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NAME Dick Harter   (Right)
AGE 67
HOMETOWN Cambridge, MA
OCCUPATION (Previous employment if retired) lawyer
HOBBIES tennis, reading fiction
BIKE Vision 44 recumbent
CYCLING EXPERIENCE 4500 miles/year, ABB Mississippi River Ride 2002 Minneapolis to ST. Charles, 4 Boston to NYC AIDS rides

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOU

I want to understand new dimensions of this country beyond the academic/professional/religious/geographic dimensions I know too well.
FAVORITE QUOTE At my back I always hear time's winged chariot hurrying near
RIDING FROM/TO St. Charles to New Orleans

 

NAME Lisa Meester  (2nd from left)
AGE 44
HOMETOWN Holland, Iowa
OCCUPATION (Previous employment if retired) Department manager, Information Systems
HOBBIES running, gardening
BIKE Trek 2000
CYCLING EXPERIENCE ABB Mississippi River Ride 1998 - Minneapolis to St. Louis, RAGBRAI, Berkshire Tour, Nova Scotia Tour

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOU

The Challenge
FAVORITE QUOTE What's the worst thing that can happen
RIDING FROM/TO St. Charles to New Orleans

 

NAME Dick Robbins  (Left)
AGE 66
HOMETOWN Shelton, CT
OCCUPATION (Previous employment if retired) Systems Analyst
HOBBIES Reading, writing, swimming, running
BIKE Schwinn
CYCLING EXPERIENCE 1000 miles/year, one self-supported tour along the Maine Coast

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RIDING FROM/TO St. Charles to Memphis

 

NAME Candace Witt  (2nd from right)
AGE 61
HOMETOWN Sun Valley, Idaho
OCCUPATION (Previous employment if retired) owned travel agencies
HOBBIES hiking, singing, skiing
BIKE Gold Rush recumbent
CYCLING EXPERIENCE ABB Across America North 2002, have toured in Costa Rica, Vermont, California, Wisconsin, Virginia and Switzerland

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOU

I am hooked on long distance cycling and can't think of a better way to see the world than on the seat of a bicycle
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RIDING FROM/TO St. Charles to New Orleans

 

NAME Lois DuBois  (center)
AGE 55
HOMETOWN Portola Valley, CA
OCCUPATION (Previous employment if retired) Public Relations
HOBBIES cycling, swimming, running, grandchildren, reading
BIKE Trek 3200 WSD
CYCLING EXPERIENCE May 2004 - SF to LA (500 miles), ABB Cross Country Challenge 2003, Astoria to Eureka July 2002 (500 miles), Santa Cruz to Santa Monica July 2001 (500 miles), Triathlons 1999-2003

SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOU

Just because I love!
FAVORITE QUOTE Carpe Diem!
RIDING FROM/TO St. Charles to Memphis