And then we burst on it, a basin in roughness. The house used to be there, the well pump has fallen over, a tank, and furtive gravesite when just then a sharp light is a spear impaling my breath against wooden crosses.
Cycling adventurist, bikepacker, travel writer, photographer, speaker, professor of philosophy. Route designer of the VTXL, the Green Mountain Gravel Growler beer tour, the Silk Road Mountain Race course 1st edition, and many more.
Tag: Adventure cycling writing
Zurich to Bormio Day 4
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.
Minneapolis Stories
A little over a week ago, Lucas Winzenburg—publisher, editor, and artistic director of Bunyan Velo—hosted the first BV Evening of Adventure at the Angry Catfish in Minneapolis.
Favorite cycling books
The Rider by Tim Krabbe Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Richard and Nicholas Crane The Lost Cyclist by David Herlihy Bicycle: The History by David Herlihy Across Asia on a Bicycle by […]
Inspired Rides
A Honeymoon to Remember Erin Arnold Barkley & Sam Barkley Wrangell Mountains Traverse Eric Parsons
Connected
Twenty years ago, long before anyone used the words “adventure cycling” or “bikepacking,” many cyclists did those things* (and many of us imagined ourselves doing them). This kind of riding was the premise of a […]
Travels with Rosinante
Bernard Magnouloux’s Travels with Rosinante (1988) is by turns hilarious, observant, insane, and poetic. The round-the-world bicycle trip genre is often just clichés with different casts and backdrops for amusement, but so many absurd things […]
Inspired Rides
Kiwi Brevet 2010 Simon Kennett Chilcotin Wanderings Lee Lau
Inspired Rides
The Lure of the Open Road Thelma Popp Jones Six Day Epic Ride on Niner in Israel Uri
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
My hands-down favorite adventure cycling book is Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by the Crane cousins. In the 80’s the Cranes hatched the perfectly nutter and manifestly excellent plan to ride to the […]
Inspired Rides
D2R2 Franklin Land Trust Cycling in Myanmar 1998 Paul Van Roekel and Anja De Graaf
Inspired Rides
Ice Cold Over the Clouds Gil Bretschneider & Peer Schenpanski Images of Antarctica Mountain Biking Seth White