Riding Out The Recession
Ed Ricketts, the real-life marine biologist immortalised as Doc in Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, evolved a theory of how everything is connected in the natural world. He observed that the sea Continue Reading
Two Wheels To the End Of The World: Chile – The end of the Highway
The border crossing from Bolivia to Chile is simple, efficient and ever so civilised. The staff seem to be under little or no pressure and as soon as they realise Continue Reading
Paul Sample: The Interview ‘Everyone chooses their own destiny; mine’s a bike’ – OGRI
Whitchurch is one of those places that encapsulates the essence of Englishness with all its half-timbered houses, red bricks and stone-built churches. It’s a theme I want to explore with Continue Reading
Motorcycle Girl Racer
About us
The Rider’s Digest was started in 1997 in the United Kingdom as a free photocopied newsletter for London couriers, financed by despatch industry recruitment advertising and evolved into a full Continue Reading
Book Review – What did happen to the British motorcycle industry?
British motorcycles – British iron, or Britiron as it is known by many – possesses a legendary, near sacred, status in my country. The craving for Britiron was once so Continue Reading
Love & Biking
A love affair with tarmacadam ends in battered souls I’m not on my bike today. I’ve drawn the curtains and wander moodily from room to room – Charles Aznevor plays Continue Reading
Book Review – Of Tarmac and Tourists
A young African-American in leathers snaps a photograph of his KTM alongside a Triumph and a Suzuki parked on Jones Street in Greenwich Village. He is probably unaware that he Continue Reading
From the Editor ~ 169
The floor in our kitchen and all the way through to the back door is a sea of shiny black granite. It was one of the things that attracted us Continue Reading
Book Review – Books and Bikesploitation
Before we begin to ride, we imagine ourselves riding: in the dirt; to a far off place; as fast as we can; or even just across town. Perhaps it started Continue Reading
Book Review – Spies and Samurai
Critics and reviewers get asked a lot of questions. The range goes from the absurd – do you actually read the books or see the movies you review? (Yes) – Continue Reading