Sturbridge native bikes the US from sea to shining sea
Sturbridge native Jonathan H. Palmer traveled 3,397 miles in his cross-country bicycle trip and it only happened once.One flat tire. And it was nearly 3,000 miles before he punctured the tire.
“When I was riding back and forth from work it was 40 miles round trip and I would have three flat tires a week and you're talking 200 miles a week,” he said. “Now, I was riding upward to 600-700 miles per week and I didn't get a flat tire until 2,991 into my trip. And that was the only one I got.”
Starting June 25 at Long Wharf in Boston Harbor — where he kicked off his trek by anointing the rear tire of his Specialized Allez Elite bicycle in the Atlantic Ocean — and ending July 26 outside of San Francisco — where he splashed his tired feet in the Pacific.
During the 32-day trip, Mr. Palmer suffered one nasty spill, wore out one pair of bike shorts and three rear tires, endured one heat wave, and came back with plenty of colorful stories about his travels and this great country.
Mr. Palmer, who lives in Waltham and teaches math at Blue Hill Regional Vocational High School in Canton, trekked through 12 states: Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California. He said he wanted to ride his bike cross-country to see if he could physically push himself to do it.
“When you start looking how far across it is, one side of Iowa to another and then Nebraska and Wyoming, it can be overwhelming,” Mr. Palmer admitted. “You got to put aside how mentally overwhelming it is and just keep on pedaling and keep on putting the miles behind you. A challenge has always appealed to me, just to see what the human body is capable of doing when you set your mind to do it.”
For his cross-country trek, Mr. Palmer traveled very light.
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