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April 14, 2022September 20, 2022 by Bill Donahue

The Bike Wanderer

Iohan Gueorguiev made beautiful films about his adventures cycling all over the world. In the eyes of his 100,000 YouTube followers, he had a dream job. So why, then, did things so wrong for him?
Bicycling
Edited by Leah Flickinger
Gold Medal winner, Adventure Travel, 2022 Lowell Thomas Awards


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September 27, 2012October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

America’s Best Bike City

Why Portland is number one.

Bicycling
Edited by Dave Howard.
Photograph by Charles Gullung.

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April 30, 2010October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Green Bicycle Murder

On a warm summer evening in 1919, a comely young factory worker named Bella Wright set out for a bicycle ride through the country lanes outside Leicester, England. What happened next involved a revolver, a raven, and a shady character on a high-end green bicycle. 

Bicycling
Edited by Bill Strickland. Illustrations by Chris Gall. 

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September 17, 2006January 9, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Wheels of Life

Facing down my demons on an excruciatingly tough bike ride through the green hills of Dominica, a tiny island nation in the Caribbean. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell

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