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January 22, 2007

A real bike tour

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 5:54 am

The first person to ride around the world on a bike may not have been along the lines of Alastair Humphreys’ ride this past decade. The great Wikipedia tells us Thomas Stevens did it on a penny farthing in 1884. Gears are for sissies.

(Via GoBlog)


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