This ‘Bicycle Man’ Is Peddling Book Filled with Lifetime of Bike Travel Stories and Adventures
By Glenn Henderson for LVSportsBiz.com
I was leaving work one day when I spotted a bicyclist riding along the side of the busy highway. Turns out it was Alan Snel, my old friend and former co-worker, decked out in his usual, professional-bike-riding gear and maybe a little sweaty (this is Florida, after all), but still bursting with typical energy. I waved him down and asked what the heck he was doing – after all, my workplace is a full county away from his house.
Working, he said. He figured he’d ride down to the baseball stadium to do some reporting on a freelance story he was writing, and he was on his way back home. Later, I calculated the distance of his route.
Twenty-five miles. One way.
To him, this was a ride around the block. To him, a 50-mile bike ride is what you do after lunch. Never have I met the likes of Alan Snel, a two-wheeling human steam-engine who’s ridden across the country – twice. His lifetime-bicycle-odometer must have run out