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3) Dude making a difference: bamboo bikes, dumpster dives and other extreme adventures across America
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"You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How about ride 4,700 miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical needs with solar power and creating nearly zero waste? Sound crazy? Maybe. But not if you're Rob Greenfield. Then it sounds like a pretty amazing way to bring your message...
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Chronicles the life of stunt driver Evel Knievel, discussing his legendary jump over the fountains outside Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, which left him in a coma but made him famous, jump-starting his career, which had its highs and lows as Knievel risked his life to please his fans.
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"Under a Triumphant Sky" is more than a bicycle narrative. It is a human story about facing your fears and overcoming adversity - all for the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Steve Garufi pedaled solo across America for forty-five days from Del Mar, California to Jekyll Island, Georgia.A thief stole his bike in Phoenix. A mechanical failure in the desert led to an angry meltdown. There were chasing dogs, flat tires, run-ins with semi-trucks, exhaustion...
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Colonial Period, Tidewater Westward: Disk 3, of the series, begins in Jamestown where the first permanent English Colony was established in 1607. The bicycle rides then follow the travels of George Washington from his boyhood home in Fredericksburg to Winchester, Virginia. Just north of there, along the Potomac River, the activities at Fort Frederick reveal what life was like in earlier times. The trail then leads back to Williamsburg, near Jamestown....
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Pedal Pushers Coast-to-Coast is Marianne Worth Rudd's story of her and her husband's 2012 cycling quest from the Pacific to the Atlantic, chronicling the challenges, joys, and surprises of their 4500-mile, twelve-week bicycle journey. From one coast to another, Marianne (Mari) and Terry (her husband) experience not only the changing terrain and state borders, but an elation far more gratifying than just reaching destinations--they discovered the curiousity...
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"Based on his popular series in the New York Times chronicling his cross-country bicycle trip, bestselling author Bruce Weber shares his adventures from his solo ride across the USA. Riding a bicycle across the US is one of those bucket-list goals that many dream about but few achieve. Bestselling author and New York Times reporter Bruce Weber made the trip, solo, over the summer and fall of 2011--at the age of fifty-seven. Expanding upon his popular...