Len Vreeland – Record Attempts – Photos – Links

1981

Len at an early publicity event for the Avatar 2000. (c.1980-81) It is thought to have been taken in Worcester MA. The other three remain unidentified….anyone out there recognize?

(Correction: The trip time was actually 15 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes, 24 sec)

Local Newspaper Article pre-1981 trip (pdf)

Local Newspaper of 1981 Record Attempt (pdf)

*Avatar 2000 Trans-America Log – -Revised / updated

*Trans-America Log Maps

Unfortunately, this is the only known photo of Len and the Avatar on his attempted record ride across the country. (Note the bulge in his head covering. This was apparently the “ice hat” mentioned several times in the diary.)

[In the days long before cell phones, apps and Google Maps, there were just CBs (citizen-ban radios.)]

1980

Vintage Bicycling Magazine Article – May 1980 (pdf)

Newspaper Article – pre- 1980 Fuji trip (pdf)

Len Vreeland’s 1980 1st cross-country record attempt (pdf)

Len’s 1980 Fuji Across America Diary (pdf)

Len meets John Marino near Florence, KS. on his 1980 east to west record attempt.

Older Photos and Endeavors – pre 1980