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11-29-11, 01:37 PM
And you thought you had street cred....
Saw this in the touring forum and figured since a lot of you probably don't make it over there I'd pass this along.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Fred-Birchmores-Amazing-Bicycle-Trip-Around-the-World.html?c=y&page=1
"Fred Birchmore's bike was a one-speed, 42-pound Reinhardt that he named Bucephalus, after Alexander the Great's horse. The bike is currently in the National Museum of American History."
http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Fred-Birchmore-bike-Bucephalus-2.jpg
Saw this in the touring forum and figured since a lot of you probably don't make it over there I'd pass this along.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Fred-Birchmores-Amazing-Bicycle-Trip-Around-the-World.html?c=y&page=1
"Fred Birchmore's bike was a one-speed, 42-pound Reinhardt that he named Bucephalus, after Alexander the Great's horse. The bike is currently in the National Museum of American History."
http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Fred-Birchmore-bike-Bucephalus-2.jpg