Who to bet on to crush the record, win the race, and dominate the field... the woman that biked 2100 miles to get to the 2800 mile race. She was just getting warmed up. You better not bet against her.

Not many people who don't ride bikes for a living, or for long distances - like across continents - have heard of the people that do. Okay, we've all heard of Lance Armstrong, but you may already see...

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the Tour Divide, have you ever heard of it?

It's an annual amateur ultra-distance mountain biking race traversing the length of the Rocky Mountains, from Banff, Alberta Canada to Antelope Wells, NM.... it's the world's longest off-pavement cycling...

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Anita King made history in 1915 when she became the first woman to complete a solo drive across America. 100 years later, her great nieces recreated the trip

Her great nieces went cross country in about 49 hours, in a Chrysler 200. Anita needed 49 days, some which were nothing more than getting unstuck from mud. I wonder if she innovated any ways for quickly...

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the 1914 motorcycle for 4, and a family went coast to coast on it

http://carzhunt.blogspot.com/2017/01/indians-classic-motorcycles-and-ner-car.h...

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L.L. Whitman at the wheel of a Franklin in 1904 after driving from San Francisco to NYC in 33 days.

In 1903 L.L. Whitman drove a Curved Dash Olds on that route SF to NYC in over 60 days...along with John Hammond. There is a book about it https://www.amazon.com/1903-Curved-Dash-Oldsmobile-Horseless-Carriage/dp/B0006EIGKG and...

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1910 Franklin D Race Car, LA to Phoenix (Desert Classic) 1910 race car driven by Ralph Hamlin, (west coast distributor of Franklin) unrestored since then

the Desert Classic (also known as the Cactus Derby) was a race I covered a couple years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/desert-classic-1908-1914-los-angeles-to.html and the winner...

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Good use of a visual theme to promote your tires with the Pioneer name while crossing the continent in 1913 to demonstrate the durability or your product

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211740795984322&set=a.2422952862140.138245.1501025670&typ...

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