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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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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,...
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,...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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?”...
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?”...
READ MORECelebrating 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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;...
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;...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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...
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...
READ MORETough & 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...
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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