Patterson pedaled before cycling was cool (Salisbury Post)

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Before Lance Armstrong, before yellow bracelets, before 1.7 million Americans watched the Tour de France, there was John Patterson. There was John Patterson, riding his bike so fast and so well on Rowan County roads as a teenager that he traveled up and down the coast to compete against adults.

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