Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska Cherry Jessica
Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska Cherry Jessica Wheels on Ice reveals Alaska's key role in bicycling both as a mode of travel and as an endurance sport, as well as its special allure for…
Specifikacia Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska Cherry Jessica
Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska Cherry Jessica
Wheels on Ice reveals Alaska's key role in bicycling both as a mode of travel and as an endurance sport, as well as its special allure for those seeking the proverbial struggle against nature. As bicycles evolved, Alaskans were among the first to innovate: the fatbike, for example, evolved from the mountain bike in the late 1980s into a wider-framed bike with fatter tires, making snow biking more accessible and giving birth to the Iditabike race. This collection opens with the first bicycle boom and the advent of the safety bicycle in the late 1800s, at approximately the same time gold was discovered in Alaska and the Yukon Territory.
More recently, ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox rode all the major roads in the state, totaling more than 4,500 miles of gravel and pavement.Jessica Cherry and Frank Soos's diverse group of stories covers cycling both past and present. From