How’s THAT for a Bike Ride name???   Awesome!!!  Exactly.

Today is World Cancer Day, so I couldn’t think of a better time to make this announcement.  On Saturday, April 3rd, TSURURADIO will be hosting a Super Awesome NO-FRILLS Bike Ride for Breast Cancer!!!

The Idea

I’ve been wanting to do this ever since my first charity bike ride, the Tour de Cure for diabetes.  There is something amazing about a bunch of people getting on their bikes, riding around together, making new friends, exploring new areas & routes, maybe discovering what they can do physically, and all the while raising money & awareness for a great cause.

Now, I’m just one guy so I wanted to keep this extremely simple & super-minimalist.  So here’s how this is going to work:

1. April 3rd, you show up BEFORE 9AM with your bike, your helmet, and $20.
2. You donate $20 and pick out a 10, 25 20, or 50 mile route map.
3. At or just after 9am, we all ride out together!
   
4. Follow your chosen route map, have fun, make friends, enjoy a nice April morning, until you are done.  YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
5. We count the money raised, announce it here, and give it ALL to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure group!
   

The Details

• NO-FRILLS? Yes, no-frills.  This is an unsupported, no pomp, no circumstance, NO SPONSORS, no free stuff, no prizes, no cowbells, & therefore no expense (except copying the maps), meaning more (actually ALL) money goes to the charity!

• LOCATION: PARK OF ROSES, COLUMBUS, OH!!! After much deliberation, we decided to meet at the Park Of Roses in Columbus, OH.  It has public parking, water fountains, and (hopefully) the porta-potties out!  It’s on the bike path, which most of the riding will occur and it’s a chance to take advantage of one of the best bike paths Columbus has to offer!!!   We’ll be over by the bike path, come look for us!  The official address is: 3923 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43214

• LINK TO SHARE: Main Page -> http://bit.ly/TSURURIDE Facebook Event Page -> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=365775912497

• LARGE FLYER TO PRINT: http://www.tsururadio.com/tsururadiobikeride-UPDATED.jpg

• HELMETS? Yes.  You look like a dork?  Get over it, we will ALL look like dorks together.  This is for cancer, not for your ego.  And bring hydration, bring a spare tube, bring a working bike, bring your cell phone in case you need to be picked up. i.e. BE PREPARED!  The more prepared you are, the more fun you will have!  I promise that!

• HOW BIG WILL THIS BE? I have no idea.  If we raise $20 because I’m the only guy out there on April 3rd, or if we suddenly have 1,000 people trying to ride together, it will be a success in my book.  Let’s just do this!

• WHAT IF IT RAINS? Wear a rain cape and expect to get wet.  As my Mama Tsuru would say, HTFU or “Harden The Fuck Up” (she had quite the sailor mouth).  This is for charity, a little rain is NOTHING compare to what our moms, sisters, wives, friends, and even a few guys have to go through.

3/10 update!!!  MAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Well, we tried and tried, but there was just no way to get a good 25 mile route without making it a convoluted ride of back streets and switchbacks and god knows what else… SOOOOO we had to make it a 20 mile route, hope you don’t mind too much.  Here are the routes!

10 MILES!

Difficulty: Easy
Description: Enjoy a lovely ride along the Olentangy River and see just how far that bike path actually goes!!!!

20 MILES!!

Difficulty: Intermediate
Description: Take the Olentangy Bike Path up and out. You’ll have 1 little but nasty steep hill to contend with, but after that, some looping into a residential area and back down we go!!!

50 MILES!!!

Difficulty: Experienced
Description: Just like the 20, take the Olentangy Bike Path up and out, but after that little but nasty steep hill & a bit of residential, we head north to Powell & then to Delaware! It’s long straight-aways up with rollers to boot & potentially some traffic & railroad tracks. Definitely for those comfortable around cars. The way back south will show you some open fields, a bit of lovely riverside, then back from whence we came! A good hard ride!

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Excited???  ME TOO!!  Stay tuned, okay?  More details to come!!!!   WE CAN DO THIS!!!!  WOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Cheers & let’s ride,

Aaron (aka Tsuru)