Originally Posted by AllenG
The first Fred is Fred A. Birchmore.
He did so in 1935 on a single speed Reinhardt.
Sorry but that's about 48 years too late for the first around the world bicycle trip. Thomas Stevens did it in 1887...on an ordinary
By the way, the term Fred has only recently been applied - inaccurately - to either riders who spend too much on gear (poseurs) or newbie racers (wannabees, a subset of poseurs). In the late 70s and early 80s, it was always used as a derogatory term for nonracers and utilitarian cyclists.