Claim: Wichita man to bike 1,000 miles to honor daughter’s death.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Dunwich Dynamo
text: bike. The 2006 ride had 700 participants but was marred by the death of a 38-year-old participant, Andrew Rawling, in a head-on collision with a Ford Transit van in North Weald Bassett. The organisers suggested that the 2007 ride could take the form of a memorial event, but Rawling's family requested that it continue as normal without any dedication, as they did not wish the ride he had enjoyed to become a campaign or protest. In 2018, 39-year old Dominic Turner collapsed and died. Turner was a keen cyclist and that helped him to help combat the encroaching effects of

title: Gloria Carter Spann
text: Plains, Georgia where her parents and brother, Billy Carter, are also buried. Gloria Carter Spann Gloria Carter Spann (October 22, 1926 – March 5, 1990) was noted as one of the first women inducted into Harley-Davidson’s 100,000 Mile Club, was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in 1978 and worked as an activist for motorcycle rights. Spann was a sister of former President Jimmy Carter. Gloria Carter was the second of four children, and the first daughter born to James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894–1953) and Lillian Gordy Carter (1898–1983) and was 24 months younger than her brother, Jimmy. When Jimmy was

title: Freddie Hoffman
text: mileage logs. He has ridden across the United States and has visited every one of the contiguous 48 states and been honored by more than 30 state governors. Every Spring Hoffman calls on his friends and supporters, now numbering in the hundreds, to get pledges to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation for his upcoming ride that summer. Hoffman's mother died of leukemia in 1986. In addition to naming his bicycles "Ruth E." after her, he has focused on raising money in her memory to support leukemia research. He is a part-time janitor at a church in New Jersey. Freddie Hoffman

title: Gloria Carter Spann
text: in Americus, Georgia. Spann was noted as one of the first women inducted Harley Davidson’s 100,000 Mile Club, was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in 1978 and worked as an activist for motorcycle rights. During their years as motorcyclists, Gloria and her husband became "den mother" and father to the younger riders. The Spanns planted a large garden for the bikers each year and canned the vegetables to serve as they often had unexpected guests. Their farmhouse was arranged for multiple cots or sleeping bags. Walter constructed a four-hole outhouse to accommodate bikers who were cruising through the South or

title: Russell Allen (cyclist)
text: Widowed at the turn of the century, Allen remained athletically active, regularly participating in 50-60 mile rides into his 80s. In 2005 he participated in the Los Angeles Marathon bike ride. In 2006 he attended the funeral of John Sinibaldi, a teammate at the 1932 Summer Olympics. In his spare time, he enjoyed playing Texas hold 'em. Until at least 2006 he went bungee jumping yearly with his daughter in New Zealand and, in January of that year, he spent three weeks traveling the Middle East. From Sinibaldi's death until his own he was the oldest living American Olympic cyclist.

title: Charles Holland (cyclist)
text: victory, breaking age records at 25, 50 and 100 miles and for 12 hours. His 100-mile time beat the age standard by one-and-a-half hours. He died in December 1989 and is buried in the family grave at Aldridge. Holland's daughters, Nina and Frances, say they grew up seeing their father's cups around the houses but had little idea of their significance. Frances said: How famous our dad had been was brought home to us in 1962; I was 11 years old when we went with him to the Royal Albert Hall (British Best All-Rounder dinner and awards) where he was

title: Paul Pelland
text: story and encouraging others to continue following their passions regardless of what obstacles are in their path. On September 29, 2012, Pelland, sponsored by National Powersports, set a world record by riding 1,000 miles in under 24 hours on 100 different motorcycles. This was his first fundraiser for the National MS Society. Pelland said he will continue to ride until he meets his one million mile goal. He calls this "Longhaulpaul's Endless Road Tour", and is to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis. In May 2014, Pelland rode a Piaggio scooter from Boston to Chicago in 16.5 hours, wearing a blue

title: Lael Wilcox
text: country. She was both the youngest rider and the only woman. She led the race by 25 miles the first day, and although she did not win the race, she was firmly focused on endurance racing. In 2016, Wilcox participated in the 4,400 mile Trans Am Bike Race that crosses the United States from west to east. As a small woman dressed in non-cycling clothes and with very little road-racing experience, she was not expected to compete, much less win. She averaged 235 miles per day for 18 days, averaging less than 5 hours of sleep per night. On the

title: Mary Jane Reoch
text: manslaughter. In 1994, Reoch was posthumously inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame. Fuji Bikes established the annual Miji Reoch Award for "the best young female rider under the age of 23", which includes a $1,000 cash prize. Mary Jane Reoch Mary Jane Reoch (January 2, 1945 – September 11, 1993) was an American cyclist. She won 11 national championships during her cycling career and afterwards worked as a cycling coach. She was killed in a road accident while training a client in 1993. She was posthumously inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1994.

title: RAGBRAI
text: ride was the first to incorporate a "Mile of Silence" in memory of cyclists who were injured or killed while doing a ride. Juskiewicz stated, "We are all saddened by the losses of cyclists throughout the country. RAGBRAIers have lost family members, friends and teammates who were training for or have enjoyed RAGBRAI in past years." The national Ride of Silence organization and the Iowa Bicycle Coalition joined RAGBRAI in organizing the mile. On this ride, the mile occurred along the opening day ride from Glenwood to Shenandoah, on the way from Malvern to Tabor on Noyes Avenue (County Road

title: Jessie Pengilly
text: Coffee in Fremantle and lived in Cottesloe. Jessie Pengilly joined the women's section of the 'City of Perth Cycling Club' in 1937, and by 1938 she was successful in unpaced road racing. By July 1940 she held the Northam-to-Perth, Perth-to-Northam, York-to-Perth, the 26- and 50-mile, and the 1-, 2- and 3-hour cycling records. She then cut 29.5 minutes off Joan Randall's Perth-York record despite riding into wind and rain, plus suffering a puncture. She rode a Bluebird standard bicycle fitted with "Osgear" Derailleur gears designed by Oscar Egg. Pengilly died from multiple injuries on 27 May 1945, when the small

title: Charles Minthorn Murphy
text: Charles Minthorn Murphy Charles Minthorn Murphy (October 1870 – February 16, 1950), also known as Mile-a-Minute Murphy, was an American cycling athlete. He was the first man ever to ride a bicycle for one mile in less than a minute. He performed this feat in 1899 by drafting behind a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) passenger car along the LIRR's Central Branch between Farmingdale and Babylon on Long Island. He was born in October 1870 to Eliza G. and Martin J. Murphy. On May 27, 1891, he married Elizabeth E. "Libbie" Puhl in Brooklyn. After the death of the latter

title: Zenith Irfan
text: says. In August 2015, she biked 3,200 kilometers from Lahore through North Pakistan up to the Khunjerab Pass which borders China. She is thought to be the first female motorcyclist to travel across Pakistan. She has taken two trips since then, riding into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan, completing 20,000 kilometers on her motorcycle. She now keeps a photo blog, Zenith Irfan: 1 Girl 2 Wheels, on Facebook to document her journeys. Adnan Sarwar has made a biopic about her journey called "Motorcycle Girl", which was released on 20 April 2018. Sohai Ali Abro portrays Irfan and the cast also

title: Billie Fleming
text: log books by the Australian cycling authorities. The Billie Fleming Tribute Cycle Ride in 2015 aimed to recreate Fleming's ride over 2015, with different women riders each day. By the end of the year 400 riders had covered 107,000 miles. Kajsa Tylen was inspired by Fleming, and started to cycle on New Year's Day 2016, aiming to cover at per day. She said that she wanted to motivate people to exercise rather than raise money for charity. American Amanda Coker began a UMCA certified attempt to surpass Fleming's record on 15 May 2016. On 21 September 2016, after only 130

title: Billie Fleming
text: USA had to be called off because of the Second World War. She also later met René Menzies and Tommy Godwin, who successively held the men's record for greatest distance cycled in a year, among other achievements. In 1940 she broke three records riding a tricycle — the 25-, 50-, and 100-mile distances. She was born Lilian Irene Bartram on 13 April 1914 in Camden, north London. Her father was a toolmaker. She attended the Lyulph Stanley Central School, Camden and left aged 16 to become a typist and secretary. During the Second World War she worked in the buying

title: Eileen Sheridan (cyclist)
text: than the amateur record set by fellow Coventry native Edith Atkins the previous year. After reaching John O'Groats, Sheridan had a break for less than two hours, and then continued riding, as Hercules wanted her to set a new 1,000 mile record as well. After another two breaks and a meal of fried eggs and bacon, she completed the 1,000 miles in three days and one hour, smashing the women's record and finishing two hours and twenty minutes down on the record men's time. Cycling historian Ramin Minovi said: "Hercules supplied the most bizarre support vehicle ever seen until the

title: Xavier Joseph Huber
text: Anna Bittrick, and a large family, at S. 521 Arthur Street, Spokane. The body was handled by Ball & Dodd Funeral Home. Xavier Joseph Huber Xavier Joseph Huber (1864-1944) was a noted Swiss-born bicyclist who won 60 medals and trophies in that country. Huber, born in Switzerland in 1864, "won recognition in his country for bicycle riding and during his career he won 60 medals and trophies in various competitions." He moved to the Spokane, Washington area before the great fire of August 4, 1889. "For many years Mr. Huber was engineer in the Desert hotel and later he landscaped

title: Gus Lawson
text: Gus Lawson Gustaf Rudolf "Gus" Lawson (April 3, 1882 – September 13, 1913) was a record holding professional cyclist who died in a race. Gus Lawson was born as Gustaf Rudolph Larsson on April 3, 1882 in Norrköping, Sweden to Lars Gustaf Larsson (1847–c.1940) and Emma Sofia Sundberg (1845–1888). He had two siblings, Iver Lawson and John Lawson, both professional cyclists. In 1900 he set the indoor 1 hour record by cycling 34 and 5/8 miles. He died on September 13, 1913 while riding in a 100-kilometer race in Cologne, Germany when a tire burst on the pace motorcycle he

title: Gus Lawson
text: was riding. He fractured his skull and both arms. Gus Lawson Gustaf Rudolf "Gus" Lawson (April 3, 1882 – September 13, 1913) was a record holding professional cyclist who died in a race. Gus Lawson was born as Gustaf Rudolph Larsson on April 3, 1882 in Norrköping, Sweden to Lars Gustaf Larsson (1847–c.1940) and Emma Sofia Sundberg (1845–1888). He had two siblings, Iver Lawson and John Lawson, both professional cyclists. In 1900 he set the indoor 1 hour record by cycling 34 and 5/8 miles. He died on September 13, 1913 while riding in a 100-kilometer race in Cologne, Germany

title: Arthur Davidson (motorcycling)
text: sold to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and is now known as Picnic Point in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Arthur Davidson was credited with the slogan, "Take the Work out of Bicycling," which inspired him and his 21-year-old friend Harley as they worked tirelessly in a 10 x 15 foot shed. Arthur Davidson Sr. was killed at the age of 69 in a two car collision south of Davidson's home, a dairy farm, on Wisconsin Highway 59 near Waukesha, Wisconsin on December 30, 1950. Also killed in the accident were Davidson's wife, Clara, as well as Dorothy and Donald Jeffery. Davidson