MEET THE RIDERS

These are the folks braving the elements and challenges required to cross the country on a bicycle.  Not a meek one among 'em.

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Ted Achorn
59
Campo, PA
Retired from Hershey
 

Jack Baird (one without the hat)
62
Lacey, WA
Retired Pencil pusher
"We be lost"
 

Thomas Bay
59
Harrisburg, PA
Retired Physical Education Teacher
"Don't sweat the small stuff."
 

Bill Bellman
56
Crystal Lake, IL
Scientist-Chemist
"It's always a good day for cycling."
 

Jeannie Benton
51
Bedford, NH
Para-professional at Bedford HS

 


Tom Beveridge
63
Dunlap, IL
Retired Mechanical Engineer, Caterpiller
 

Howard & Liz Bonser
63-both
Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K.
Self-employed
"When I'm wrong, make me easy to change, when I'm right, make me easy to live with."
 

Bill Borland
66
Tucson, AZ
Retired from IBM
"Keep climbing."
 

Anne Campbell
49
Darien, CT
Educational consultant
"Prior planning prevents piss poor performance."
 

John Damiano
80
Delran, NJ
Retired college professor
"We must not fear growing old, but we must fear not growing."
"Live well and smile everyday...."
 

Gene Dionne
66
Littleton, CO
Retired Engineer
"Long live, long rides."  (IMBA)
 

John Douglas
70
Seattle, WA
Retired Industrial Engineer
"No small dreams."
 

David Downs
68
Flanders, NJ
Retired Engineer
 

Larry Dunne
60
Tucson, AZ
Retired Firefighter
"Come on, come on, come on."
 


Daniel Eddy
60
Ravenna, OH
Subscriptions Manager

 

Stephen Foley
58
Devonport, Tasmania,Australia
Port Authority Business Manager
"Nothing is neither good nor bad, only thinking makes it so." (William Shakespere)

 

Fred Hartley
62
Columbus, NC
Retired ObGyn
 

Jane Huang
21
Palo Alto, CA
Software Developer
 

Douglas Hurd
42
Bethesda, MD
Director of Product Management
"Sometimes when you bring the thunder you get caught in the storm"

Larry Jacobson
50
Seattle, WA
Taking a break
"Ride lots....Eddy Merckx
 

Gil James
67
Eugene, OR
Retired School Administrator, but still working
"The glass is half full..."
 

Shuresh Kurjah
47
Freeport, Trinidad
Soldier
"I leave no one behind."
 

Roland Landsness
65
Atlantic, IA
Retired Attorney
 

Steve Lawrence
60
Olympia, WA
Retired Surveyor
 

Richard Lindley
63
Waterville, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Retired Military Engineer; Now Self-Employed
"For me the glass is always half full."
"Always look for the best in people; there will be plenty of others seeking the worst."
 

Bill Maarschalk
60
Simi Valley, CA
Retired LAPD
"That's right too."
 

Jim McCarragher
56
Meriden, NH
Professor of Nursing
"Bring your passion."