Two young men pose with their bikes in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, as they set off on a cross-country trip to New York City in 1912

Roads in 1912 were haphazard and intermittent, and cross-county travelers often spent a good percentage of their time walking. A similar journey taken in 1909 by two young men traveling the Pacific Coast by bicycle was retold by Evelyn McDaniel Gibb in her book, "Two Wheels North".

https://www.oldoregonphotos.com/subject/bicycles/traveling-from-portland-to-new-york-by-bicycle-c-1912.html

the Oregon governor from 1899 to 1903 was a bicylist, and you might get a kick out of reading about him, as this was a farmer, not a politician https://offbeatoregon.com/1706a.governor-geer-bicycles-to-champoeg-446.html