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Mark Ian Macleod Beaumont BEM (born 1 January 1983) [2] is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author. [3] [4] [5] He holds the record for cycling round the world, completing his 18,000-mile (29,000 km) route on 18 September 2017, having taken less than 79 days.
Voodoo Highway is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Badlands.After their first album, drummer Eric Singer left the band to join KISS, and was replaced by drummer Jeff Martin, who had previously sung lead vocals in the bands Surgical Steel and Racer X.
According to Frank J. Berto, [2] [3] Raleigh Industries of America had been looking at a Japanese source for their Grand Prix model. Raleigh America ordered 2,000 bicycles from Tano and Company of Osaka but their parent company in England, TI-Raleigh, disapproved — concerned that the Tano-built bikes were too well made and would have outsold their own British bikes.
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Independently in 1982, the first expedition-length adventure race, a week-long, North American event called the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic debuted. It involved wilderness travel—no roads, no pack animals, and no support team to carry food and equipment from start to finish—with less than 50 of its 150-mile length on a trail. It ...
Since the expedition traveled primarily by boat, the bicycle route follows their path along the Missouri and Columbia rivers as much as possible. The route has 4,589 mapped miles and includes a number of optional spurs, detours, and even Clark's eastbound return path after the expedition had split into two parties at Traveler's Rest in Lolo ...
The 5.5.9 was introduced in 2015 and is named for the ETRTO tire size of 559, a 26" wheel, used on the trike's rear. The model is a folding design, and has a seat that is 2 in (51 mm) higher than the Trail and 1 in (25 mm) higher than the Expedition. The overall length is 4 in (102 mm) longer than the Expedition when unfolded.
Specialized also introduced the first major production mountain bike in the world, the Stumpjumper, in 1981. Like the Sequoia and Allez, the Stumpjumper was designed by Tim Neenan and based on an early Tom Ritchey design. Specialized continues to produce bikes under the Stumpjumper name, including both hardtail and full-suspension models. [8]