Oregon Governor Geer is state’s “patron saint of bike commuters”

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 2 p.m.

Hopping on an old steel one-speed and pedaling 30 miles, then mowing a half-acre of lawn with a push mower, chopping down an oak tree twice, and riding 30 miles back again — it was all in a weekend's work for Gov. T.T. Geer. (Champoeg, Yamhill County; 1900) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1706a.governor-geer-bicycles-to-champoeg-446.html)