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Sep 1, 2024
Day 76: 4,645 Miles, Two Wheels, One Cause | Petaluma, CA to San Francisco, CA + Farewell to Illini 4000
Sep 1, 2024
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Aug 17, 2024
Days 74 & 75: The final countdown | Fort Bragg, CA to Petaluma, CA
Aug 17, 2024
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Aug 8, 2024
Days 71-73: Tall trees, curvy climbs, and wondrous waves | Crescent City, CA to Fort Bragg, CA
Aug 8, 2024
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Aug 4, 2024
Days 69 & 70: From eastern seaboard to golden coast | Rest Day in Grants Pass, OR & Grants Pass, OR to Crescent City, CA
Aug 4, 2024
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Aug 3, 2024
Days 66-68: A surprise road trip | Eugene, OR to Grants Pass, OR
Aug 3, 2024
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Jul 30, 2024
Day 65: Biking to TrackTown | Salem, OR to Eugene, OR
Jul 30, 2024
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Jul 29, 2024
Day 63 & 64: Fresh food and West coast caffeine | Castle Rock, WA to Portland, OR & Portland, OR to Salem, OR
Jul 29, 2024
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Jul 28, 2024
Days 60-62: I4Kristmas in the mountains | Yakima, WA to Mt. Rainier, WA & Mt. Rainier, WA to Castle Rock, WA
Jul 28, 2024
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Jul 24, 2024
Day 59: Easy miles (and a sprinkling of flats) | Kennewick, WA to Yakima, WA
Jul 24, 2024
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Jul 23, 2024
Day 57 & 58: And it was all yellow | Lewiston, ID to Kennewick, WA
Jul 23, 2024
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Jul 21, 2024
Day 56: It's getting hot in here | Kamiah, ID to Lewiston, ID
Jul 21, 2024
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Jul 20, 2024
Days 54 & 55: Going with the flow | Missoula, MT to Wilderness Gateway Campground, WY + WGC, WY to Kamiah, ID
Jul 20, 2024
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Jul 19, 2024
Days 51-53: A much-needed butt break | Butte, MT to Missoula, MT
Jul 19, 2024
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Jul 15, 2024
Days 49 & 50: Biking the Montanathon | Livingston, MT to Bozeman, MT + Bozeman, MT to Butte, MT
Jul 15, 2024
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Jul 14, 2024
Days 44-47: The I4Kamping Bananza | Dubois, WY to Yellowstone, WY
Jul 14, 2024
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Jul 13, 2024
Day 48: Westbound and down | Yellowstone, WY to Livingston, MT
Jul 13, 2024
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Jul 8, 2024
Day 43: Mountain bikes? Who needs ‘em! | Thermopolis, WY to Riverton, WY
Jul 8, 2024
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Jul 7, 2024
Day 41 & Day 42: Short and sweet? Try short and steep + What goes up, must come down | Buffalo, WY to Meadowlark Lake, WY + Meadowlark Lake, WY to Thermopolis, WY
Jul 7, 2024
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Jul 5, 2024
Day 40: Life is a highway, and we wanna bike it all day long | Gillette, WY to Buffalo, WY
Jul 5, 2024
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Jul 4, 2024
Day 38 & 39: Goodbye South Dakota, Hello Wyoming! + Party In the USA | Hermosa, SD to Newcastle, WY + Newcastle, WY to Gillette, WY
Jul 4, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
Day 37: Rain, rain go away, come again another day | Wall, SD to Hermosa, SD
Jul 2, 2024
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Jul 1, 2024
Day 35 & 36: Baddies in the Badlands | Kadoka, SD to Wall, SD
Jul 1, 2024
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Jun 29, 2024
Day 34: The collab of all collabs | Murdo, SD to Kadoka, SD
Jun 29, 2024
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Jun 28, 2024
Day 33: The day with the best cows | Chamberlain, SD to Murdo, SD
Jun 28, 2024
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Jun 27, 2024
Day 32: Zooming between the raindrops | Mitchell, SD to Chamberlain, SD
Jun 27, 2024
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Jun 26, 2024
Day 31: Behold, THE CORN PALACE!!! | Sioux Falls, SD to Mitchell, SD
Jun 26, 2024
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Jun 25, 2024
Day 30: Following the line to the falls | Spirit Lake, IA to Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 25, 2024
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Jun 24, 2024
Day 29: How did we get here? | Mankato, MN to Spirit Lake, IA
Jun 24, 2024
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Jun 23, 2024
Day 28: Wet socks in Waterville | Rochester, MN to Mankato, MN
Jun 23, 2024
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Jun 22, 2024
Day 26 & 27: When it rains, it pours | La Crosse, WI to Rochester, MN
Jun 22, 2024
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Jun 20, 2024
Day 25: A taste of adventure | Reedsburg, WI to La Crosse, WI
Jun 20, 2024
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Jun 19, 2024
Day 24: Three days, three lakes | Madison, WI to Reedsburg, WI
Jun 19, 2024
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Jun 18, 2024
Day 23: Dare I say dairylicious? | Lake Geneva, WI to Madison, WI
Jun 18, 2024
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Jun 17, 2024
Day 22: We love cheese! | Park Ridge, IL to Lake Geneva, WI
Jun 17, 2024
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Jun 16, 2024
Day 20 & 21: And when I'm back in Chicago, I feel it | Kankakee, IL to Park Ridge, IL
Jun 16, 2024
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Jun 14, 2024
Day 19: She from Kankakee | Champaign, IL to Kankakee, IL
Jun 14, 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
Day 17 & 18: Home sweet home | Rockville, IN to Champaign, IL
Jun 13, 2024
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Jun 11, 2024
Day 16: The ride to Randy | Indianapolis, IN to Rockville, IN
Jun 11, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
Day 15: Casey’s and coldness | Richmond, IN to Indanapolis, IN
Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 9, 2024
Day 13 & 14: Flat as a flapjack | Columbus, OH to Richmond, IN
Jun 9, 2024
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Jun 7, 2024
Day 12: Welcome back to the Midwest! | Zanesville, OH to Columbus, OH
Jun 7, 2024
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Jun 6, 2024
Day 11: Swag like Ohio, down in Ohio | Wheeling, WV to Zanesville, OH
Jun 6, 2024
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Jun 5, 2024
Day 10: Country roads, take me home | Pittsburgh, PA to Wheeling, WV
Jun 5, 2024
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Jun 4, 2024
Day 9: New day, new city! And also many bridges | Mt. Pleasant, PA to Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 4, 2024
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Jun 3, 2024
Day 8: Okay, so maybe this is actually gonna be hard | Everett, PA to Mount Pleasant, PA
Jun 3, 2024
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Jun 2, 2024
Day 7: We're not in the Midwest anymore... | Hagerstown, MD to Everett, PA
Jun 2, 2024
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Jun 1, 2024
Day 5 & 6: Resting and riding | Washington, DC to Hagerstown, MD
Jun 1, 2024
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May 31, 2024
Day 4: Climbing to the Capitol | Aberdeen, MD to Washington, D.C.
May 31, 2024
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May 29, 2024
Day 3: What goes up, must come down! | Philadelphia, PA to Aberdeen, MD.
May 29, 2024
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May 28, 2024
Day 2: From suburban to urban | Princeton, NJ to Philadelphia, PA
May 28, 2024
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May 27, 2024
Day 1: Don’t rain on my bicycle parade | NYC, NY to Princeton, NJ
May 27, 2024
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May 26, 2024
Day 0: Learning about our mission and the East coast | Damon Runyon and Exploring NYC.
May 26, 2024
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May 25, 2024
Day -1: From airport security to learning the ways of New York City traffic! Chicago to New York.
May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024
Our first training ride to Homer Lake (we promise we're taking this very seriously.)
May 20, 2024
Day -6: Welcome to the 2024 Ride Journals!
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024
The Dictionary of I4K
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024

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