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Charity Cycle Event - Route Support Needed

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    • CommentAuthorROHL
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2007
     
    Hi,
    I am from the Petrea King Quest for Life Centre and am supporting one of our volunteers to do a charity bike ride to raise funds for our organisation. In November, 2007 Deb Warren will ride a tandem bike for over 700km from Armidale to Bundanoon over 9 days and Deb is both blind and a cancer survivor! Deb has until now never ridden a bike in her life! Having lost her sight at 7 months of age to retinoblastoma and recovered from malignant melanoma 10 years ago, this is a celebration of her life and the parts of her that work! She will be welcomed into Bundanoon on the weekend of the Vaude Highland Fling, a national 100km cycling event. The goal is to raise $250,000 to support the work of the Petrea King Quest for Life Centre in Bundanoon.

    We have secured the route from Armidale to Asquith and from Windsor/Richmond to Bundanoon. The challenge we are having is getting from Asquith out to Windsor with as little disruption to traffic as possible. Safety is also an issue. There will be the tandem bike with a support vehicle in the rear; clearly marked with "Blind Tandem Cyclist Ahead" and hazard lights flashing. Any help that you may be able to give us on the safest and least disruptive route - would be most appreciated!!! You can contact me on kate@questforlife.com.au
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    I usually skip over charity ride stuff, but am curious to know why, if the bike is a tandem, you don't simply put a sighted person in the captain's seat? Wouldn't this be easier than having to use "Blind Tandem Cyclist Ahead" warning vehicles with flashing lights??? That would be my advice.

    (I assume that she will sometime actually learn to ride a bike before departing?)

    -K

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