“to truly get to the heart of america, you need to see it by bike”

Seasoned bikepacker and route guide Markus Stitz shares the six cycling destinations he rates as the very best in the world

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy

Having ticked off France, Spain and Portugal on his epic European adventure, Nick Sanders points his Royal Enfield Bear 650 north and heads for the Arctic Circle

Been somewhere inspirational? Ridden an ace road? Email YourRides@ride.co.uk to tell us about your trip and your bike

Taking on 80km uphill in one go, Chris Fellows discovers a Colombia as addictive as it is unforgiving

How does it feel to ride 833 miles along a border of a country at war? One man takes his BMW R1300GS to south-east Finland to find out