Tandem Bicycling America
Border to Border
Coast to Coast
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About the Book
Come along on a bicycle built for two for this double tale of a KHS Tandemania Roma tandem bicycle to take you the length of the Mississippi River from the Canadian Border to the Gulf of Mexico then from Coast to Coast from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The seat belts couldn't be fastened because there aren't any. The only proper precaution is to look out for cars, and have bike helmets on. The country is out there for you to see. But you have to slow down from 70 mph to 10 to 15 mph if you want to see it all. That is, if you want to smell the flowers plus the pig manure scent wafting through the air. America is out there, it is just a case of knowing how to find it. I think we have found it.
About the Author
Paul Wittreich bought a bicycle at the age of 58 after hiking the whole Appalachian Trail and running 13 marathons. This propelled him into a new adventure—biking across the USA, 4300 miles, coast to coast, and pedaling the length of Trans–Canada highway, 4,400 miles, again ocean to ocean. So at the age of 66 and 70 there was more to come.