Writer reprises cross-country bicycle trip
By Jerry Harkavy, Associated Press
Mar 24, 2014 6:13 AM -
A cross-country bicycle trip is usually a one-and-done experience. Not so for Bruce Weber, a longtime reporter for The New York Times who at age 57 decided to reprise the coast-to-coast ride he took 18 years earlier, post a blog at stops along the route and then make the journey the focus of his latest book, "Life is a Wheel." After flying to Portland, Ore., to pick up the $8,000 bike he shipped from New York, Weber set out from coastal Astoria on what would be a 4,122-mile ride that took him to 15 states over a 101-day stretch that included a few days off the bike to fly to a funeral in Los Angeles and a wedding in New Orleans.
