Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Jane Yatman never challenged Jane Lindsay’s 800-mile record. Instead, she found a new venue for her long-distance cycling. In 1900, she rode from New York to Chicago—approximately 1,050 miles—in 254 hours and 40 minutes.

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