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Article: HE'S ON A BICYCLE BECAUSE, FOR HIM, IT'S THE BEST WAY TO SEE THE WORLD BORN TO RIDE . . . AND RIDE . . . AND RIDE.(News)
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- July 11, 2003
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Byline: DANNY O'NEIL P-I reporter
Michael Toubbeh has biked along the trans-Alaska pipeline and over the Argentine pampas.
He has rolled through Europe, across North Africa and down North America, going from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Baja California.
Counting the continents is impressive. Calculating the distance is impossible.
His best guess is he has logged 200,000 miles, but there's no way to say for sure. Bicycles don't necessarily come with odometers, and even if they did, Toubbeh has gone through too many to add up.
He rode across the United States before he turned 20, and never really stopped pedaling. He has ridden so ...