Posted on 09/03/2022 10:56:13 AM PDT by libstripper
Bob Barnes, the man who cycled to all 50 U.S. state capitals in one year, is already planning his next journey.
Barnes, 52, of Syracuse, New York, rode his bicycle a total of 16,661 miles across the country in 359 days.
After following his journey, Fox News Digital spoke with Barnes this week, after he'd been back in Syracuse for about a month to see how he’s settled back into "normal" life.
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“spoke” with Barnes. lol
It would be difficult to ride to Juneau, but I really want to know how he rode to Honolulu.
The Trans-Pacific bridge. Duh!
I had a roommate that bike across country. He left Wahington and headed to the South planning to enroll in college.
When he reached the Alabama coast he started asking about universities’
He was pointed to UF and pedaled to Gainesville.
I thought that was part of the interstate highway system, and everyone knows you aren’t allowed to ride a bicycle on the interstate.
Must have been something like that.
Re your post #5: When I worked on a Forest Service fire crew in the 80s, two of the guys cycled from Florida to central Oregon one year to get in shape for the season. I forget how long it took them, several weeks I think.
He say on it in the jet cargo area. 🙂
he had to box up his bicycle? Should have just crammed it in the overhead bin above his seat.
They put a special lane on it for adventurous types.
Forest Gump on a bike?
A properly built wheel (especially if hand-built, with the spokes carefully stressed) can last for thousands of miles if well maintained. The first things to go are usually the bearings rather than the spokes, then the rim if rim brakes are used. (The metal under the braking surfaces has become ridiculously thin in most modern wheels). But the increasing popularity of disc brakes makes this less of a problem.
our future
remember all those chinese on bikes?
We have a friend in her 70s who does these types of rides. She’s gone across the country several times.
In 1976, as part of the Bi-Centennial Celebration, cyclists rode across America. Could go W-E or E-W on any course they wished as long as they started/ended either place & used west coast of Oregon & William & Mary College as anchor points.
Plane loads of DUTCH cyclists came over to participate. Others from all over the world.
You could ride all or part—just enjoy & have your support group. Check in points all along the way were monitored. Anytime during the summer months.
When the summer was over-—and all the riders who did the whole distance were verified:
A man from the San Fernando Valley—of Los Angeles—named Chris ______ had ridden from Oregon coast to William & Mary College in the shortest time. He carried custom designed saddlebags over his rear wheel. He was 65, of Scandanavian ancestors.
The other competitors called him “The Old Man With The Iron Legs”.
I knew him then-—lost track of him....When he died, it was discovered that he had a number of old barns/garages FULL of CLASSIC CARS-—and as best I heard-—no heirs.
I still have a Peugeot from 1974 with the original front wheel (rear was replaced around 1995 or so). No idea how many miles I put on it, but it has to be thousands, including some 40+ mph descents when I was a lot younger. I haven’t ridden it for years now, and it needs to be completely rebuilt/restored before I can ride it again, including two new wheels.
Honolulu: Nothing less than a ship or a plane would do. Unless he hooked it up with one of those paddleboats.
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