Papersky Magazine #61 / OREGON CYCLING
Oregon is the ultimate bike state for every type of rider: town bikes, gravel bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes, cargo bikes and even mini bikes- Oregon has it all! And with each bike and each location comes a different lifestyle. For this issue of Papersky we traveled the entire state and created a specifically themed ride to best capture the lifestyle of each area.
In Portland the ‘city of doughnuts’, we created a 25km DOUGHNUTS RIDE. In Central Oregon we traveled to the Painted Hills one of Oregon’s Seven Wonders. Here we rode through multicolored fossil beds and under rainbows for our FOSSIL RIDE. We also went on a FISHING RIDE in Maupin home to the high desert Deschutes River and on a WINE RIDE in the Willamette Valley home to the world’s best Pinot noir. Our LODGE RIDE took us on a rocky but amazing mountain bike journey around the Sisters area and on our LIGHTHOUSE ride we witnessed firsthand the enchantment of Oregon’s Coast.
With each ride we felt better. We felt better for various reasons: our exposure to nature, our exposure to high amounts of sugar, our exposure to organic food, our exposure to awesome human beings, strong coffee and good wine, fresh air, but most importantly we felt better because of the wonderful place we were – OREGON! And the ingenious vehicle we rode every day of our trip ‘The Bicycle’.
PAPERSKY magazine was born from a concept of being a door to the world and a means to journey within oneself. A bilingual magazine in Japanese and English, each issue delves into PAPERSKY team's personal journeys taken on foot or bicycle, finding historic trails and beaten paths, tasting food harvested locally, listening to the stories of inhabitants of the land and sea... taking you on an adventure on 'Spaceship Earth'.
