S5.40 The Pan America Challenge
TransAmerica Bicycle Trail
The first bicycle touring route to cross the U.S. was developed and mapped for Bikecentennial, a mass bicycle tour across the country to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976.
Since 2014, the annual Trans Am Bike Race is held on the route.
Even wikipedia doesn't say much about the intervening years, like 2001.
Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS
The last flight of the SR-71 taking off from Edwards AFB with F-18 Chase in the background, Oct. 9, 1999.
Patty Carey loved astronomy. She felt everyone should have a chance to better understand the sky above them and the Earth on which they lived.
She opened the door of “Hutchinson’s Theatre of the Skies” on December 2, 1962. It was the first planetarium in the state.
In 1980 it rebranded as the Kansas Cosmosphere and Discovery Center.
A further expansion happened in 1997. The new lobby featured an SR-71 Blackbird.
The “best space museum on planet Earth” is in the heart of the heartland—in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Qian Xuesen: The man the US deported - who then helped China into space
A former US Secretary of the Navy, Dan Kimball, once said it was "the stupidest thing this country ever did".
(to which this millenium's USA says ”hold my beer”)
(Used BBC, because recent NYT article is paywalled)
Brompton - the foldable city bike
Invented by Andrew Ritchie in 1975, the Brompton 3-part fold transforms the bike into a small locked package in under 20-seconds.
2002 Bianchi Vigorelli
There's a blue book for bicycles.
How Does A Post-Run Beer Affect Recovery?
I (Julia) never ran more than half-marathons (13.1 miles, as opposed to 60 mile bike rides), but I do know beer is definitely dehydrating!
However, it has calories. For some folks, beer is less likely to cause nausea than flat water. It's is a mild pain killer. Thus it's offered as a finish line refreshment.
Coffee does not dehydrate as much as alcohol, provides some mild anti-inflammatory support, and maybe a small amount of performance enhancement.
Ultra-distance events require a lot of refueling during the work-out, but I doubt the rules are that different.
If you psychologically find beer more refreshing, go with your gut. Mind-body and all that.
Jim's father-in-law's schmancy custom bike
Titanium-tubing that kinda looks like a mutant hand, just like the finger lakes, also in New York.
Adventure Cycling Route Network
Planning a bike trip? Preview all of our routes and get started planning your trip with this Adventure Cycling Route Network interactive map!
Rewriting Hisstory, by Jeff Kisseloff
A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss.
A revelatory political history that uncovers the innocence of alleged Communist spy Alger Hiss and points a finger at who was really behind one of the most sensational and divisive accusations of the twentieth century.
TIL 2 cool things about Kansas.
