How many Wheelmen have ridden Centuries?
Somewhere around three hundred Wheelmen have ridden Centuries on antique bicycles and tricycles. Back to Questions • Do Wheelmen have to ride old bikes? There a quite a few Wheelmen who do not ride at all. However, in order to become a Voting member of The Wheelmen, you must ride an officially sanctioned ten-mile ride on a qualifying bicycle or tricycle. All privileges of membership (except for voting) are available to all other members who have not done an official tour. Back to Questions • Do Wheelmen ever ride really long distances? In 1884 a fellow named Thomas Stevens rode his high wheel bicycle from San Francisco to Boston. Of course that was before there were any roads out West. What roads he could find had very poor surfaces. When wet they were very muddy, and when dry, very dusty. None were really very smooth. Since 1884 only about two dozen other people have ridden high wheel bicycles across the USA, the majority after 1971. Back to Questions • The most often asked question i
