There are no known attempts at transcontinental rides in 1888 or 1889 and since the day of the standard high wheel bike was coming to an end, the future of such undertakings seemed uncertain. The question was resolved; however, in 1890 when 5'6" tall Frank E. Weaver made a cross-country trip on a 48" Eagle bicycle.

Blenk era silenziosa. Non so a cosa stesse pensando. Probabilmente a ciò a cui pensavo io: all’affidabilità della moto, alle difficoltà del clima, al nostro stato di salute, alle malattie e a tutte le raccomandazioni che ci avevano fatto, o a tutti quei misteriosi beduini dagli occhi neri, che ci fissavano, e ci fissavano. E ci fissavano. Ora che eravamo sole sarebbero stati ospitali? Scivolammo via, puntando dritte verso l’ignoto.
Wallach, Teresa. The Rugged Road: Due donne e una moto, Da Londra a Città Del Capo. Roma: Ultra, 2014.

Aloha Wanderwell from Winnipeg in Canada has been described as a female Indiana Jones. The teenage adventurer toured the world aged 16 after answering an ad for a driver in a French newspaper. She went on to travel 380,000 miles over the course of the 1920s and became a global celebrity.

In 1873, Webb was serving as captain of the steamship Emerald when he read an account of the failed attempt by J. B. Johnson to swim the English Channel. He became inspired to try himself, and left his job to begin training, first at Lambeth Baths, then in the cold waters of the Thames, the English Channel and Hollingworth Lake.