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Aerial view of the Stelvio Pass hairpin bends

The Stelvio Pass still matters.

Forty-eight hairpins, a road built before anyone thought to make driving comfortable, and a reputation that somehow keeps growing. We drove it in both directions to find out if it's still worth the fuss.

Words by the Stradora editors · 8 min read

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A coast road with no straights to speak of, and why that's exactly the point.

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Culture

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Route 66, slowly.

Everyone tells you to rush it. Here's what happens when you don't.

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Culture

A classic Porsche 911 at sunset on a country road

The case for the manual gearbox.

Three pedals aren't slower. They're just a different kind of fast.

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Trip Reports

Motorcycles riding on the Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia

Riding the Cabot Trail.

Cape Breton's coastal loop, and why it deserves to be better known.

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Pyrenees in low gear.

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Gear & Kit

Aerial view of Skeleton Coast sand dunes meeting the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia

What we learned photographing the Skeleton Coast.

Sand in every seal, and the kit that survived it anyway.

Gear & Kit · 4 min read