In 1903, George A. Wyman left San Francisco on his California motor bicycle, with the hopes of becoming the first person to cross the country with a motor vehicle.
In 2016, I left San Francisco with the goal of following Wyman’s tire tracks while riding a Zero DSR electric motorcycle. Afterwards, I wrote a five-part series of stories for RoadRUNNER Magazine, interleaving my experience crossing the country with Wyman’s, and gave presentations at motorcycle rallies. The story was very well received and I set upon writing a longer form book about the trip.
Several years and tens of thousands of words later, I lost steam. But I’m back, now on Substack, and with a new resolve to tell Wyman’s story. He’s been lost to history - a pioneer forgotten by time and forgotten by his own motorcycle community. But I have his photos and my photos, his story and mine, and now this platform to share it.
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