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Sunrise rides mark spring bicycle season in Webster City
The writer and Ernestine celebrate daily dawn bike outings on a lakeside road near Webster City now shared with paper carriers and milkmen. They note rising bike popularity from high wheeler era to modern multi gear cycles, Dutch cycling habits, and plans for bicycle rails in Des Moines and other cities, with the Potomac path being built for eight miles.
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Dawn Patrol
Ernestine
Paper Boys
Milkman
Washington D.C
Alexandria