Taylor and Marc Gomes on the unexpected beauty of Eastern Oregon and the dynamics of long-distance riding with an old friend.

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Eurosports Bike Shop in Sisters, Oregon

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The Good Bike Company Prineville, Oregon

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Jalet Farrell at the Spoke'n Hostel, a five star, donation-based hostel in Mitchell, Oregon https://www.spokenhostel.org

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News: An escooter/bike crash kills both riders on NYC's Queensboro Bridge https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/deadly-queensboro-bridge-crash-enforcement/?intcid=CNR-02-0623. A Netherlands court decides how much foot movement counts as ‘pedaling’ an e-bike https://electrek.co/2026/05/31/a-court-just-decided-how-much-foot-movement-counts-as-pedaling-an-e-bike/. Wildlife is impacted by an oil spill in the LA River https://ktla.com/news/local-news/wildlife-impacted-by-oil-spill-in-la-river/.

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Dan Langenkamp talks about getting the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act into the Federal Transportation Reauthorization Act. The bill is named for Dan's wife Sarah, who was killed by a truck driver while riding in a bike lane. It highlights the need to fill gaps in biking and walking networks and makes it easier for states and local governments to use Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) dollars to build safe bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure. https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sarah-Debbink-Langenkamp-Safety-Act-Fact-Sheet.pdf#:~:text=What%20it%20is»%20Sarah%20Debbink,killed%20weeks%20later%20while%20riding, https://rideforyourlife.org

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Another email from Baltimore Fred and one from Nick’s mom, both rooting for Taylor on his ride.

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Irwin from the Netherlands rides with an American flag since getting hit by a car in Kentucky.

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Advocates declare a Traffic State of Emergency in Los Angeles. We talk to Damian Kevitt of Streets Are For Everyone and Jonathan Hale of People's Vision Zero https://ujoin.co/campaigns/4275/actions/public?action_id=6456.

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Taylor and Marc meet Kay Schuster, woman who rode coast to coast in 1976 at 21, and is riding again at 71 https://kaybikes4kids.com.

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