The original bikepacker?

[fairweather]

Just finished reading this book:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Cyclist-Adventurer-Mysterious-Disappearance/dp/0547195575?tag=vglnk-c587-20"]Amazon.com: The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance (9780547195575): David Herlihy: Books[/ame]

Makes the rest of us look like amateurs!

Love the handlebar bag, is this the Kelty recently mentioned? Big wheels in 1892! Gary Fisher is a poser next to this guy, lol.

 

[FurthurOnTheFly]

Thanks for the link! I'm adding it to my never-ending book list!

 

[nat]

Wow, very cool, thanks!

 

[slowtwitch]

The author was just here signing books. There's a pic of Lenz in my town in that book.

He was off the back by many years as far as packing up a bike and hitting the 'road'. There were a number of guys who went round the globe on high wheels (and also vanished)!

There are some very cool and well thought out bike bags from <1900....like all things it seems, the militarys of the world did some amazing r&d in terms of both bicycle design and bag design etc.

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