Hello Big Cranks old and new~  On June 6th Big Crank will participate for our fourth year in the Tour de Cure ride for diabetes.  We have been in the top 5 fund raising teams (#1 in beauty and grace) the past two years due to the amazing generosity and fund raising finesse of our team members.  Our own Bruce Hadley has been a superstar fundraiser receiving recognition from the America Diabetes Association for his great work.

This year there will be four routes: 16 miles, 30 miles, 50 miles and a 100 mile century.  You can choose any length to ride.  As a team we all start off together and then split off as needed to complete our distance.  There are great rest stops every 7-10 miles and beautiful countryside to see along the way. At the end of the day there are free tickets to Raging Rivers to rest and reflect on a ride well done and cause worth the effort.

Our goal for 2009 is $10,000.  To reach that goal we are targeting having 30 folks on the team - so we are asking each Big Cranker to recruit one friend who is not yet in the club to join the Tour team.

All ready folks are signing up for the team so follow this link to join our team:

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TDC355418030/723511174?pg=team&fr_id=5609&team_id=342528.

If the link does not work - go to www.tour.diabetes.org and follow the links to our team "Big Crank Cycling."

Cid, Lisa, and Kate have all ready joined - c'mon now...let's do this thing~

Hold on to your butts!

Cap'n Claire
Big Crank Cycling