Description
Book SynopsisThe Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride: Decade of Dapper documents and celebrates 10 years of raising funds and awareness for men’s health initiatives with engaging stories and gorgeous photography. Starting from the simple, joyous act of riding a motorcycle, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) has united hundreds of thousands of smartly dressed gentlefolk around the world on classic and vintage-style motorcycles to raise over $35 million for prostate cancer and men’s mental health initiatives. The annual event has attracted the world’s attention and created some truly amazing stories (and thousands of great images) along the way.
The success of the DGR has seen it become so much more than just a charity event. It’s now a kind of global moto family that’s made up of thousands of incredible stories, characters, cities, and ambassadors that are all wrapped up in a kind of motorcycling fashion renaissance. It&
Table of Contents
FOREWARD
INTRODUCTION
BEFORE DGR
SIR REMINGTON
CAFE RACER HISTORY
FREDDIE SPENCER
2012
RIDE ONE
CHALLENGE AWARD
SURVIVOR STORIES:
CHRIS LIVETT
DGR CITIES: SYDNEY
BIKES OF DGR:
BOBBERS
STANDOUT FUNDRAISER:
SIMON WHITTAKER
BIKE EXIF
RIDE HOST: JEFF GOUGH
STANDOUT FUNDRAISER:
STEFANIA SCHITO
GLOBAL AMBASSADOR:
GEORGE NORTH
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
CHALLENGE
JAI COURTNEY
2013
RIDE TWO
DGR AMBASSADOR:
COCO BORETTO
BIKES OF DGR:
CHOPPERS
DGR CITIES: MILANO
SURVIVOR STORIES:
MARK ATKINSON
RIDE HOSTS:
MIKE & ALLISTER
2013 RIDE POSTER
DGR VOLUNTEERS:
KIRSTEN MIDURA
DGR PHOTOGRAPHER:
AMY SHORE
2014
RIDE THREE
2014 RIDE POSTER
NOT FORGOTTEN:
PHIL GREEN
BIKES OF DGR:
TRACKERS
DGR CITIES: NEW YORK
MUSTACHES ON
THE MOVE
RIDE HOST: JAMIE
FARQUHAR-RIZZO
PIPEBURN
STEVE CABALLERO
2015
RIDE FOUR
2015 RIDE POSTER
THE DGR PINS
SURVIVOR STORIES:
MATT RICHARDS
THE JURASSIC
PARK TRIUMPH
THE BIKE SHED
LONDON
2016
RIDE FIVE
2016 RIDE POSTER
MOVEMBER
CO-FOUNDER: JC
STANDOUT FUNDRAISER:
JOSEPH MANCINELLI
BIKES OF DGR:
SCOOTERS
DGR CITIES:
BUENOS AIRES
TOP FUNDRAISERS
2017
RIDE SIX
2017 RIDE POSTER
VETERANS & FIRST
RESPONDERS
THE DGR PATCHES
STANDOUT FUNDRAISER:
VINCENT NICOLAI
2018
RIDE SEVEN
2018 RIDE POSTER
BIKES OF DGR:
SCRAMBLERS
RIDE HOST:
SAM BENDALL
DGR PHOTOGRAPHER:
MANUEL PORTUGAL
BIKES OF DGR:
SIDECARS
DGR & HEDON
HELMETS
CUSTOM BUILDER:
CRAIG RODSMITH
2019
RIDE EIGHT
2019 RIDE POSTER
DGR PHOTOGRAPHER:
RAHOUL GHOSE
CUSTOM BUILDER:
HUGO ECCLES
RIDE HOST:
MATTEO ADREANI
DGR DIRECTOR:
CAM ELKINS
TRIUMPH CEO:
NICK BLOOR
TRIUMPH'S HEAD OF
BRAND: MILES PERKINS
2020
RIDE NINE
2020 RIDE POSTER
DGR GAP3
PROJECT
DGR PHOTOGRAPHER:
MY MEDIA SYDNEY
BIKES OF DGR:
MODERN CLASSICS
CUSTOM BUILDER:
ZIGGY MOTO
2021
RIDE TEN
2021 RIDE POSTER
DGR CITIES: JAKARTA
THE 10 YEAR
HELMET AUCTION
BOBBY HAAS
THE FUTURE OF DGR
