Fred Birchmore is a DOG and is alive and well in his mid 90's in Athens GA. His bike "Bucephelus" that he rode around the world is in the Smithsonian.
http://books.google.com/books?id=bU9...sult#PPA154,M1

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/meta/html...elcome&Welcome

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/...70721041.shtml

http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/...ISOBOX=1&REC=1

http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/...ISOBOX=1&REC=1

Its funny but he really did end up wining a bike race in I think it was Italy and he didn't know he was in it LOL. That's where the story of the old "Fred" on a beat up bike with a bunch of gear passing everybody came from.