From Bands to Booty

You don't have to look hard to find a bicycle ride affiliated with a charity these days. The market, you could say, is over saturated with rides used to raise funds and/or awareness for everything from IT Aid in Africa to Multiple Sclerosis (MS). For me, it just further substantiates what all of us cyclists already know, there's power in our pedals.

Unfortunately, there seems to be one foundation [and cause] out there that dominates all others, The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). I say unfortunate, because cancer is a disease which has impacted all of our lives to some degree, from our Trek Travel mate and cancer survivor, Chris, to T-o-03 losing his good friend, Paul Regan. And depending upon whose statistics you look at, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the number one killer of people.

The lovely lady on this post is my friend Pip. For our readers across the pond, she is an ex-patriate who currently resides stateside. When not racing in time trials, Pip teaches yoga and co-owns of one of the best bicycle shops around, Black Sheep Cycles.

On July 27, 2007 she will participate in the 24 Hours of Booty, an LAF national and local fundraiser. At last year's event, she rode 210 miles on a fixie. [Isn't that the shite!]

To find out more about her [how she got her nickname or how she got her hair to look that way], the event, and to contribute, CLICK HERE.

As no one truly enjoys the act of soliciting funds, nor do most people enjoy being solicited, consider this more of a challenge. A challenge not necessarily to open your pocket books, but to open your mind and your heart to the very real possibility of one day riding these charity rides as a memorial and not as a means to raise funds.

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