I had no idea about this 1897 expedition till I read this article about a man who reenacted the journey. On that note, kudos to him for regenerating interest in this fascinating moment in history.

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Can we get an article summary for those of us who can deal with the NYTimes’ hilariously stupid billing policies?

Found a link from Seattle times link

Given the state of the US road network at that time (the interstate highway system wasn't started until the 1920s), I'm amazed they got that far.

RIP paywall

Found several articles about the same subject. Here is one with no paywall: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-black-buffalo-soldiers-who-biked-across-the-american-west-180980246/

Probably solid rubber tires, heavy gauge steel, these bikes would have weighted a ton, I’d imagine they had to hike them through a lot of stuff, and even with them being on wheels, pushing them up and over things would have been a lot of work.

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