Nothing like hunkering down with a good book or screen time to pass the time. Enjoy some of our favorites during this shelter-in-place when you need a break. Let’s Outride COVID-19!

—Recent Good Reads—

How to Keep the Greater Good in Mind, During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Greater Good Magazine, March 10, 2020, by Jill Suttie.

Cycling Keeps your Immune System Young
The Guardian, March 8, 2020

How to Ride Safely Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Bicycling Magazine, March 13, 2020, by Jordan Smith

Bicycling During the Coronavirus Pandemic
STREETSBLOGLA, March 13, 2020, by Joe Litton

—Books For the Younger Set—

Duck on a Bike
by David Shannon

Curious George Rides a Bike
by H. A. Rey

Bike on, Bear!
by Cynthea Liu

Along a Long Road
by Frank Viva

The Red Bicycle
by Jude Isabella

—A Few Movie Recommendations—
as always, screen these before watching with your children

Lifecycles, A true adventure film. Visually stunning, mountain bikes provide the vehicle for exploring ideas of creation and destruction in dramatic landscapes.

unReal
Glacial walls transform into mountain bike trails and thousand pound mammals become riding partners. This film is for the dreamers and rule breakers, the ones who know the way into the unReal world.

Blood Road
Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their goal: to reach the site where Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more than 40 years earlier. During this poignant voyage of self-discovery, the women push their bodies to the limit, while learning more about the historic ‘Blood Road’ and how the Vietnam War shaped their lives in different ways.

Afghan Cycle
Following a new generation of young Afghan women cyclists, Afghan Cycles uses the bicycle to tell a story of women’s rights - human rights - and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis, from discrimination to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society. These women ride despite cultural barriers, despite infrastructure, and despite death threats, embracing the power and freedom that comes with the sport.

Rising from the Ashes
A team of young cyclists try to outrun the past. ““This is the land of second chances,” the coach of Team Rwanda says. The riders—Hutus and Tutsis—find that cycling gives suffering a purpose.

Where the Trail Ends
Where the Trail Ends is a film following the world’s top freeride mountain bikers as they search for unridden terrain around the globe, ultimately shaping the future of big mountain freeriding.

Wadjda
An enterprising and rebellious Saudi girl enters a Koran recitation competition at her school and hopes to win enough money to buy her own bicycle.

Ride the Divide
An award-winning feature film about the world's toughest mountain bike race, which traverses over 2700 miles along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The film weaves the story of three characters' experiences with immense mountain beauty and small-town culture as they attempt to pedal from Banff, Canada to a small, dusty crossing on the Mexican border.

—Classics—Required Viewing for all Bicyclists!

Breaking Away
This charming, Academy Award winner (1979) cycles high on comedy as four friends come to terms with life after high school. When top-notch cyclist Dave learns that the world's bicycling champions are always Italian, he attempts to turn himself into an Italian.

American Flyers
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. He doesn’t tell him that he has a cerebral tumor. While David powerfully heads for the victory, Marcus has to realize that the contest is not beyond his capabilities.

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Pee-wee Herman, an eccentric child-like man, loves his red bicycle and will not sell it to his neighbor. While Pee-wee visits his friend, the bike is stolen. Pee-wee sets off on a trip to find his bicycle.

* Please share with us any recommendations that you like, that are not on this list, and we will gladly add them.

Take a break—Some cycling-centric movies and good reads!