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DEC 2016/JAN 2017
Vol.43 No.9
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RIDING WITH A
RESCUED DOG
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SAN FRANCISCO
TREAT
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PROFILE:
MATTHEW COHN
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A publication of
ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION
Arctic Circle
RIDING GREENLAND’S ICE
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above the
Letter
from the
Editor
ARTS AND CRAFTS
A little inspiration in the tradeshow aisles
the late gonzo journalism icon Hunter S. Thompson, written in
response to a student’s inquiry. He closed with, “Journalism is a
terminally lame gig, but it’s better than getting a job.”
I was thinking of Thompson in Las Vegas (how can you not?)
in late September while wandering the aisles at the Interbike
tradeshow, an annual pilgrimage for bicycling industry types —
a chance to reconnect, see the latest products, and geek out at
bicycles with fellow riders, something most of us do in our spare
time anyway. Tradeshows are a terminally lame gig, but, as the man said, looking at
bikes is better than getting a job.
It was walking the crowded rows — though perhaps less crowded than in recent
years, a subject for another time — that Technical Editor Nick Legan and I were
chatting about art and craft, and how and whether the two differ. Are the perfect
nickel-stack welds on a Moots frame art? Is a smooth-shifting derailer the result of
craft? Does one aspire to be the other?
These simple machines that we love are, I think, the products of craftsmen (and
women), and even the best — the handbuilt, the carefully designed, the lovingly
painted, sewn, and shaped — are pieces of craft. Stunning, to be sure, they invoke lust
and envy, and probably some other sins. But without a rider, even the most beautiful
bike is a static bit of steel, a perfectly forged wrench sitting idle in a box.
A tool is built for a purpose, crafted, as it were, for a reason. Art exists for its
own sake, just like so many of our unique,
singular bike rides. We can appreciate the
CORRECTIONS:
craft and admire the maker, but until the
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The October/November issue featured a
pedals start to turn, a bike is just tubes and
review of the Jones Plus in which we noted
gears. Making it more is up to us, the artists.
Alex Strickland
Editor-in-Chief,
Adventure Cyclist
astrickland@adventurecycling.org
that shorter riders wouldn’t fit on the 24-
and 25-inch sizes offered. The Jones folks
let us know that the company also makes a
version of the bike in its “Spaceframe” style
in a 23-inch model with more standover.
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Hung on the wall of my college computer lab was a letter from
This Month Online
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For more
Adventure Cyclist–related
content, be sure to visit our website at
adventurecycling.org/adventure-cyclist.
HOLIDAY GEAR GUIDE
Get your holiday shopping done (or
maybe just buy yourself something
nice — you deserve it!) with our annual
Holiday Gear Guide, a look at the best
bike-travel gear our staff and testers
have seen this year.
adventurecycling.
org/holidaygearguide.
ADVENTURE CYCLIST DIGEST
Keep an eye out for our new monthly
newsletter, coming to your inbox soon.
Featuring the best of the print magazine
plus some exclusive online-only content,
Adventure Cyclist Digest
is a new way to
stay in touch.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Michael Deme
mdeme@adventurecycling.org
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alex Strickland
astrickland@adventurecycling.org
LEAD DESIGNER
Cassie Nelson
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Willie Weir Patrick O’Grady
Dan D’Ambrosio Jan Heine
June Siple Josh Tack
TECHNICAL EDITOR
Nick Legan
COPY EDITOR
Phyllis Picklesimer
NEW PRODUCTS COORDINATOR
Dan Meyer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Rick Bruner 509.493.4930
advertising@adventurecycling.org
DECEMBER 2016/JANUARY 2017
Volume 43 Number 9
ART DIRECTOR
Greg Siple
gsiple@adventurecycling.org
ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG
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