Nobody has to ride a motorcycle, so why do we do it? Despite the icy rivulets of rain that sneak past a jacket collar or the sharp shrapnel splat of suicidal bugs, we spend our stationary hours planning, imagining, and anticipating time spent in motion. Few explain our collective excuses better, or paint a more vivid and varied picture of the paradoxical joys of riding than Lance Oliver, a man who has spent more time than most of us parsing the entertaining reality of life on two wheels. Whether describing a laid-back, homeward- bound ramble along an Appalachian backroad, racing non-stop around Lake Erie on a tiny motorcycle barely capable of reaching the speed limit, or piloting a Kawasaki Ninja to 170 mph on the surrealistically smooth straightaway at Losail International Circuit in Qatar, Oliver's road stories and ruminations from the garage seek to uncover the essence of what makes motorcycling so much more than just a way to get from here to there.
