This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. John Howard cursed the holdup on the San Felipe highway and began pumping his legs in a furious rhythm that pedaled him nowhere. Howard could endure all the grueling physical challenges it took to win the world Iron Man title. He could ride a bicycle from Los Angeles to New York in less than ten and a half days, including food and rest stops. But he just couldn’t stand to wait.He had come to this asphalt straightaway 84 kilometers south of Mexicali to prove that he could travel faster under his own power than…The post Hell on Wheels appeared first on Texas Monthly.