Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3572 5508 Citizen Tour riders begin their 47-mile uphill climb from Durango to Silverton at the start of the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 2558 3689 Brian Schlottmann and Madelane Bono get ready for the Citizen Tour at the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Saturday morning. ![]() Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3024 4032 Citizen Tour riders make their way up Shalona Hill during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 4000 6000 Citizen Tour riders make their way up Shalona Hill during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning. Assisting riders at the booth were Debbie Bronson and sons, Holden, 15, and 21-year-old Miles. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 4000 6000 Elizabeth Downey from New Braunfels, Texas, stops at one of several aid stations along the 47-mile route to Silverton during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3840 5760 Steve Boos of Bayfield stops at one of several aid stations along the 47-mile route to Silverton during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3087 5651 Jason Shrenk and Gregg Donaldson, rear, make their way up Shalona Hill in banana costumes on a tandem bike during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3840 5760 Ivan Rundquist races the train through the Animas Valley during the early stage of the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 4000 6000 Riders stop at one of several aid stations along the 47-mile route to Silverton during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Saturday morning. The 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic drew hundreds of riders who challenged themselves, each other and the train on the 47-mile uphill climb from Durango to Silverton. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3511 5010 Paul Laur from Santa Fe has riden in about 20 Iron Horse events and gets ready for one more Citizen Tour in the City Market parking lot Saturday morning. Photo by Josh Stephenson/Special to The Durango Herald 3691 5352 Caitlin Fleege takes a selfie with sons Sean and Patrick, husband Shane, and Hunter Ross (obscured) at the start of the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Saturday morning. The event drew hundreds of riders who challenged themselves, each other and the train on the 47-mile uphill climb from Durango to Silverton. The official distance was 54.36 miles, and this was accomplished on 3.5 gallons of gas.Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Citizen Tour 2023 John Reed was rigged with several cameras to capture the event for during the 51st Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. The Duryea crossed the finish line first, 7 hours and 53 minutes later, with an average speed of 7 miles per hour. ![]() of Decatur, Illinois, driven by son Oscar, and the Duryea, built and driven by J. Only two entrants finished: the imported and modified Benz of Hieronymus Mueller & Co. Almost 80 entrants had been promised, but only 11 agreed to run in such weather, and just six cars arrived at the start line. The official race was held on Thanksgiving Day in temperatures around 30 degrees Fahrenheit, with 6 inches of fresh snow and drifts of up to 24 inches. Some of the terms considered were Horseless Carriage, Vehicle Motor, Automobile, Automobile Carriage, and Moto Cycle. So new was the idea of the automobile to Americans that there was no general term agreed upon to describe it, and the The start/finish line was near the current Museum of Science and Industry. ![]() Hoping to promote this new industry and sell more papers, Kohlsaat announced on July 9 “A Prize for Motors,” with a $5,000 purse for “inventors who can construct practicable, self propelling road carriages.” The race was originally planned to run from Chicago to Milwaukee, but bad roads north of Racine forced a shorter course, and it became a 54-mile course from Chicago to Evanston and back. America's first auto race was held in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1895.
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