On The Road, 2010 Edition

With any kind of luck a pair of Brooklyn bicyclists ought to be pulling in to Dubuque today.  They'd only made it as far as Huntley Thursday after setting out from a Chicago stopover.

Writer Michaelangelo DeSerio and cartoonist Sam Ferri are two-wheeling their way across the continent mostly because it's there.  "We've always wanted to do this," said DeSerio.

Late rush hour drivers were backed up behind the pair on busy Dundee Road.  Ferri said motorists have proved the greatest danger.  "I was checking my tire and a car next to me hit a car which hit another car," he said.  "It didn't have anything to do with me.  They were just stupid."

 DeSerio's closest call came when someone threw a sandwich at him.  "That was in New Jersey," he added as if it explained everything.

The pair hope to make it to Seattle "in October."

In the pic: (above)  Bicyclist/writer Michaelangelo DeSerio stopping so artist partner Sam Feri can catch up on Dundee Road.  (below) Feri still catching up.