JOY RIDER

Throttle twisting, heart racing – few things come close to the exhilaration riding a motorbike can fuel. With nothing between you and the open road, other than the power of a raw machine, you take your life in your handlebars. It's intense. A visceral thrill as life's little worries whip away from you, like the hair jutting out from under your helmet.

“The best way to describe it is freedom,” says Aidan Clarke, the CEO and co-founder of moto denim brand Saint, on the phone from his Melbourne office. “A person can jump on a bike and go for a ride to no particular place at all – just ride – and feel like they’ve had a holiday.”

Make no mistake, biking isn’t always relaxing – but it requires a miles-per-second-mindfulness when the constant roar of the motor surrounds your ears like white noise. “You’ve got to be aware and alert. You’ve got