The Basic Details

The Ride to Break the Cycle: "This epic 7 week journey departs May 31st, 2008, covering 3000 kilometres along the stunning Pacific Coast from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico. Join a mobile community of 20 passionate youth making an unmistakable personal statement against poverty."

Well, that's what the website says. With the support of Studeo 55 and numerous individual donors, I'll climb on my very new bike in a few weeks to peddle a ridiculous distance.

The basic details are these:

• Vancouver, BC to Tijuana, Mexico = 3000 kilometres
• 7 weeks
• Sleeping in schools, community centres, churches and campsites
• Community events, presentations and leadership training en route
• 25 Riders
• One support vehicle

Project Purpose: "To provide a unique leadership experience for youth while raising funds and awareness for microcredit initiatives. (GAFC)"

• All donations to Global Agents for Change's Microcredit Fund are distributed to individual entrepreneurs utilizing Kiva, our partner organization. http://kiva.org/

• Donations contributed to the microcredit fund are perpetually re-lent to different entrepreneurs in need, and Global Agents for Change members control the funds at all times.

To see our route, to donate, or to find out more about the ride and GAFC, go to the list of links to the right of this page.

Any questions asked on this blog will be answered on this blog, from something as mundane as the model of my bike helmet to as crucial a subject as whether the Brazilian waxing was a good idea. Ask away....