Rocky Sprocket “Anthem”
- Written by: Pumper
The Rocky Sprockets are true and bold
We may be tired but we never grow old.
Biking hills and crossing large streams
Living life large, following our dreams.
We ride as brothers through the pouring rain
If we get flats, we don’t complain.
If a Sprocket falls off his bike in the shadow dark
We help him get up and find his tent in the park.
We are honest, brave, and we like to drink beer
At our Sprocket meetings, we are full of good cheer.
We’ve been though tough times, but together we stand.
Top-Eye and Pumper’s Most Excellent 1981 Adventure on Bicycles Across America
- Written by: Pumper
- Contributor: Top-Eye
Pumper: Come gather ‘round me Rocky Sprockets, young and old! Grab yourself a few cold India Pale Ales or a bottle of tequila and come sit by this roaring campfire under the stars while Top-Eye and I share an amazing bicycle trip which we took back in the olde days of the summer of 1981. Caliper, start grilling up those ribeye steaks while we give you a true bicycling story which will thrill and delight you. Inner Tube, hand me and Top-Eye some frosty Mickey beers! Quickie, heat up the hot tub!
Ever since I sold my Volkswagon Beetle Bug and bought a French-made Motobecane bicycle in 1973, the idea of biking across the country has always fascinated me. Imagine meeting Top-Eye at Down Tube’s house in 1978 and finding a like-minded soul who also was ready for adventure. We talked at length about a possible route and how to prepare for it. My mother and sister, at the time, were living in Torrance, California, a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean. Why not start at Torrance and work our way across America to Connecticut using maps and guidebooks?
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