Comedian crosses America with miniature bike and massive dream: 'Took 80 days'

A California comedian has go the archetypal known idiosyncratic to bike crossed the U.S. from seashore to seashore connected a 20-inch BMX.

Sebastian Fowler, 31, pedaled 3,333 miles from San Diego to New York successful conscionable 80 days, with nary enactment vehicle, nary grooming and 1 brace of Vans slip-ons. His apical goal: "Raise capable wealth to bargain 100 BMX bicycles for underprivileged children and teens who tin usage BMX for good," helium said connected a fundraising page. 

"I judge I’m the archetypal idiosyncratic to person done that successful the U.S.," helium noted, quality bureau SWNS reported.

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"It took 80 days to get from San Diego to New York City connected a BMX bike."

Turns retired there's a profoundly idiosyncratic crushed helium chose his method of travel. 

Sebastian Fowler, pictured here, pedaled 3,333 miles from San Diego to New York successful conscionable 80 days. His main goal: "Raise capable wealth to bargain 100 BMX bicycles for underprivileged children & teens who tin usage BMX for good!" (SWNS)

‘Teen who had mislaid a parent’

After losing his father, drummer John Fowler, arsenic a young teenager, BMX became an flight for him, helium said - a mode to header with grief and hardship.

"I’ve been riding BMXs since I was 5 oregon six," helium said. "It was my reprieve arsenic a teen who had mislaid a parent. My ma didn’t person wealth and she was taking attraction of 4 kids by herself."

It's wherefore Fowler launched his fundraiser to supply BMX bikes to kids who can't spend them, with a extremity of raising $30,000 to acquisition 100 bikes.

"My ma didn’t person wealth and she was taking attraction of 4 kids by herself."

"I conscionable wanted to assistance immoderate kids, due to the fact that I was that kid once," helium said.

Known arsenic "Seabass" to friends and fans, Fowler acceptable retired successful precocious February with 60 pounds of cogwheel strapped to his frame, including a hammock, sleeping bag, hatchet, weapon and a abbreviated shot bat - the second to assistance woody with the astir 45 dogs that chased him on the way, according to SWNS.

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He slept wherever helium could: down dumpsters, successful flash-flood tunnels, in the unfastened desert. "I had nary travel car, nary buddy - conscionable maine retired determination with my thoughts and my small bike," helium said, arsenic SWNS noted.

Fowler, who lives successful Ocean Beach, California, said that successful summation to raising wealth for children, helium figured he'd crook his grueling thrust into a stand-up tour.

Fowler acceptable retired successful precocious February with 60 pounds of cogwheel strapped to his frame, including a hammock, sleeping bag, hatchet, weapon and a abbreviated shot bat. (SWNS)

Along the route, helium performed successful six cities, culminating successful a show connected "Kill Tony," the fashionable Netflix stand-up bid hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban.

"Then the adjacent time I rode 70 miles and went connected the biggest drama amusement successful the world," helium said of yet getting connected signifier successful Austin, Texas — wherever helium besides met impermanent Joe Rogan.

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The nighttime before, however, he’d been stalked by upland lions connected a acheronian Texas road, SWNS reported. 

"It was the archetypal clip I’d ever called the police," Fowler said.

"I’m truly gladsome I persevered," Fowler said. "I mean, what was I going to do? Turn astir and pedal home?" (SWNS)

A dispatcher told him to calm his bosom complaint oregon hazard being seen arsenic prey — and an serviceman yet dropped him disconnected astatine a 7-Eleven, wherever helium spent the nighttime down a dumpster.

"I did precise small preparation. I fundamentally conscionable rode my motorcycle astir town," helium said, per SWNS.

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"When it really started, I was like, ‘Good Lord, what person I got myself into.'"

"I was like, ‘Good Lord, what person I got myself into.’"

But implicit time, helium recovered his rhythm, helium said, averaging 45 miles a time successful the opening and yet pushing 65.

"It’s pugnacious and had its moments of struggle, but I’m really gladsome I persevered," Fowler told SWNS. 

As his travel progressed, Fowler said helium recovered his rhythm, averaging 45 miles a time successful the opening and yet pushing 65. (SWNS)

"I mean, what was I going to do? Turn astir and pedal home?"

Fowler ended his travel successful May with a sojourn to his father’s sedate successful Connecticut earlier flying location to San Diego.

"It felt similar my dada was flying supra my enarthrosis and keeping maine harmless connected my trip," helium said.

Fowler concluded his BMX cross-country expedition successful New York City, taking a infinitesimal to seizure his accomplishment successful Times Square. (SWNS)

To date, he's raised implicit $9,000 for children who request bikes. 

He wrote connected his fundraising page, "Even though I americium backmost successful San Diego, the combat is acold from over! Now it's clip to get these bikes to these kids! We inactive person a agelong mode to spell to conscionable our extremity — I cognize we tin bash it, though!"

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He added, "That reminds maine of a punctuation my dada utilized rather often: ‘A small goes a agelong way!’ Thank you truthful much!"