Joël Kyaviro has overcome violence, poverty and the Ebola crisis to become the best cyclist ever to emerge from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. How far can he go?
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Edited by Mark Jannot
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Unlock The Secret of Cycling’s Super Agers
The world’s most popular cycling race, the Vätternrundan, sees 13,000 hearty souls riding 196 miles around a lake in Sweden, in a single day. In 2024, one finisher was 89 years old. On the cusp of my own 60th birthday, I interviewed this gracious gentleman and three other super elderly finishers for wisdom on athletic longevity.
Bicycling
Edited by Leah Flickinger
Riding High
Cyclist Lael Wilcox rode 18,000 miles in 108 days, breaking the Guinness’s around-the-world record. I pedaled 100 or so miles in her slipstream to get a sense of her hopeful, inclusive spirit and her badassery.
Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
Team Amani Sees The Future
Before his death last year, Sule Kangangi had an ambitious plan to turn East Africa into a cycling powerhouse. His Kenya-based team is committed to delivering on his legacy.
Bicycling
Edited by Leah Flickinger
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
America’s Best Bike City
Why Portland is number one.
Bicycling
Edited by Dave Howard.
Photograph by Charles Gullung.
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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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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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