by Phil Coale Tallahassee Democrat March 22, 1984 Steve Roberts, a 31-year-old writer from Ohio, arrived in Tallahassee Wednesday aboard his well-equipped bicycle — complete with word processor. Since Sept. 28, Roberts has travelled 3,788 miles from his home state. Throughout his trip, he writes regular columns for Online Today, a computer magazine. He plans to…

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Just a quick photo/caption from my stop at FSU in Tallahassee… including the adventure of staying in a womens’ dorm. by Deborah Thomas Florida Flambeau March 22, 1984 Freelance writer Steve Roberts from Columbus, Ohio drove his bike of the future into town Wednesday — and certainly didn’t go unnoticed. His $5,000 18-speed recumbent bike is equipped…

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The Winnebiko in Palatka, Florida, late 1983

This article has always stuck in my mind because the photo is excellent… and the photographer, John Delzell, was kind enough to give me an 8×10 glossy. Most newspaper images are forever lost to me, and I’m grateful to have this perfect shot of the original Winnebiko. by Jennifer Thomas and John Delzell Palatka Daily…

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This was a fun encounter – I was pedaling up the dreaded Highway 19 after sailing with the bike from Key West to Clearwater. Suddenly, just south of Weeki Wachee, a fellow standing on the side of the highway began waving his arms and calling, “Stop! Stop! My boy called and said I had to…

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This short photo/caption appeared in the local paper in Clearwater, Florida, just as I arrived via J36 sailboat after three weeks in Key West. On the road again… High-tech bike Clearwater Sun – January 26, 1984 Photo by David Sigler Steven Roberts sits astride his recumbent bicycle Wednesday during a brief stop in Clearwater. The…

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It is stunning to contemplate the cultural changes that have taken place in the decades since publication of this beautifully written story in the Key West newspaper. I had arrived in town via computerized bicycle… which was odd enough. But what captured the writer’s imagination was the rendezvous in progress, as I was spending a…

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New Year’s Day, 1983, saw me making what I described in the book as a death-defying plunge into Miami… I was afraid of the city, but it turned out to be friendly and welcoming, with lots of pleasant on-the-road encounters. One guy stopped me on the road and handed me a copy of this article…

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This was Christmas Day, and I was making the trek south to Key West to meet a network friend in what came to be known as “the ultimate blind date.” I was fortunate to have old friends in Titusville, and it was sweet to spend the holiday in their company before returning to the madness…

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During this first long southbound leg of the journey, enroute to the Keys, I stopped in Gainesville to meet part of my newly discovered biological family (I was adopted, and found my birth parents a year or so earlier). I ended up staying around town for a week or so, then returning a few weeks…

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This article in the home-town paper, written while I was heading down the Georgia coast, was written at a time when most people didn’t have any idea about computer networking…  by Janet A. Pearl Columbus Dispatch December 5, 1983 Steven K. Roberts has thrown off the shackles of an office job without losing a paycheck.…

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