The longest charity ride in the world

Last week, I made a visit out to Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest music conference. Austin’s a great town for cycling, so we threw on a carrier for our bikes and hit the highway.

On Saturday I rode into town from Manor on my fixed-gear Raleigh taking the quiet “farm to market” backroads. As I neared town I caught up to a group of friendly riders, just finishing the third day of a series of 50 mile training rides.

Turns out they were students of UT, putting in practice miles for the Texas 4000, a bicycle journey from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska for cancer research and awareness. Their goal is to earn $4500 per rider, with the deadline coming very soon of April 1st, so I told them I’d be happy to give them a mention when I got back to town. Hope you’ll take a minute to check it out.

–monk

Read more on the ride and on their fundraising progress here:
www.texas4000.org