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MIT SPOKES
6 STUDENTS. 6 BIKES.
3,900 MILES. 80 DAYS.
AN EFFORT TO RETHINK STEM EDUCATION.
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Mariela Perez-Cabarcas
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Day 58: If You Give a Cyclist a Rain Storm
Thompson Springs, UT -> Moab, UT 50 miles. 922 ft. elevation gain. If you give cyclists a rain storm, they will want to sleep in. If you...
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Maxwell Yun
Jul 30, 20222 min read
Day 57: Entering Hatu... or Utah?
Grand Junction, CO to Thompson Springs, UT 84.6 miles. 1,563ft elevation gain. Wednesday July 27, 2022 We woke up at our host Erika's...
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Sophia Fang
Jul 30, 20224 min read
Day 56: Cloudy with a chance of fugitive
Tuesday, July 26th Rifle, CO --> Grand Junction, CO. 76.4 miles. +3,868 ft. -4747 ft. NB: credit goes to Robert for this excellent blog...
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Simone Lassar
Jul 30, 20223 min read
Spokes Day 55: I 70, You 70, We all 70, for I 70
There's so much one could say about I-70. The way it runs from Cove Fort, UT to Baltimore, MD. The way it travels through major cities...
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Robert Henning
Jul 30, 20222 min read
Day 54: A Magical Day
Silverthorne, Colorado to Glenwood Springs, Colorado 90.7 miles, 1,952 feet gained, 5,279 feet lost Hello! This is Robert, writing about...
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Franklin Zhang
Jul 30, 20225 min read
Day 53: A Break for Our Brakes
Blackhawk to Silverthorne 55 miles and 7,055 ft of elevation gain July 23, 2022 Last night we stayed with our hosts in their house near...
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Mariela Perez-Cabarcas
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Day 51: A Tale of Two Cities & Day 52: Black Hawk Up
Hello trusty readers, Mariela here to catch you up on our adventures in Denver and into the Rockies! Thursday, July 21 – Rest(ish) Day...
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Maxwell Yun
Jul 21, 20223 min read
Day 49 and Day 50: Alter-Egos from Another Coast
Maxwell here sharing our rest day in Colorado Springs, as well as a very scenic ride to Denver! Tuesday, July 19 -- Rest Day! Center: our...
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Simone Lassar
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Spokes Day 48: Where the Wild Things Are
Fowler ---> Colorado Springs; 68 miles (+ a surprise car ride because of thunder), 1,892 ft We're in the mountains folks. It is so...
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Sophia Fang
Jul 20, 20225 min read
Day 46 + 47: Car Wash vs DQ Ice Cream
Saturday, July 16th Learning Festival at Lamar Public Library! Hello fellow ice-cream lovers! Sophia here with some more Spokes...
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Robert Henning
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Day 45: A Whole Lot to Love's
Lakin, KS to Lamar, CO 85 miles, 840 ft gain, 125 ft descent Hello! This is Robert again with another post on an inter-state trip! We...
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Mariela Perez-Cabarcas
Jul 15, 20223 min read
Day 44: And Then There Were Three
Thursday, July 15, 2022. 49.8 miles. Dodge City, KS -> Lakin, KS I will summarize today's highlights by size: BIG things: Kindness <3...
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Maxwell Yun
Jul 15, 20223 min read
Day 43: The Windy City is... Dodge City, KS
87.6 miles. 767ft elevation gain. WHOOSH. The sound of the headwind we encountered today along our ride. HUUUGH. The sound of my...
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Franklin Zhang
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Day 42: Jesus, Would You Look At the Time
Newton KS → Great Bend, KS 92 miles and 580 feet of elevation gain We woke up today at 5 AM so some of us can go to the Ford Dealership...
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Franklin Zhang
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Day 41: Newton Students Knew-Tons More After Our Workshops!
Monday July 11, 2022 Learning Festival in Newton, Kansas 0 miles, 0 feet of elevation gain, tons of knowledge gains We started off the...
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Sophia Fang
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Day 40: HALFWAY DONE!!
Sunday, July 10th Eureka, KS --> Newton, KS. 75 miles. "Mostly flat" (Google maps says this but "mostly" could mean anything. In this...
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Simone Lassar
Jul 14, 20224 min read
Day 39: Oh Deer
(Yes, we are about a week behind blog posts. Yes, we will post three on the same day. Apologies for the sudden bursts of blogging.)...
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Robert Henning
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Day 37: 404 Page Not Found, and Day 38: Lakefront Rest Day
Carthage, MO to Farlington, KS 60 miles, 413 elevation gain and a rest day in Farlington, KS Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re in Kansas We got...
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Mariela Perez-Cabarcas
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Day 36: French Connection
Wednesday July 6, 2022. 71.7 miles. Springfield, MO -> Carthage, MO Howdy all, Mariela here with a long overdue post of our second to...
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Franklin Zhang
Jul 10, 20225 min read
Day 34: Fourth of July and Day 35: Our First Century
Day 34: Fourth of July July 4, 2022 0 Miles, 0 feet of elevation gain, 0 fireworks, 0 fish Happy fourth of July everyone! We celebrated...
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