The Bacon and Smoothie Ride
The Spokes of Hope Bacon and Smoothie ride in Indiana
Spokes of Hope Saturday Ride
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Our riding group from Spokes of Hope met at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center for what has become our annual ride in the valley. I joined Ken and Cindi Hart, Jay Bodkin, Kathy Robinson, Andrew Werner, and Branan Cooper (but Branan could ride only for a short bit). Cindi asked us to gather […]
Velodrome
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA I think this was the eighth straight year for Spokes of Hope. It was my fifth straight year attending. The last night of racing for the season at Valley Preferred Cycling Center, Spokes of Hope was invited to “take a lap against cancer.” We met at 4:00 p.m. and got to ride on […]
Spokes of Hope – Pa.
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Having celebrated beating cancer with some kids last night at the Velodrome, this day was reserved for a fellowship ride. Mileage goals aren’t usually that important to me but they do provide an incentive at times. A few days ago I wasn’t sure I would ride 1,000 miles in August then, all of […]
Spokes of Hope Indy
ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA It was the annual Spokes of Hope ride. Without a word or hint to the organizer and with a very late registration, I caught the organizer, Cindi Hart, off guard when I walked up to registration. Hugs ensued. I was given a special placard as “Cancer Veteran” and we veterans lined up 50 […]
T-Town Turnpike
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Well, it’s not really the Trexlertown Turnpike. I began the day hoping that my sister, Betsy, and I would take our dad to the Great Allegheny Passage at Rockwood and ride about 12 miles to Fort Hill. But he said he was too tired to ride (he is 85) and I had kept […]
What’s in a Jersey?
THURMONT, MARYLAND Group rides that aren’t timed often lead to small talk on the road. My experience is when I wear a destination or event jersey someone will talk to me about it. Be it the Mt. Washington Auto Road Hillclimb or Alpe d’Huez, I will have people asking me about the event or sharing […]
Spokes of Hope
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA The father of cyclist Davis Phinney and grandfather of Taylor Phinney, Damon Phinney, created an organization called Cyclists Combating Cancer (CCC) before he died from prostate cancer. CCC historically has been the largest single group raising funds for the Livestrong Foundation. Spokes of Hope has grown out of CCC as an action group […]
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