Editor’s Pick · Road Stories
One V-Strom: 100,000 Miles
One bike. One rider. 100,000 miles of backroads, sabbaticals, and every kind of road California can throw at you. What a machine teaches you when you refuse to quit on it.
The Machines
Four bikes across twenty years. A V-Strom that crossed 117,000 miles before the forks started weeping. A GS that demanded a different kind of riding. And a Triumph that was always going to be the one. These are the machines that shaped the miles.
Life on the Road
Twenty years of riding leaves you with more than miles — it leaves you with a clearer picture of who you are. Coming out. Career crossroads. The strange quiet after a long trip. The season that felt like it would never turn. These are the posts that live between the mile markers.
People Who Shaped the Ride
Not every mile is about the road. Some of the most important stories belong to the riders who showed what was possible — the Iron Butt legends, the diabetes camp mentors, the friends who left too soon, and the ones still showing up on cold Tuesday nights.
Road Wisdom
What the miles leave behind when the engine stops. Managing T1D on the road. A Southern pie recipe that crossed the country in a saddlebag. A Nevada sunset that still comes up in conversation. The lessons that outlast the journeys.
