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Tough & Tender 11: Lost in the Landscape - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 11: Lost in the Landscape - Swif...

When I first began riding my bicycle again as an adult, I did as the mainstream cycling magazines directed. I emulated the well-marketed roadie image, bought a red and silver...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 11: Lost in the Landscape - Swif...

When I first began riding my bicycle again as an adult, I did as the mainstream cycling magazines directed. I emulated the well-marketed roadie image, bought a red and silver...

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Tough & Tender 10 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 10 - Swift Industries

The first time I felt like a real cyclist I was riding a bike older than I was, in shoes too big, wearing a hand me down jersey. I was...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 10 - Swift Industries

The first time I felt like a real cyclist I was riding a bike older than I was, in shoes too big, wearing a hand me down jersey. I was...

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Tough & Tender 9 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 9 - Swift Industries

There’s a frog sitting on the toilet seat next to me. In the unoccupied stall, I think, this is my life. This is my bathroom which I share with frogs,...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 9 - Swift Industries

There’s a frog sitting on the toilet seat next to me. In the unoccupied stall, I think, this is my life. This is my bathroom which I share with frogs,...

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Tough & Tender 8: Mobile Home - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 8: Mobile Home - Swift Industries

Chelsea, my best Chicago companion, who had been through the first transitions of a new city and a long hard winter with me, had left me to brave summer in...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 8: Mobile Home - Swift Industries

Chelsea, my best Chicago companion, who had been through the first transitions of a new city and a long hard winter with me, had left me to brave summer in...

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Tough & Tender 7: Bismarck Bike Girls - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 7: Bismarck Bike Girls - Swift I...

My sister Megan, daredevil, girl Evel Knievel, and the owner of the neighborhood’s largest and meanest G.I. Joe collection, was out riding my new bike without my permission.  Again. She...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 7: Bismarck Bike Girls - Swift I...

My sister Megan, daredevil, girl Evel Knievel, and the owner of the neighborhood’s largest and meanest G.I. Joe collection, was out riding my new bike without my permission.  Again. She...

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Tough & Tender 6 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 6 - Swift Industries

A SOLO SPIN through the SOUTH Immediately upon announcing my plan to ride my bicycle from Nashville to Durham, I was hit with a slew of questions—“Where will you sleep?”...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 6 - Swift Industries

A SOLO SPIN through the SOUTH Immediately upon announcing my plan to ride my bicycle from Nashville to Durham, I was hit with a slew of questions—“Where will you sleep?”...

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Celebrating the Path Less Pedaled e-book - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Celebrating the Path Less Pedaled e-book - Swif...

Until August 24, buyers of The Unauthorized Brompton Touring Guide can receive $20 off their purchase of a new Swift Industries Gilman bag! There’s something in the air! The Path...

Jason Goods

Celebrating the Path Less Pedaled e-book - Swif...

Until August 24, buyers of The Unauthorized Brompton Touring Guide can receive $20 off their purchase of a new Swift Industries Gilman bag! There’s something in the air! The Path...

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Tough & Tender 5 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 5 - Swift Industries

I began taking the long distance two-wheeled travel road in a vast southern land. Say it real slow, stretch the vowels out & let the letters dissolve in your mouth;...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 5 - Swift Industries

I began taking the long distance two-wheeled travel road in a vast southern land. Say it real slow, stretch the vowels out & let the letters dissolve in your mouth;...

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Tough & Tender 4 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 4 - Swift Industries

Looking me up and down, they take in the four inch heels, short skirt, and snowflakes lightening my black gloved fingers. Voices coated with incredulity, they ask: “Your rode in...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 4 - Swift Industries

Looking me up and down, they take in the four inch heels, short skirt, and snowflakes lightening my black gloved fingers. Voices coated with incredulity, they ask: “Your rode in...

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Tough & Tender 3 - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 3 - Swift Industries

Riding has changed me. It has changed how I see the world, where I want life to take me, and what truly is important to me. Being able to power...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 3 - Swift Industries

Riding has changed me. It has changed how I see the world, where I want life to take me, and what truly is important to me. Being able to power...

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Tough & Tender 1: On Hills - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 1: On Hills - Swift Industries

I didn’t learn how to ride my bicycle without training wheels until I was nine years old. All of the neighborhood kids had been rolling around on two wheels for...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender 1: On Hills - Swift Industries

I didn’t learn how to ride my bicycle without training wheels until I was nine years old. All of the neighborhood kids had been rolling around on two wheels for...

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Tough & Tender: the stories that move us! - Swift Industries
Jason Goods

Tough & Tender: the stories that move us! - Swi...

(An original piece for Adventure Cycling Association, July 3, 2012) Today’s guest post was written by Martina Brimmer, owner of Swift Industries, to announce the 2nd annual Tough & Tender: A literary and...

Jason Goods

Tough & Tender: the stories that move us! - Swi...

(An original piece for Adventure Cycling Association, July 3, 2012) Today’s guest post was written by Martina Brimmer, owner of Swift Industries, to announce the 2nd annual Tough & Tender: A literary and...

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