Cycling

The grassroots cycling project crossing Europe for refugees
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The grassroots cycling project crossing Europe for refugees

Thighs of Steel — Riding from London to Athens each year, Thighs of Steel has become Europe’s longest charity cycle ride, and is funding some of the continent’s best grassroots refugee projects.

Written by: Alex King

Adventures with the world’s oldest off-road cycling club
Bike

Adventures with the world’s oldest off-road cycling club

On yer bike — Formed in 1955, the Rough-Stuff Fellowship is a pioneering gang of adventurists who believe that you can go anywhere on two wheels. Over 60 years after it started, an archive of the club’s defining moments is finally coming to light.

Written by: Niall Flynn

The Danish artisan behind the world’s most unique bicycles
Bike

The Danish artisan behind the world’s most unique bicycles

Huck x Carlsberg — Rasmus Gjesing builds what many believe to be the finest bicycles in the world; from hand-forged caliper to immaculately balanced rim. We meet the craftsman in his workshop outside Copenhagen.

Written by: Michael Fordham

The endurance cyclist racing 20 hours a day in the wilderness
Bike

The endurance cyclist racing 20 hours a day in the wilderness

Pedal to the medal — Ultra racer Lee Craigie carries everything she needs to survive on her trusty bike. The goal is to keep moving through wild terrain, but the motivation is to live a life without ‘What ifs’.

Written by: Steven Turner

Inside the fearless bike movement tearing up London
Bike

Inside the fearless bike movement tearing up London

Riders on the storm — Bike crews are pulling off death-defying stunts in London's rush-hour traffic. To the public, it's a spectacle of recklessness. But for the cyclists, these mass ride-outs are a means of survival.

Written by: Alex King

Beauty of the slowride: One man's year-long cycling adventure around the world
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
Bike

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
Bike

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
Bike

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 Japanese cyclists seeing their city differently
Culture

The Japanese cyclists seeing their city differently

More than the average Mamachari — After a law against fixed-gear bikes threatened to shut the culture down in 2011, the Tokyo bike scene is flourishing in unexpected ways. We catch up with the key guys at the forefront of progressive cycling in Japan’s capital.

Written by: Sophie Knight

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