Cycle and Style

By Peta Owens-Liston Maggie Matthes laughs as she recalls riding behind one of the riders on the 100-mile White Rim Trail that undulates along the rim, on the edge of Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park. After 24 miles the previous day of pushing pedal and maneuvering, the woman had rigged a pillow [...]

  The last decade saw some big changes in cycling in technology, culture, infrastructure, and yes, even fashion. Many headlines in both the USA and the UK referred to a boom in women’s cycling. Yes, things have changed for women’s cycling in the past few decades: it was not until 1984 that the Olympics even had [...]

Growing up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Krista Park was an avid skier who loved the excitement she got from pushing the boundaries on double black diamond runs, sometimes quite literally, as when she was threatened with arrest for skiing out of bounds in Colorado. In the summer, she loved backpacking and she liked the [...]

 Outerbike was an amazing 4-day bike-demo event in Moab, Utah that was held for the first time this year. It was in early October—soon after Interbike, which is a trade show primarily for the “insiders” in the bicycle retailing world. In contrast, “Outerbike” was held in a beautiful outdoor setting and meant for those outside [...]

We met World Champion Cyclo-cross medalist Katie Compton while at the Cross-Vegas Race. She was not able to compete that night after she hurt her knee in a mountain biking accident 3 weeks prior, but was recovering and looking forward to a great cyclo-cross season. A national Cyclo-cross champion already, her goal this season is to win the Cyclo-Cross [...]

  “The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you’ll crash.” (Julie Furtado, Olympian, Hall of Fame Mountain Bike Cyclist) Mountain biking is a sport that offers a sense of adventure the road can’t quite provide. Mountain biking offers many appeals:  for nature lovers, it is a chance to [...]