets, not Bell Helmets. Bell Helmets in no way approved of or laughed at this joke, but we do hope it ...
Mar 1st, 2023
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Staring at the red dirt road stretching to the east, I suddenly realized the vast possibilities of traveling from one town to another off-road. It sank in, like scant rain ...
Feb 22nd, 2023
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Life is not defined by your weaknesses, the adversity you face, or your many shortcomings. Life will be defined by how you build strength in the face of that weakness, ...
Few things changed the public landscape for women quite like the advent of bicycles, and yet, when we look around at the narratives being told about the modern cyclist today, it ...
Mar 25th, 2020
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