Do Wheelmen ride their bikes over long distances?
One of the featured events at each Annual Meet is a day devoted to “Century” rides in which Wheelmen ride their old machines 100 miles in one day. Centuries are also featured in many of our other meets. Some Wheelmen opt for doing a “quarter-century” or 25 miles. Back to Questions • 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
