Hope on 2 Wheels Team is Expanding!

The Hope on 2 Wheels Team will be growing in 2013!!

Currently the Hope on 2 Wheels Team consists of 24 cyclists (you can see who they are at http://www.hopeon2wheels.com/team). While we would love to have every interested rider join us, logistics of our ride format dictates that we just can’t accommodate everyone. That said, we do want to expand a limited number of slots for the 2013 ride. If you’re interested keep on reading!

As you may have seen, this year’s Hope on 2 Wheels theme is Connecting Kids to Hope. To accomplish this,we will be riding from the Joslin Diabetes Camp in Massachusetts to Camp Nejeda Diabetes Camp in New Jersey. Our mission in Connecting Kids to Hope will be achieved by meeting with the campers at both locations and helping them to understand that their diagnosis does not have to prevent them from accomplishing great things!!

The total route will be approximately 235 miles (exact route details are still being planned). We will leave Camp Joslin at sunrise on Monday July 1, and continue riding until we reach Nejeda later that same evening.

Here’s how it works. The entire Team will roll together for the first 23-mile leg. At that point, the Team will be divided into three groups. Each group will be responsible for a pull of approximately 20 miles, and will then relay to the next of the three groups. This rotation  style relay will continue until the last leg, where we will regroup and ride into Camp Nejeda all together once again.

Do you want to be a part of this epic ride? Do you want to help inspire these kids?

There will be a limited number of spots opened on the team. Here’s how you can pursue your spot on the ride:

Write a letter indicating why you think you should be added to the team and send it to cyclist@hopeon2wheels.com

Tell us your story and connection to T1D. Tell us what you think you add to the team. Tell us about your cycling experience and the rides that you’ve completed in the past 12 months. Tell us anything that you think will make our selection committee say “we gotta have that rider on our team!”

We do have 1 requirement: you must agree to register and raise funds for one of the six JDRF Ride to Cure events in 2013!!

We will be accepting letters for the next three weeks…until January 21, and will be making our selections soon thereafter.

So – write us a compelling letter and send it to cyclist@hopeon2wheels.com. You’ll hear back from us very soon!

Happy New Year – and keep on pedaling!