The annual Bike MS Oklahoma Mother Road Ride finished on Sunday with riders pedaling to the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City. Here's a report from KJRH-TV of the annual Tulsa-to-OKC bicycle ride. According to the report, 700 to 750 riders participated. The goal was to raise $500,000 for multiple sclerosis research. According to a report … Continue reading Bike MS ride pedals to Oklahoma Capitol
Category: Road trips
Endurance athlete talks about his Route 66 accident
British endurance athlete James Cracknell wrote a column for The Telegraph in London about his serious cycling accident on Route 66 in Arizona in July. According to initial reports, Cracknell suffered a fractured skull when a truck hit him when he was trying to go across the United States in 18 days for a Discovery … Continue reading Endurance athlete talks about his Route 66 accident
Meet some of the riders on the H.O.G. cruise
A film crew caught up with a few of the participants in Tulsa in the Harley Owners Group's recent cruise of Route 66, including "Route 66: The Mother Road" author Michael Wallis. By the way, I think Wallis was kidding when he said he was the "new father" of Route 66. Or else he was … Continue reading Meet some of the riders on the H.O.G. cruise
Missouri’s Mother Road
An intern for Joplin Metro Magazine, noting how a recent issue sports a Route 66 theme, decided to take a Route 66 trip of his own across the Show-Me State.
‘Everything I imagined and more’
Earlier this spring, it was reported that English rugby star and World Cup winner Steve Thompson was going to embark on a motorcycle ride on all of Route 66. A sports reporter from The Independent of London caught up with Thompson, 32, and asked him how it went. Thompson replied: "[...]It was a dream trip, … Continue reading ‘Everything I imagined and more’
HOG alert
The Harley Owners Group's Motoring the Mother Road event started in Chicago on Sunday and is making its way down the Mother Road. Route 66 author Michael Wallis is in tow. The group will gather at the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza, aka the 11th Street Bridge, in Tulsa about 9 a.m. Friday. According to a … Continue reading HOG alert
Charity motorcycle ride sees impressive growth
I've posted information about the Temple Street Route 66 Challenge fund-raiser for the Temple Street Children’s University Hospital in Dublin on this site before. But I never dreamed that this charity motorcycle ride from Chicago to Santa Monica was this successful. Tony Toner, writing for the Irish American News, has the details: In the world of … Continue reading Charity motorcycle ride sees impressive growth
Thoughts on film
Jim Luning, director of the "Route 66: Ten Years Later" documentary that will screen Thursday at the Portage Theater in Chicago, was interviewed on the Steve and Johnnie Show on WGN radio about the film this week. ---
Sneak peak of Czech documentary
Here's a trailer of a documentary from the Czech Route 66 Association about the group's Route 66 trip. If you're a roadie, you're going to see a lot of people you'll recognize. The film is set to be released in October.
Gallop to Gallup
Because The Huffington Post is primarily serves as a political site, I ordinarily don't surf there. But this decidedly nonpartisan post by travel writer Karen Tina Harrison serves as good overview of the Route 66 town of Gallup, N.M. It contains plenty of photos, and shout-outs to El Rancho Hotel and Richardson's trading post. Harrison … Continue reading Gallop to Gallup