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Why Travel by Bike?

On January 14, 2020September 8, 2021 By Gary ParkersonIn Bicycling, InspirationLeave a comment

I had driven the first 400 miles of monotonous interstate highway with thoughts anywhere but on the task of piloting my old van. Even at 80 miles per hour, the 1200 miles that remained seemed to pass in slow motion … until the incongruity of a fellow struggling an overloaded bike up a steep grade …

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Before and After

On January 10, 2020September 8, 2021 By Gary ParkersonIn 2017 Eclipse Project, BicyclingLeave a comment

That first photo of the Big and me was taken in April of 2016 at the annual Northeast Astronomy Forum in New York, where we announced the Pedaling Astronomer Project. I was 62 years old and weighed 150 pounds; the Big weighed the same as I when she was loaded in her full self-sustained journey …

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