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FreeWheel 2001

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What an Adventure!

Where can you find bugs, heat, wind, hunger, exhaustion and cold showers? Why do hundreds of people train whenever time permits in eager anticipation of an event called FreeWheel? Traveling across Oklahoma by bike has become an annual rite of passage that beacons the old, the young, the experienced and the novice riders to join this merry band of bicyclists bonding with nature and feeling exhilaration at the end of a day riding the roads and highways of Oklahoma in June.

FreeWheel 2001 started in Hugo, Oklahoma. Our band of characters dubbed Team Legs by Moni Neville, who even sewed a special Legs flag for us to fly at our campsite, consisted of Jim and Arletta Webster, Bob Noll and his six place bike trailer along with Gary Cannon, who planned to ride the route with fully loaded panniers. The plan was for each participant to drive one day of the week to the next campsite and secure us a spot among the 1200 other tenters/bikers.

This year's FreeWheel was dedicated to the memory of OBS member and good friend to many, Jim Nelson. Jim loved FreeWheel, the people and it's spirit. We thought of Jim often as we rode with the people he loved.

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