10,000 Mile Ride to the 1915 San Francisco Exposition

[panhead_jim]

In 1915, Bud Baker and Dick O'Brien made a 5 month journey across the US, riding tandem on a 1915 Indian. Must have been quite an adventure...

10,000 Miles on a 1915 Indian

[Tom Lovejoy]

Right on, thanks for posting. I enjoyed that.

[Skirted]

Reading these stories from the early 1900s never ceases to amaze me how tough people were back then both mentally and physically. At first you think, OK they rode 10k on a 1915 Indian. Besides having backs and kidneys made of steel, then you think, man the roads had to really suck in 1915 and then there weren't restaurants, gas stations, hotels, or repair parts houses every 30 miles like today. If those two guys were plopped into todays society they'd think we were a bunch of sissy's. LOL
Thanks for posting!

[c.o.]

Great story Jim.

Jason, if you are into the early stories and haven't checked this out... http://www.ridetwisties.com/Across%2...20Bicycle.html then you really should.

[Tom Lovejoy]

Thanks Cory, I had read it before but still enjoyed it again. Jason you ain't kidding there were way tougher back then !