Cycling
Gazan amputees secure Para-Cycling World Championships qualification
Gaza Sunbirds — Alaa al-Dali and Mohamed Asfour earned Palestine’s first-ever top-20 finish at the Para-Cycling World Cup in Belgium over the weekend.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Gaza Sunbirds: The Palestinian para-cycling team racing against the odds to compete internationally
From genocide in Gaza to the World Championships: What next for Palestine’s first para-cycling team?
Written by: Alex King
The bike crew riding from NY to DC for Black lives
Revolution on wheels — Earlier this year, one of the most diverse bike tours America has ever seen made a treacherous, 300-mile journey to join Black Lives Matter protestors in DC. Writer James Yeh spoke to the group about cycling for social change.
Written by: James Yeh
Cycling for equality in Europe’s bike messenger scene
The race is on — This week, couriers from across the continent and gender spectrum are racing around Brussels in pursuit of the European Cycle Messenger Championship.
Written by: Michael Henson
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
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
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
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
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
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
