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afghanistan, Culture, Features - July 9, 2020

This is what one woman needed to overcome to ride in Afghanistan

Afsana Nawrozi got her first bicycle, a pink kid’s bike with training wheels, when she was seven. It had arrived from the United Arab Emirates where her father worked as a day laborer. She was asked to share it with her cousin, a boy her age. The two families lived on their ancestral farm in …

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This e-bike ad has been banned in France – let’s talk about why

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E-bikes are the future. That’s what the bike industry thinks, that’s what a bunch of new cyclists think, and that’s what sustainable transportation advocates think. But not everyone thinks that way, as a spat between e-bike brand VanMoof and the French advertising regulatory body has proven. At the centre of this stoush is a slick …

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Culture, Features - July 2, 2020

The things Dad taught me

My dad taught me how to ride a bike. It’s Father’s Day and I’m preparing for my dad’s services, delayed so my family and I could travel across the country during this pandemic era. Memories are weird; we read books and they’re complete narratives. But I don’t think I could tell a coherent story about …

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Lighthouses in lockdown: A look at the private lives of female pro cyclists

Through 2019 and 2020, Italian photographers Eloise Mavian and Francesco Rachello – who together are the Tornanti.cc photo agency – have worked with riders in the women’s professional peloton on a series of intimate photos showcasing their personal ‘Lighthouse’. When coronavirus lockdowns forced the riders into self-isolation, Tornanti.cc undertook a follow-up project, shot over video call, …

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The beer Remco didn’t drink

It’s a sunny day in Belgium, and the great hope of Belgian cycling stands outside, leaning artfully in a team T-shirt against the wall of a modern house. His tan lines are deep across his cheeks and neck. His smile is playful, his eyes coquettishly shut. Draped around his neck are a pair of tan …

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