[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]Searching for historic bike rides & cycling records on the web? [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]If so, click on the following url:[/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]THE OCEAN CYCLING WORLD OF YVON LE CAER[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]www.yvonlecaer.com[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]“Although this episode of my life belongs to yesteryear, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]I believe that the effort and achievement are still relevant today.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]- Yvon Le Caer -[/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]SUMMARY OF THIS WEBSITE CONTENTS[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Peter Eland, Publisher of VELO VISION MAGAZINE said it best [June 2009]: [/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]“A slice of human powered history has recently emerged via a website set-up by [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]ocean-pedalling pioneer Yvon Le Caer who, in the 1980s, completed a remarkable [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]serie of voyages on his self-built pedalcraft.[/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]A former successful racing cyclist, he had switched his efforts to pedal boats [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]and major crossings, as he said “not only to face new athletic and technical challenges, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]but also to realize an old dream of mine and, by the same token, validate cycling on water.“[/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]His first major crossing, in 1981, took him from Cat Cay in the Bahamas to Dania Beach [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]on the East coast of Florida, a 62-mile or 100 km journey. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Then, in 1985, he became the first cyclist to “pedal” the English Channel [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]from Cherbourg in Normandy, France, to Poole on the Dorset coast of England; [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]a 92-mile or 148 km journey riding AquaCycle, a pedalcraft of his own design.[/FONT][/CENTER]
[CENTER][FONT=Verdana]His athletic career was cut short in 1986 by a hit-and-run driver, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]but the new website offers a moving and impressive chronicle of the sea cycling [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]exploits of his youth, with press clippings, photos and more. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]It's well worth a read, and even a trip to the public library if you don't have the internet at home.” [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]www.yvonlecaer.com[/FONT][/CENTER]
