The full version of this article features five of us “x-treme telecommuters,” though I have only reproduced my page below. I am honored to be in the company of others whom I respect: the amazing walking Photogypsy, Almitra Von Willcox… the Expedition 360 guys, Steven Smith and Jason Lewis with their boat Moksha… my old…

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I had almost forgotten this article, tucked away in a binder with only its cover photo showing, but upon reading it I realize that the author did a masterful job of distilling my technical explanation of BEHEMOTH while it was still fresh… with clear and entertaining writing. Actually, I don’t even know the author’s name,…

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I was delighted to have a 2-page spread in this 1998 Prentice-Hall textbook aimed at computer literacy and information technology… as an old drop-out, it has always felt subversive to see my technomadic adventure taught to students. In the decades since, physical location has indeed become much less relevant; it is hard to remember how…

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Chitty Chitty Wonk Wonk - Outside Magazine

This article appeared just as I was settling down into the new Microship lab on Camano Island, Washington… for what I thought would be a 2-year development project. The piece is a reminder of the danger inherent in publicly predicting expedition plans; boat-building has a way of dragging on for decades, and life keeps evolving.…

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CQ Calendar, 1998 - cover

I got to be a “calendar boy” twice with the bike – first in the Bicycling Magazine calendar of 1988, and then a decade later in this one by CQ Magazine. I was in the Microship lab in Santa Clara at the time, not on the road… I remember riding BEHEMOTH to a nearby park…

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I love this article. The author does a wonderful job of introducing the pioneers of net-connected travel, each breaking new ground in different ways.  Re-reading this 16 years after it was published, I want to throw a party for my fellow paleo-technomads… it’s been a long road, even wilder than any of us imagined! I…

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King of the Information Highway by Mike Cassidy, SV Dispatches San Jose Mercury News Sunday, June 2, 1996 Photo above: “Steve Roberts and his talking, computer-equipped bicycle have traveled thousands of miles together.” RICK E. MARTIN — MERCURY NEWS Steven Roberts is an analytical man who knew better than to become too attached. He and…

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I do not speak Dutch, so this was an easy interview! All I had to do was sit there, and occasionally demonstrate something… this took place near Orlando during one of my speaking tours, and then aired in the Netherlands in April. Hoe is het Mogelijk – BEHEMOTH Fiets “How is it Possible?” BEHEMOTH on…

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…ONLY TOO HEAVY (Google Lens translation from the original Dutch with corrections in 2021 by Thor Galle and PE4KH. The American Steven Roberts came up with the Behemoth: Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine… Only Too Heavy. A recumbent bicycle that costs more than a million dollars, but it also has a few nice extras. Such as…

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