Media - Winnebiko II Archives - Page 9 of 10

This article in the Chronicle, serving the Centralia & Chehalis area, came out the day after my Windows on Washington story. It has always stood out in my media archives for having one of the most adorable photos ever of Maggie and me, and the article itself is accurate and to the point. This was…

This short video shows the launch of the second phase of my bicycle travels, a sequel to the 10,000-mile “Computing Across America” expedition that came to be known as “Miles with Maggie.” I was blogging (well, publishing online travel tales) on the GEnie network, and this journey covered 6,000 miles on both coasts of the…

This is a follow-up story to an earlier piece in this magazine that was produced by the League of American Bicyclists (formerly League of American Wheelmen), announcing the resumption of my travels aboard the new version of the bike. Judging from the lack of a fairing, the photo was probably taken on Bainbridge Island in…

This article was particularly well-timed and pivotal. We were on Bainbridge Island, cranking hard on the Winnebiko II with a departure date about 3 weeks away, and having a front-page color feature in the Seattle Times was a wonderful boost of energy. Cyclist hitting road on a Winnebiko by Lisa Konick Seattle Times September 22, 1986 When…

After an intense console fabrication project and frantic drive across the US to display the embryonic Winnebiko II at Expo 86 in Vancouver, we landed with new friends on Bainbridge Island for a little over a month and dove into a mad scramble of preparation to get ready to launch down the coast before winter……

This photo/caption is part of a larger article on human-powered vehicles, and is of note because it may be the only close image of the Winnebiko II console in this very early stage of construction. I exhibited at Expo 86 in Vancouver (an amazing experience), with the bike set up in the Kodak Special Events…

These two short articles appeared in sister publications, Information Today and Link-Up… both announcing my upcoming deal with GEnie to publish an ongoing series during my second computerized bicycle trip around the US. This was a significant move (from CompuServe, which was my network home for the first trip), and there were other changes as…

The “trade show deadline” that got the second version of the bike out the door was Expo 86, an event that was unexpectedly pivotal in my life. Significant friendships began here, and when it was over Maggie and I headed for Bainbridge Island to spend a month working on the systems before pedaling down the…

This article was at the very beginning of the Winnebiko II epoch, taking place during the cross-country van trek while Maggie and I were hauling the bikes to Vancouver BC to display at Expo 86. A stop in Missoula was mandatory, as it had become a legendary Mecca in the bicycle touring community… thanks to…

Between the first 10,000-mile journey aboard the Winnebiko and the 6,000 with the Winnebiko II, I moved my network operations from CompuServe to GEnie. This press release was the first public exposure of that fact, and came as we arrived at Expo ’86 in Vancouver to display the bike before heading down the Pacific Coast.…

Media – Winnebiko II

Cyclist Has the Write Stuff

Winnebiko II Departure from Seattle – CNN video

High-tech Nomad Resumes Trek – Bicycle USA

Pedaling high technology – Seattle Times

Winnebiko Project on Bainbridge Island

Winnebiko II at Expo 86 – Equinox Magazine

High-tech nomad writes column on GEnie

Winnebiko II at Expo 86

High-tech bicycle in Missoula

GEnie Press Release – High-Tech Nomad second 10K miles