Q&A
MILLER’S BIKE JOURNEY
City High math teacher takes his bike from Alberta, Canada, to Antelope Wells, New Mexico. By Rosangel Flores Rubio
Q: SO, WHY? I’ve done bike racing like extended, ultra distance gravel races, which were fun. Then in 2019 I thought “I want to go somewhere”. I biked from my house to Winnipeg, Canada, which was like 860 miles over the course of six days. And then in 2020 I biked from my house to Washington DC, which [was] almost 1000 miles total. I fell in love with throwing bags on bikes, going and camping along the way and [the] freedom that comes with it and the challenge. Then I was like, I’d like to do a race like this. So for two years, I went up and did a race in Minnesota, which is 1200 miles around the perimeter of Minnesota. I said [to my wife]: “hey, if I’d ever do this [trip from Alberta to the Mexican border], when would be a good time to do it?” and she said 2023- so I put it on my calendar.
Q: HOW WAS THE COMPANY? There were about 200 of us that started in Alberta. Within about a week I didn’t see very many people. There were a few of us that would leapfrog but I very rarely rode with anybody. [There were] a lot of days where I didn’t see anybody at all, I was up in the middle of the mountains. That’s pretty wild. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MATT MILLER 12 LH FEATURE MAGAZINE
October 12, 2023
