Single Speed RTW bike tourist turns 100
11-29-11, 02:37 PM
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Single Speed RTW bike tourist turns 100
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.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...tml?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."
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.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...tml?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."
