CYCLEBETES: Delivering on a Promise.
CURE JUVENILE DIABETES.

 

CYCLE4 National Relay Ride
presented by sanofi-aventis

Date: August 13 - September 4 2011

Start: Vancouver, British Columbia

Finish: Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

After a successful two years, Cyclebetes is happy to announce that we have become a recognized Canadian charitable foundation (#817879141RR0001), and is expanding our programs to make the greatest impact in the world. As we continue to deliver on a promise for a cure, we have opened up our programs to others causes that seek to deliver on their own promises.

 

Our new name, CYCLE4: National Relay presented by sanofi-aventis, allows teams and participants to choose their charity, and then ride to support them. Team Cyclebetes exists to continue our support of type 1 diabetes research, but now we invite multiple teams along for our cross-Canada ride!

 

From August 13th to September 4th every summer, multiple cycling teams ride - relay style - across Canada. Each team consists of 30 riders representing different regions of the country, as well as a support crew and 30-foot RV. Teams choose a cause they want to raise money for and embark on a one-of-a-kind journey for what matters to them.

 

The National Relay is broken down into five regions:

• Western: Vancouver to Calgary (4 days)
• Central: Calgary to Thunder Bay (6 days)
• West Ontario: Thunder Bay to Mississauga (5 days)
• Unites communities
• East: Mississauga to Quebec City (4 days)
• Maritimes: Quebec City to Halifax (5 days)

 

Each team of 30 is composed of five regional teams of six riders each. Two individuals ride the route at a time, either on solo bikes or in tandem, with four others following in the team's RV until a shift change. This rotating system allows for more ride time, and strong teamwork.

 

You can download relay package for all the details of the ride.

 

Hear what past riders have to say:

"The journey that my mother, father, brother, grandpa and I have just completed will stick in my memory forever, but not only that, also all the people that cheered me on and gave me the extra push to get up this long, long hill" SYDNEY GRACE - EASTERN ONTARIO TEAM

 

"The cyclebetes event itself was life changing for me. I have never been part of something so amazing where people have come together and worked towards a common goal such as finding a cure for Type I diabetes." KERRY SJOLIE - INTERNSHIP SUPPORT CREW TEAM MEMBER

 

I don't think anyone walked away from it unchanged. The Cyclebetes team really created something special - not an easy thing to do, but the people involved made it seem easy!!" BARB SWEENEY - QUEBEC TEAM AND SUPPORT CREW MEMBER

 

I am not a cyclist, yet I had the time of my life taking part in Cyclebetes and was sad when my stretch was over!" DAVE MCLEOD - WESTERN ONTARIO TEAM

 

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