The site's a bit odd - didn't work in Safari http://www.thesca.org/connect/blog/buffalo-soldiers-bicycle-800-miles-yellowstone
The 16-day jaunt to Yellowstone was merely a practice run. The true test for both the bikes and the unfathomably intrepid men riding them was a 1,900 mile, 34 day trek from Missoula to St. Louis. The journey took them through wildly diverse weather and terrain—they endured rain, hail, punishing heat, they muscled through the Rockies and struggled through Nebraska’s “notorious sand hills.” Each bike, fully loaded with gear and rations, weighed 76 pounds. Keep all this in mind as you pedal to work this week <https://cyclingdynamics.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/bicycle_cartoon.gif> in celebration of Bike Month <http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth>. -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk
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