70-YEAR OLD TOURIST CROSSES U. S. ON BICYCLE (Jan, 1929)
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1929
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70-YEAR OLD TOURIST CROSSES U. S. ON BICYCLE
AN ORDINARY bicycle with a special baggage support above the front wheel is the equipment used by M. C. Plummer of Portland, Maine, in touring the United States. Mr. Plummer is 70 years old but he covers from 50 to 150 miles every day on his bicycle, depending on the weather and the nature of the country to be traveled. The sack of bedding, food and clothing which he carries on his handlebars weighs 80 pounds but is so well balanced that the 70-year old tourist has no difficulty in controlling his two-wheeled automobile. Mr. Plummer recommends this system of traveling as a health builder. He does not try to cover any specified distance each day, but sleeps wherever he happens to find himself at sunset.
Wonder what happened to him? Touring the US during the depression can’t have been the most safe… Did he carry money? Did he work to pay his way? Did he beg?
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