THE LONG BIKE BACK
Timeline:
| June 29, 2006 | Pearson is severely injured by a hit-and-run driver while on his bicycle. |
| November 2006 |
After two surgeries and months of painful recovery, Pearson starts physical therapy and is able to ride on an indoor recumbent bike. |
| March 2007 |
Pearson buys a new bike and begins riding outside again. |
| May 2007 |
Planning to do the cross-country ride in September 2007, Pearson is forced to postpone the trip after he is told by his doctors that the ride will do further permanent damage to his back. |
| June 2007- 2008 |
Pearson undergoes more treatments on his back and he and Peter train for the ride across Route 20. |
May 15, 2008 |
Pearson & Peter host a fundraiser and ride in Skaneateles, NY. |
| May 21, 2008 |
The Ride of Silence. Pearson and Peter will lead a ride on Central Ave in Greenburgh , NY- the same road on which Pearson was hit. |
| Summer 2008 |
Pearson and Peter continue to train and raise funds for the trip. |
| August 12, 2008 |
The epic ride begins on Route 20 in Newport, Oregon (Map) |
| August 18, 2008 | Idaho |
| August 24, 2008 | Wyoming |
| Sept 3, 2008 | Nebraska |
| Sept 7, 2008 | Iowa |
| Sept 13, 2008 | Illinois |
| Sept 16, 2008 | Indiana |
| Sept 17, 2008 | Ohio |
| Sept 20, 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Sept 22, 2008 | New York |
| Sept24, 2008 | Skaneateles, NY - Pearson & Peter's Hometown |
| Sept 29, 2008 | Westfield, Massachusetts |
| October 1, 2008 |
The ride ends on Route 20 in Boston, Massachusetts |
| November 2008- April 2009 | Editing of the film |
To meet up with us along the way please contact us
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