From
now through April there's a charity ride pretty much every weekend and
a lot of them are in town or at least close to home so there's no excuse
to not try one. As they approach I’ll try and write about some
of my favorites. Coming soon is:
Tour de North Port, Sunday, October 26, 2014
I
never ride in North Port so this event seemed like a good opportunity
to ride in a different area that's still close to Fort Myers. I did this
ride in 2012 and I remember we got a
great breakfast and lunch with lots of homemade desserts. There were
loads of
volunteers and the route was well marked and took us through some
sparsely
populated areas of North Port. The rest stop at that ladies house in the
woods was super
cool. Thank you for the chairs! We ended up hanging out so long my legs
got
stiff. The ride benefits a group that plants tree and I love trees (but
who doesn't).
http://app.strava.com/activities/35172761
Everglades Bicycle Club Homestead Speedway -
Freedom Ride, Sunday, October 19, 2014 @ the Homestead Miami Speedway
I
skipped the Tour de North Port in 2013 to do a
charity ride out of the Homestead Speedway. It's a unique event and it
was nice to get myself out of my comfort zone. It’s a younger,
bilingual, and
multicultural experience over there which is cool. And I’ve never seen
such a
wide variety of bicycles. You get to do a lap around the speedway which
is an
absolute blast and then you head down to beautiful Key Largo. Lunch
afterwards
was gourmet and they used a bracelet to make sure everyone got fed. No
bracelet
no food and when you got in the food line they cut off the bracelet so
you
couldn’t go twice. Why don’t all charity rides do this? It's worth
staying for the raffle because there are some great prizes. You should
definitely
do this ride at least once just for that lap around the speedway.
http://app.strava.com/activities/90364573
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