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HISTORIC ISSUES
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No.2 - 7/15/1882 |
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Courtesy of the New York
State Historical Association Library, Cooperstown, N.Y (.PDF files)
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Two brothers bike Route 20 cross country
By Janine Giordano
jgiordano@rsmercury.com
With just days away from finishing their trek across the country, brothers Peter and Pearson Constantino took a break in Richfield Springs, pausing beneath the historic landmark clock as they prepared for the next leg of their journey.
 | | | Brothers Pearson (left) and Peter Constantino took a break in Richfield Springs before continuing their trek across the country on bikes. The two are taking the journey to promote bicycle safety. They were scheduled to stop in Albany by 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, and were expected to finish the trip in the next week in Cape Cod, Mass. (Photo by Janine Giordano) | |
“We’re biking across the country over Main Street, America to inspire people to ride their bikes with helmets and reflective (gear), to get drivers to pay more attention and give us (bicyclists) a few more feet,” said Pearson, who turned 30 Aug. 12, the day he and his brother began their journey.
It had always been a dream of the Constantino brothers to trek across the U.S. via Route 20. As they grew older, the dream remained just that until Pearson became the victim in a hit and run accident while riding his bike to work.
After being hit by an SUV and left to die, he was rescued by a pedestrian. As he recovered, Pearson vowed that one day he would take the trip with his brother. Now they had a reason to fulfill this dream, to teach people about bicycle safety.
“We’re spreading the word in every town,” he said. “We’ve been on the news a lot.”
Their journey has not been without a few close calls, with their most recent coming as a result of “two guys drag racing.” Even a mailbox or two seems to have it out for them, as Person noted he had fallen the day before, “when a mailbox came out and hit me,” he explained with a chuckle.
Their day started at 7 a.m. Saturday, near Skaneateles, and was not going to end until they reached Albany. Just west of Albany, they were scheduled to meet with the New York State Bikers Coalition at 4 p.m., who were going to journey with them until they reached the city. At that point, there were receptions planned throughout the night, Pearson noted, beginning with a local artist guild.
They planned to rest Sunday, which is not the norm, then resume Monday.
Although it was drizzling with grey skies, the brothers said that inclement weather does not stop them. Neither does pain, as Pearson has been making the journey despite the residual pain in his back, knee and hip from his near fatal accident two years ago.
They plan to finish at Marconi Beach in Cape Cod, Mass.
“We dipped our tires in the Pacific Ocean,” Pearson said, and they plan to finish the trip by dipping their tires in the Atlantic Ocean.
“We want to see more kids wear helmets,” said Pete. “My helmet cost me $30 in a bike shop. I used to be guilty of never riding with one. Now I wouldn’t bike without one.”
The largest offenders of riding bikes without helmets are “teenagers to (people in their 40s),” Pearson said.
Kids wear helmets, “but so many people don’t wear them. I am trying to work with companies,” he said, to promote the use of bike helmets.
Some sort of campaign, like maybe giving away a helmet with each bike purchase, is what he is striving for, he said. “I just want to keep people safe.”
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