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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.

  • Bike
  • 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.

  • Bike
  • 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.

  • Bike
  • 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.

  • Bike
  • Alex Robert Ross

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.

  • Culture
  • Sophie Knight

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.

  • Bike
  • 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.

  • Bike
  • Steven Turner

The female cyclist who rode 2,000 miles across America alone with a broken shoulder

Riding solo in to the heart of America — After crashing on the first day of the solo Trans Am Bike Race across America, cyclist Laura Scott, got a far more profound experience of the country and its people.

  • Culture
  • Laura Scott

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.

  • Culture
  • Caroline Pauleau

Europe’s most epic mountain cycling climbs

Man against mountain — Incredible photography captures the most brutal challenges you can put yourself through on a bike.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

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