epicrides

The Ultimate One

Rider’ s first issue, published in the summer of 1974, included a touring story written by founder and publisher Denis Rouse called Highway One, You Ultimate One, about California’ s iconic route that hugs the Pacific Coast. With a view looking south at Highway 1 from a pullout up on Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, this photo ran in Rider’ s 40th anniversary issue( May 2014), and it reprises a photo that graced the cover of the July 1979 issue. With severe curves and cliffs, jaw-dropping vistas and everything from summer fog to towering redwoods and belching elephant seals, Highway 1 is a truly epic ride.

Photo by Kevin Wing