Youthbikeamerica. Inspiration, that anyone can set out to conquer a goal, at any time with preparation, planning, and drive, or, as these four have, BIKE

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From the New York Times Article featuring three teenagers from San Francisco and their teacher. 


For the investment of a bike and camping gear, will power and fortitude, the foursome has almost completed their summer journey with memories to last a lifetime in the summer of Covid 19


They’re Teens Biking Across a Turbulent Country. The Lessons Keep Coming. The romance of the open road is well established: meeting strangers, self-enlightenment, getting lost and breaking down. Would these ideals hold up in the cruel summer of 2020?


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the account of each day and what they have done and listened to as they peddled along the roads and by ways to their goal of New York City. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/sports/cycling/coronavirus-protests-masks-biking.html?referringSource=articleShare&utm_source=WBUR+Editorial+Newsletters&utm_campaign=86e933652b-WBURTODAY_2020_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0781a0a0c-86e933652b-134653757

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