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    Bikecentennial '76 was an event consisting of a series of bicycle tours on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail across the United States in the summer of 1976...
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  • Bicycle Trail. Adventure Cycling Association was founded in 1973 as Bikecentennial by Dan and Lys Burden and Greg and June Siple during the couples' Hemistour...
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  • two-lane highways. The TransAmerica Bicycle Trail began as the route for Bikecentennial, a mass bicycle tour across the country to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial...
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  • celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. June Siple later coined the name Bikecentennial. In Oaxaca, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, the Hemistour group...
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    Trail that was developed by the Adventure Cycling Association for the Bikecentennial event in 1976. The route runs from the Pacific coast in Astoria, Oregon...
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    called Bikecentennial, organised a mass ride in 1976 from one side of the country to the other to mark the nation's 200th anniversary. The Bikecentennial route...
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  • refers to 1776 and the U.S. bicentennial year 1976 when this was the "Bikecentennial" route. Like USBR 1, unofficial signs exist in places along the route...
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  • established in Virginia in 2016. Bicycle Route 76 originated as the Bikecentennial, the route for a large bike tour organized for the 1976 celebration...
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  • benefactor. Afton is at the top of a steep ascent, and during the inaugural Bikecentennial ride in 1976, she and her father encountered many tired cyclists in...
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    United States Bicentennial. Bicentennial Minutes Bicentennial Series Bikecentennial Spirit of '76 Patriotic Sentiment Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia...
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  • TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, which they developed leading up to the 1976 Bikecentennial celebration. Adventure Cycling is the only national organization providing...
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    functions which the League dropped or did not pursue—most prominently, Bikecentennial (later renamed as the Adventure Cycling Association), which maps touring...
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  • April 2011. Strange Piece of Paradise - The New York Times Book Review Bikecentennial, Jentz and Weiss were following the Oregon Trail Libertarian, the philosophy...
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    designated to run from coast to coast, was inaugurated as part of the Bikecentennial celebrations during the 200th year of independence of the United States...
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  • Cycling Association in Missoula, Montana. Adventure Cycling, then called Bikecentennial, published a newsletter called BikeReport beginning in 1974. In 1975...
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    (740 km) and riders averaged 120 km a day. In 1976, there was also the Bikecentennial, an event consisting of a series of bicycle tours on the TransAmerica...
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    community bicycle helmet campaigns. Original author: John Williams Then of Bikecentennial/Adventure Cycling, now with Tracy-Williams Consulting Original publisher:...
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