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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.

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  • Alex King

Wheels, Wood and Waves: It’s all about the ride…

Huck x Triumph — Bike and surf culture have collided and intertwined. It all comes together once a year in the Basque Country — and in 2017 there was a twist of English irreverence.

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  • Michael Fordham

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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Caroline Pauleau

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