Help end Breast Cancer – saturday in Mount Dora. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_thechaingang/2009/10/pair-of-saturday-rides-will-battle-breast-cancer.html
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MOUNT DORA — Not all the cyclists on the road this weekend will be riding for endurance or fun. If numbers on their bicycles are pink, they are riding for breast-cancer awareness.

Sponsored by Sun Cycle Center of Tavares and Trek Bicycle Corp., two rides will leave Mount Dora at 10.a.m. Saturday — one easy and one more challenging — to show support for cancer patients and survivors and to celebrate victories in research, treatment and prevention of the disease.

More than 100 Trek dealers across the country are joining in hopes of putting 10,000 riders — men, women and children — on the road.

“It is not a race or a competition,” said Gena Swartz, an owner of Sun Cycle Center. “It is just a ride. It fits our mission — we want people to love bicycling, to use it for fitness and for fun.”

The easier ride is a 10-mile round trip to Trimble Park on flat, quiet back roads. The more difficult ride is 26 miles long and includes hills on the way to Mount Plymouth and back.

“This is for riders more comfortable riding with traffic,” said Pam Hunt, ride coordinator.

Both rides have support, and both have SAG stops for refreshment.

Participation is $25, and 100 percent of the fee goes to the foundation. Riders will wear pink bracelets and can wear pink if they wish.

People can sign up online at suncyclecenter.com or before the race in front of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce, 341 N. Alexander St.

Checks should be made out to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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