Spent my last $/Off Season Job
Determined to stay fit this off season and get a head start on making the Pan American Games team later that summer I had managed to escape another…
Diary Notes from trip 72/flashforward to 73
Bike Guy’s Notebook from Ride Across USA & Canada Day #42 August 11, 1972 Sleep on picnic bench in Trois Rivers which is the half way point of a…
Could be Chapter One?
This might be: Chapter 1 Opening Page When I first heard about an upcoming reunion of my old teammates on the Raleigh Team to be held July 4th…
A Horse With No Name
“I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name” After a year and a half of riding my bike everywhere and trying to break into the racing…
That Travelling Bug
Travelling Bug Where did this urge to “Hit the Highway” begin for me? I often joke that at age 18 I raised my hand at the dinner table…
This is what it has come to:
I’ve had a great life, a crazy life, no regrets, came close to making the big time a few times, and I had lots of success along the way. Now…
Bicycle Bill before I became Bike Guy
They used to call me “Bicycle Bill” in Sugarbush Valley It’s a long story that includes my bike ride across the USA into Canada at Sault St. Marie and then…
Racing in Quebec back in the day
My dream of making this Raleigh “A” Team has become a reality and I am feeling sick to my stomach with the pressure surrounding me and the team as we…
Audacious? You can’t make this up!
Bill Humphreys reflects on “The Magic Carpet Ride” that has been his life. Back in 1967 when I was 23, and driving a truck over the road, before C B…