Brian broke his elbow and couldn’t start, Mark broke his ribs and couldn't finish, Elaine had carburetor issues and everybody else got really bad arm...
There comes a point toward the end of any road trip when both the passengers and the vehicle begin approaching a state of disorder, both physically and emotionally. This is the point we are at as we arrive in Havelock for the NZ Enduro.
The Trans NZ Enduro provides everything you need for a positive racing experience: Party Trains. Off trail excursions, resulting in near death experiences. New friends and legends. Life management. Day drinking.
Every winter we fantasize about moving to New Zealand, so this year we did. Well, “move” in a very loose sense of the word—we bought a van and have...
Last September, with one fully functional bike and seven functional wrists between the four of us, we boarded the ferry to Vancouver Island with a...
The Free Radicals ride their bikes more than you. We work seasonal jobs and have abandoned a traditional lifestyle to dedicate our time to riding bikes as much as humanly possible. Racing used to be the impetus for our travels, but we ditched that to ride more and stress less. Find us smashing laps on the best-secret trails around, or on Tinder.
Last October, the Free Radicals and three friends spent a week in the backwoods of Oregon, searching for an...
When they aren’t on the open road, The Free Radicals can be found in the woods riding and digging, all while...
As the calendar turned to October, typically a wet and soggy month, the forecast continued to show sun with...
Summer in Whistler always slips away too fast, but fall in the Sea to Sky is something every mountain biker...
Summer treated the Free Radicals to desert like temperatures and tan lines on par with the most leathery of...
Spring is a natural time for celebration, and this year the Free Radicals had lots to celebrate. Will’s hand...
As the season wound down after Trans-Cascadia, the crew was a bit worn out from a long year on the road,...
Widespread drought and wildfires were ravaging British Columbia all around us. Our helicopter departed the...
British Columbia’s coastal islands are located within eyeshot of the mainland and accessed by just a short...
Brian broke his elbow and couldn’t start, Mark broke his ribs and couldn't finish, Elaine had carburetor issues...
There comes a point toward the end of any road trip when both the passengers and the vehicle begin approaching...
The Trans NZ Enduro provides everything you need for a positive racing experience: Party Trains. Off trail...
Every winter we fantasize about moving to New Zealand, so this year we did. Well, “move” in a very loose sense...
Last September, with one fully functional bike and seven functional wrists between the four of us, we boarded...
Mountain bikers, by and large, approach vacations differently than the general population. Our breed tends to place traditional activities like...
Two days before the start of Trans BC, the boys found themselves even more homeless than usual. While I was sidelined weeks earlier with a broken...
The four of us have been traveling in a van that has three seats for the last month. Mark has developed a close working relationship with our van...
It’s 10 p.m. on day two of the Trans NZ Enduro, and we have just rolled in to what might be the only gas station between Craigieburn and Queenstown...
The van we’ve purchased runs great—except when it comes to starting, idling or climbing hills. It has also developed a fairly serious mouse problem...
The Free Radicals are four relatively unstable guys who are just trying to ride some bikes. We live in vans, work seasonal jobs and eschew the...
