5 Cross Country Bike Rides to Follow this Summer

Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by carlos in Touring

Other tours, past and present, have given us great ideas and tips for our own planning. Real Geeks Ride is the ‘geek ride’ of this year using technology as its main idea, but others are doing the ride for amazing causes as well. We even have potential to cross paths with one of the other rides!

Joe and I have spoken to most of the guys below and we are honored to be on a list with them.

Check out these 5 unique cross country bike rides that are leaving the Summer of 2009:

1. Real Geeks Ride

Cause: To get 1,000 geeks to bike to work.
Dates: May 20, 2009 – August 2, 2009
Website: RealGeeksRide.com
Bikers: Carlos Urreta and photographer Joe Philipson
Follow: Blog : Twitter : 12seconds : Youtube : Brightkite : Dailymile Training (Carlos | Joe)

Thats us! Unless someone rips off this post, the site you are on is for Real Geeks Ride. We started this project not knowing about cycling and this is the story of our transition from geeks to ‘geeks on bikes.’ Join us for the interaction, pictures, videos, and our own quirkiness along the way.

2. Tumble Weeds Tour

Cause: To raise money and awareness for Project Rwanda.
Dates: TBA
Website: Tumble Weeds Tour
Bikers: Ben, Ryan, Dan, John
Follow: Twitter, Blog

If Project Rwanda or any of these fantastic guys spark your interest, make sure to keep tabs on what they are doing. We may be crossing paths with these fine lads somewhere in the midwest. If we do, we challenge them to a spontaneous-video-taped-on-the-spot-dance-battle! Do you accept?

3. Bike the US for MS

Cause: Funding Multiple Sclerosis research & supporting the MS community.
Dates: June 1st, 2009 – ?
Website: Bike the US for MS
Bikers: List of cyclists here
Follow: Twitter, Blog

This great group of people was the first touring organization to find us and start chatting. We’ve been discussing routes and encouraging each other from the start. Make sure to follow if you know anyone with MS, or interested in helping their cause.

4. Follow Nathan

Cause: Raising awareness for land and nature conservation.
Dates: May 10th, 2009 – ?
Website: Follow Nathan
Bikers: Nathan
Follow: Blog, Twitter

Follow Nathan and support nature conservation. While RgR may be the geek ride for this summer, Nathan is doing a nice job at bringing attention to his cause through social media. He’s going at it alone which is extremely admirable, and RgR is very excited to interact with him while all on the road.

5. Phil Rides Across America

Cause: To bring awarness to MS, promote riding, and “share the Ultimate Food.”
Dates: March 28, 2009 – May 9, 2009
Website: Phil Rides Across America
Bikers: Phil Keoghan
Follow: Blog, Photos

If you like reality shows and big budget events, this is a good ride to follow. Any fans of Amazing Race or of Phil himself will see another side to the television personality. There are plenty of big sponsors on this ride, and he’s doing it for a great cause.

Image: Flickr

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