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Taylor completes his bike journey from California to Michigan and is met by his 101 year old father, Irving “Irv” Nichols, who still drives. This sparks a discussion of the possibility of a future where Autonomous Vehicles are required with our Bike Lawyer, Jim Pocrass. Listener Email- Mitch Hull of Battle Creek offers Taylor a place to stay and help with his bike. 13:37 Taylor’s day is saved by Rick, mid-michigan bike advocate and urban planner, who lets Taylor draft behind him. 15:06 Why Autonomous Vehicles won't make us safer, with Peter Norton, author of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High Tech Driving https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781642832402. 20:09 An obituary for 77 year old Charlie Cunningham, mountain bike pioneer, by Jim Cadenhead, who interviewed Charlie’s wife, mountain bike pioneer Jacquie Phelan, for Bike Talk https://biketalk.org/2025/03/bike-talk-2509-the-firecracker-a-vigil-an-icon-and-two-directors/. 38:18 Jim also reflects on the killing of Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner, who was on her bike in Boston when hit by a truck driver https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/10/louisa-gag-longtime-street-safety-advocate-identified-as-thursdays-crash-victim. 39:25 Taylor gets a tour from curator Alyssa Young at the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum in the self proclaimed bicycling capital of America, Sparta, Wisconsin https://www.dekeslaytonmuseum.org. 41:30 Taylor interviews a group of older e-bike riders on getting e-assisted through the famous pitch black tunnels of the Elroy Sparta trail in Sparta https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/elroysparta. 49:06 Taylor reflects on his trip. 52:40