Cycling History and the Buffalo Soldiers

[Frankwurst]

Came across this on the iBob list and found it rather interesting. These guys were some tough individuals.
https://www.upworthy.com/the-black-soldiers-who-biked-2000-miles-over-the-mountains-and-out-of-american-history?c=reccon3

[cmg]

might make a good movie.

[Ralph]

That story needs to be spread around more. Thanks for posting.

[gdw]

There's a documentary on their trip that is shown on PBS occasionally, "The Bicycle Corps, America's Black Army on Wheels". It's available on YouTube and is well worth watching.

[Brian Cdn]

Here's the youtube link. Well worth watching. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnTSD219GA

[Frankwurst]

Agreed. To me it is well worth watching and I'll say it again, these guys were tough individuals. I honestly believe they deserved alot more respect and attention than they received.:beer:

[Slamcarneyson]

Thanks for sharing! The US military has a long history of experimenting various "techniques" on black soldiers.

[notsew]

I'll have to watch that doc, this sounds like an amazing story. I can't imagine riding a 100+ lbs of bike and gear on a single speed half way across the country. Sweet frame bags though, right? Coming soon to the radavist.

As an aside, what an obnoxious article! I guess I should feel lucky that it wasn't a slide show.

[hummus_aquinas]

Yes! thank you so much for sharing this. I definitely want to read more about their story.

[jruhlen1980]

I've heard about this vaguely but I didn't realize the Buffalo Soldiers were involved.

At any rate now I'm thinking this would make a good unsupported bikepacking race, a la tour divide.

[wc1934]

Thanks for sharing - compelling article.