Or you could call it the original Race Across AMerica. Or, "Survivor: Cycling 19th Century Style".
In any case, check out this very interesting article at www.thehistorynet.com/ah/blwheelsofwar/index.html
And we think that we have it bad when riding the deris-strewn bike paths of Antioch (no offense, Jay). Even fully loaded, I think that the bikes in the article still weighed-in at less that 1/3 the weight of Ole's fully loaded machine!
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