Cycling to Inspire
British Columbia teen Saskia Vaisey writes in her blog, “A human connection is the most powerful way to affect people.” She is one of four […]
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Family on Wheels
I have always been impressed by cyclists on the Alaska Highway. You know the ones I mean — bikes loaded down, their grimaced, sweating faces
Sleeping Babies
The babies sat in the driveway, tarped over, covered in snow half-melted in the April sun. I brushed them off, to let the sun begin
Social Riding; Klondike Style
Motorcycle riders are often solitary sorts. We like the time we spend with ourselves on the road. It is a sort of meditation: no radio,
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Bringing Up the Rear
Riding has a tendency to push your personal limits. Whether it is the distance you cover in a day … or your speed … or
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Discovery Days and the Underwear Cannon
It always amazes me what northerners will do to prove they are unique and unlike people from Outside. See the Discovery Day long weekend.
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Riding for Pleasure / Riding for Survival
Do you ride for pleasure? … or survival? For most of us, it’s not one or the other. It depends on the day. I have
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Biker Chicks: The Next Generation
It’s great to see more women on motorcycles these days. About a year ago, I read that women are a new target demographic for the
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Yukon’s Big Bike Race
Ok, so we share it with Alaska, but it starts in the Yukon. And I hope you’ve already submitted your registration for this year’s June
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Keeping it Simple on Long Trips
I think I have seven versions of “Motorcycle Trip Gear List” on my computer. Every time we go on a trip there are three more
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Winterizing Babies and Stirring up Dreams
The season is over. As you may have guessed from my first column, I am not really an early or late-season rider. I will endure
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Desperate Northern Riders
How far am I willing to go to ride? Pretty far, apparently. This past winter, my favourite riding buddy and I travelled by truck and
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The Other Two Wheels
You should always start planning the next adventure before the current one is complete. Even better, before the current one even gets started. I have
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The Yukon’s ‘Happy Ditches’
I am convinced that the Yukon has really happy ditches. I’ve always believed that places absorb the emotional energy of the human beings who have
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Hypothermia in Mexico
Picture desert backcountry … There are cacti and scrub brush and even a couple of cowboys herding reluctant stray cattle along a sandy road. Each
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Rituals of the Ride
My best rides are framed by the rituals I have adopted. When we jump in our cars or trucks to drive somewhere, unless it is
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Juneau and the Chain-Throwing Hills
Plastic bags cover my feet to keep out the rain and the spray from my tires. My chain slips off the sprocket, again, unable to
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Respite on the Road
It is amazing how a day can change. It was Friday night of a Discovery Day weekend and I was pretty upset … relationship issues.
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Learning to Ride
I had to get my friend to ride my new motorcycle home from the dealership because I didn’t know how to ride. OK, it wasn’t
The ‘Twisties’
Most of me loves the twisties. There is a small part of me that is disappointed with the fact that I don’t always do them
Another Take on Commuting
I am in awe of bicycle commuters. I feel one-upped by them. So I decided, way back in February, that as soon as the weather
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Baja – the Road to Gonzaga
What happened to the road? It was the second challenge of our trip. The first was the sand of the central mountains. This second one
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It’s About the Hail !?!
Fall is an absolutely stellar time to go mountain biking in the Yukon. It was a Sunday slated for chores when my guy gives me
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Road Trip of Envy
It is really annoying being on a road trip, not on a motorcycle. I am on a multipurpose trip; however, none of those purposes are
Cycle Oregon; A Cycling Tour for the Rest of Us
I like cycling. Each year when the Tour de France comes on television, I watch in awe and imagine what it would be like to
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Realization of a Dream
Over 30 years ago, in a moment of impulsive insanity, my partner and his best friend walked off into the Vizcaino Desert in Baja, California.
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Another Coldest Night Ever
Our plans had changed of necessity, dictated by the weather. The light rain was turning into a torrent. We stopped at a nondescript roadside café
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A Tribute to Marcella
“Hey,” Marcella says, “do you want to be on our team for a bike race?” I was visiting Marcella in her store above Shoppers on
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Pelican Alarm Clock
The daybreak cacophony of squawks and splashes sounded like it was inches away from our tent. We had just spent our first night on the
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Food = Culture?
If food defines a culture, I shudder to think about the people defined by Guerrero Negro’s demon street food from hell. We’d pulled into town
More and More Fun on Whitehorse Trails
It is amazing what is popping up on Whitehorse trails these days. This week’s Sunday ride leader was my friend, Rick. As well as being
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Give Away Your Bike
You should give away your bike … I’m talking about your old one – the one that is sitting unused in your shed or garage
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An Unwelcome Adventure; Motorcycle Ride For Dad
Late last summer, we began one of the biggest adventures of our lives: Dainius was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Last month, he completed his treatment,
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Alone on the Road
Neil Pert, in his book Ghost Rider, said that for “the ‘armchair traveller’, it’s only the vicarious, pristine experiences they want to share … not
All Time is Not Equal
How much time do you have, I mean to think, right now? If you are like me, the answer is probably, “Not much.” Keeping track
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Attack of the Gargantuan Tumbleweeds
It was a bit like being in a B movie. We were on our way north from Baja, California and had just broken free from
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A Spill Doesn’t Have to Mean a Bad Day
I’m sitting on the ground beside my bike. I’ve tried to stand up – twice – but the ground kept tilting to a 45-degree angle.
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Is it wrong to want a hill-less mountain bike ride?
As much as I like road biking, in Whitehorse there are two things that are almost impossible to avoid: wind and (sigh) hills. It can
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Revelation in Joshua Tree
Once I decided that not to ride was just plain wrong, I had to decide what kind of motorcycle to get. Not even knowing how
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Destruction Bay; Season Opener
The warm weather a few weeks ago had us itching to plan a little motorcycle trip for our first free weekend in months. As it
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Time to Check In, Ladies
Why do you ride? I’m serious. I want to know. I want to hear from every woman who reads this column. I want to know
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“I Miss Riding in Traffic”
So what’s Dean Eyre doing here? He’s taking the job of finding the right bikes for people really seriously – and having fun doing it.
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Superbike School
I am so jealous. I just picked my guy up from the airport, back from a two-day Superbike school in California. And he was just
Lifetime Love of Vintage Bikes
I’ve always had trouble when it came to focusing on a particular passion in my life. Anyone who knows me would likely say that I
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Desert to Oasis to Desert
We stayed four nights in Bahia de Tortugas. We’d ridden across the Viscaino Desert to the very tip of the Viscaino Peninsula, and now it
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A Moment in Time
A wise person in my life recently told me, “In order to get to that place or circumstance where you want to be in your
Manifesting an Adventure
Anybody ever read the book The Secret? If you have, you know it is about manifesting your best life ever. I spent the last hour
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Iran And The ‘Stans
I just met a couple of young men embarking on the last leg of a 20-country RTW. An RTW, I have just learned, is adventure
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Sometimes Fear Gets the Better of Skill
Leaving Tagish at 7 o’clock in the morning, I felt like that little kid in the snowsuit in the Robert Munsch book. After one button,
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