He was run off the road three times on one stretch of highway, dodged things thrown by passers-by and camped in the snow, but resident Dan Humphrey said his 2,300-mile solo bike ride last fall was a great trip.

Humphrey, 53, pedaled a 1983 Schwinn LeTour Deluxe, bought at Harold Hopper’s Haines Schwinn Shop, from Bellingham, Wash. to Silver City, N.M. Traveling under the flags of Alaska and New Mexico sewn together, he started Oct.…