How Cyclists on Fixies Saved California’s Mail Service 120 Years Ago
Over a century ago , a major rail strike in Chicago curve train activity — including mail inspection and repair — from Illinois straight to the Pacific slide . for conserve California ’s consistent postal deliveries , a mathematical group of bicyclists teamed up to complete a 210 - mile relay from the state ’s key valley up to San Francisco — on fixies , over unpaved scandal roads . This calendar month marks the hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the route ....