Bike
Beauty of the slowride: One man's year-long cycling adventure around the world
One Year on a Bike — Martijn Doolaard said goodbye to the daily grind, leaving behind the repetitive routines to cycle across the world on cross-continental journey: a biped adventure that would take him from Amsterdam to Singapore. His book, One Year on a Bike, speaks to the beauty of slow travel, changing landscapes, and the education of travelling. Here's the preface to his story.
Written by: Martijn Doolaard
Meet the retro road warriors battling for glory on the streets of Sri Lanka
No gears, no teams, no prizes — For the amateur street racers of south Sri Lanka, competing on antiquated bikes is the ultimate test of endurance. Only cool heads and sheer determination will prevail.
Written by: Cian Traynor
How cycling is a symbol of hope in a country scarred by genocide
Rwanda on Wheels — In Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, the bike is empowering all who ride.
Written by: Antonia Windsor
The Big Race For Brooklyn: Inside the Red Hook Crit
Huck x Levi's® — New York's Red Hook Crit – often described as the world’s best urban cycling race – is made up of an eclectic community of competitors, facilitators, and fans. Here, in the latest post from 'Lines Through The City' – a collection of skateboarding and cycling stories produced by Huck in collaboration with Levi's® Skateboarding™ – we meet a prize selection in the event’s eighth year, to find out what makes it such an important date in any bike-lover’s calendar.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
The African bike revolution
Wheels of change — Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka are a pan-African cycling team helping to bring thousands of bikes to kids across the continent.
Written by: Alex King
Daredevil Danny MacAskill on conquering his fear of the unknown
Laughing in the face of danger — Gravity-defying biker Danny MacAskill talks about his latest jaw-dropping edit, Wee Day Out.
Written by: Alex King
The women riding to freedom in Afghanistan
No limits — Despite widespread corruption, violence and traditionally oppressive views, the girls and women of Afghanistan are cycling their way out of inequality. Author, activist and cyclist Shannon Galpin has been with them every step of the way.
Written by: Steven Turner
The City of Lights by bike: A Paris cycling guide
Huck x Levi's® — Art director and photographer Caroline Pauleau pedals with us on a personal tour of Paris. Here, in the latest post from 'Lines Through The City' – a collection of skateboarding and cycling stories produced by Huck in collaboration with Levi's® Commuter™ – Caroline reveals that the best way to explore the City of Lights is by bike.
Written by: Caroline Pauleau
My journey to becoming the first black female pro cyclist
Huck x Levi's® — New Jersey’s Ayesha McGowan, now based in San Francisco, is on her way to becoming the first black female pro cyclist in the history of the sport. Here, in the first post from 'Lines Through The City' – a collection of skateboarding and cycling stories produced by Huck in collaboration with Levi's® Commuter™ – Ayesha shares the secret behind her unconquerable determination.
Written by: Ayesha McGowan
LA's cycling movements are about more than just riding the highway
CicLAvia 2016 — Taking to the streets has long been a mode of resistance around the world, and in Los Angeles it's not different. William Warrener traces collisions between transport, status and race at CicLAvia, Los Angeles’s biggest bicycle event.
Written by: William Warrener