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Brenda Elthon
Jul 04, 2023
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If the sight of armed soldiers on bicycles strikes you as odd, you must never have tacked up a horse or hitched a mule team to a wagon.

Think of it from a cavalry officer’s perspective: bicycles are easy.

They never need food or water; never get tired; never get ornery.

And they’re clean: no stink; no mess to clean up in the morning.

So, for a brief time…

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