Journey - Inspiring bicycle adventures.
Journey Issue #1 available for pre-order now, published 5 March 2013.
One year (four issue) subscriptions start with issue #1.
AN INSPIRATION FOR BICYCLE ADVENTURES
Journey is our quarterly journal of bicycle adventures - big and small, planned and spontaneous. Journey is about the little things that define adventure - the unexpected experiences, opportunities for reflection, and sheer unadulterated fun. Journey is about regular people taking leave from routine and stepping out into a brave new world. People who have discovered (or want to discover) a taste for bicycle adventure. People like you.
Journey #1 is published on 5 March 2013. It will be filled with beautiful, evocative images and passionate, involving writing. It will be printed on thick, recycled, uncoated paper. It will have no advertising interrupting the editorial flow. We hope it will be a journal that becomes lovingly tattered and worn from repeat viewings - repeated searches for adventure inspiration.
A digital sampler of Journey is available on Issuu. Click the image below to view:
REDISCOVER ADVENTURE
We are bicycle riders and adventurers. Our mission is to inspire and empower bicycle riders and would-be bicycle riders to set out on adventures of their own.
When we were kids, life was about discovery - extending the boundaries of our little world. We were inseparable from our bikes, they were our independence. Life was a great adventure. The wind was in our hair and blew tears into our eyes.
We think that our childhood sense of adventure has been misplaced. As we grew up, bikes were replaced by cars, and our play time got filled with the responsibilities of adult life. We believe that everyone needs a little adventure to enrich their lives. And we think that the bicycle - that introduced us to adventure - can bring it back to us now.



WITHIN THE PAGES
Adventure is an attitude. It is the acceptance of a little risk. It is a willingness to break out of routine, to step out of our comfort zone. Our goal is to inspire bicycle adventures of all kinds. Adventure doesn't just mean riding around the world unsupported. Journey is about accessible bicycle adventures. Each article will keep this firmly in mind:
We'll investigate how seasoned cyclists can add a little adventure into their regular riding.We'll discover how new riders are using their bicycles to see their locale through fresh eyes.
We'll watch a bicycle turn a commute from a workday chore into an early morning adventure.
We'll mix cycling with wine with sightseeing with cafes with picnics with warm summer days.
We'll get under the skin of solo riders leaving mobile phone reception far behind.
We'll join the fun of group rides and weekends away.
We'll learn how families are bonding on bicycle rides and tours.
We'll disappear deep into the New Zealand bush, popping out somewhere on the other side.
We'll hear from overseas adventurers and listen to how they keep life on the bike exciting.



TRUST US, WE'RE BICYCLE ADVENTURERS
The team behind Journey have decades of cycling experience. We are publishing managers. We are published writers and photographers in bicycle and adventure magazines in New Zealand, Australia and the USA. We have designed outdoor equipment for well-known New Zealand companies. We have owned businesses within the cycling industry. We have provided story-based marketing for adventure brands and tourism providers. We have organised low-key cycling events. We know our Helvetica from our Comic Sans. We have a burning passion for bicycle adventure. We have the ability to deliver Journey.
Together, Paul, Mike and Beth are Inspiring Riding Ltd. It started as a common goal to inspire people to ride bicycles. It is currently a website, a catalogue of bicycle adventure writing and photography provided to other magazines and companies, and a whole heap of passion and ability. It is becoming Journey, a supporting website, and an engaged community of bicycle adventurers.
Read our stories on our current website: http://www.inspiring-riding.com
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inspiringriding
Find us on Twitter: http:/www.twitter.com/inspiringriding
WE ARE STARTING OUT ON AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF YOU COULD JOIN US ON THE JOURNEY.
FIRST ISSUE. A copy of Journey #1 delivered to your door in NZ (add $4 for delivery to AU, add $8 for ROW). Plus a Journey bike decal. Plus a special thank you on our website and Facebook page.
MUSETTE #1. A Journey urban musette (exclusive to Pozible funders). Plus the FIRST ISSUE reward.
ONE YEAR OF BICYCLE ADVENTURES. The first four copies of Journey delivered to your door in NZ (add $16 for delivery to AU, add $32 for ROW). Plus a Journey bike decal. Plus a postcard for you to mail to us from one of your adventures - which will appear in an issue of Journey. Plus a special thank you on our website and Facebook page.
FIRST ISSUE x10. Ten copies of Journey #1 delivered to your door in NZ (add $20 for delivery to AU, add $40 for ROW). Plus ten Journey bike decals. Plus a special thank you, a listing as an outlet for Journey #1 on our website/Facebook page, and an opportunity to become a reselling partner for future issues of Journey.
PRINT. A 32"x18" (min - depending on image) print of a Mike Wilson photograph or Gerard Thomas illustration from Journey #1. Plus the MUSETTE #1 reward.
MUSETTE YEAR. A Journey urban musette (exclusive to Pozible funders). Plus the ONE YEAR OF BICYCLE ADVENTURES reward.
FOUNDER. 32"x18" (min - depending on image) prints of a Mike Wilson photograph AND a Gerard Thomas illustration from Journey #1. Plus the MUSETTE YEAR reward. Plus your name listed in every issue of Journey as a Founding Adventurer.
