By Matt Schiff
I first heard about bike49 during the summer of ‘08, sometime between the start of the Tour de France and working some hellishly hot job near the Salton Sea. From what Tommy told me, Aaron had been putting ideas to paper and enlisting Sara to make good on an old pact from the days [...]
Posts under ‘The origins of bike49’
Jan 26
Choosing to focus our efforts
Nov 27
Bike49 on the World Wide Web.
Could it be 2am yet again? How many nights must I stare at this screen, clicking back and forth, slowly programming my way to victory? As I write this post, the website is still not up to my standards, but closer ever.
The website is over a year in the works. It has changed hands a half dozen times over the last year, each person sculpting, adding, and learning from the process. I was the last to take it on. Like many of bike49’s planning projects, what starts off simple becomes a way of life.
Jul 18
Plan Bo0yeah: a story of bike49’s beginning
Sara here, reporting from the Continental Divide Trail. I have abandonded my bike for five months (just over two months down) to walk from Mexico to Canada. I am having a blast discovering the country by foot; but more excited than ever to see the world on two wheels. With that I am sharing my version of how bike49 came to be, how we determined our tentative route, and an introduction to the first folks we had on board. I hope you enjoy my story of bike49 and Plan Bo0yeah! Until then: Hills yeah.
