We hold on by finding another fixity from which we spar with entropy.
We hold on by finding another fixity from which we spar with entropy.
BORMIO, ITALY












The publication last year of Isola Press’s Ride Bike! chronicling Jobst Brandt’s influence on cycling culture had me vowing a summer outing in the same spirit as his, namely a fast and light ride in Europe on dirt and tarmac tracks seeking some of the most Homeric Continental cols.
In the mornings we would ride from village to village through vineyards over quiet farm tracks and over gentle hills.
I’ve been drawn again and again to the former Yugoslavia for the history, the transformations, the architecture. Tracing a wavy line from the Serbia capital to Podgorica, Montenegro, there were specific highlights crucial to the trip.
Grabbed a shortcut, wading through wildflowers, abandoned stone road, river trudging, following gps track. Then another million hour dirt climb to the highway, pummeling rain.
Dream that we might like to live in an angular, ordered space with width like the transparency of thought itself.
Rider: Brian Berry
Rider: Jack Lyons
Surprise revelation of public art while riding from Barcelona to Malaga.