A bartender, Chris Carney – not known as a serious bike rider — baffled everyone by volunteering to ride cross-country to raise money.
If "Big Brother" catches on with Americans, Mr. de Mol is ready to export scores of other shows to the United States There is "The Bus," where contestants ride cross-country for 16 weeks.
A FEW summers later, I stood at the top of the stairs eavesdropping on my parents as they discussed my request to ride cross-country with a friend and his older brother.
He thought to remind her that women weren't allowed to ride cross-saddle in town, but kept his silence.
John Velazquez rode Cross Traffic, a lightly raced 4-year-old who took the lead in the run to the first turn and responded when challenged near the three-eighths pole by Fort Larned, the defending champion.
A more willing horse can certainly help while riding cross country.
As a district officer, he roamed uninhabited wastes alone, indulging a passion for riding cross-country.
He grew his hair out a bit, rode cross-country on his new motorcycle, bummed on beaches, fell into a romance.
(The banker had raised several hundred thousand dollars for the organization by riding cross-country with his son, Jacob — a trip that sometimes involved taking client calls while pedaling past bewildered onlookers).
Through the pancake-flat farmland of Wedmore, Watchfield and Woolalvington we rode, crossing the irrigation ditches and canals, and all the while the wind grew stronger and stonger in our faces, forcing us to stand on the pedals just to keep moving.
