I'll be riding the 2017 Tour of the Battenkill Prestacycle Tour for Pink in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  Breast cancer has impacted my family and despite the advances in detection and treatment, there is so much more that needs to be done.

While I have ridden and raced for a while, Battenkill has always been particularly challenging (that picture is from the 2016 edition).  For this year the distance has been increased and I am coming back from hip replacement.  With four months to go, I have only ridden over 50 miles twice since surgery and nowhere near the speed that will be needed.  Please consider supporting a good cause and inspiring my comeback by making a donation.

The Prestacycle Tour for Pink is a 26 mile challenge ride to raise donations for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.  

2017 Participants can raise donations in support of their ride at the 2017 Tour of the Battenkill

In 1980, Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became the Susan G. Komen®organization and the beginning of a global movement. What was started with $200 and a shoebox full of potential donor names has now grown into the world’s largest nonprofit source of funding for the fight against breast cancer. To date, we’ve invested more than $2.6 billion in groundbreaking research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 60 countries. Our efforts helped reduce death rates from breast cancer by 37 percent between 1990-2013 and we won’t stop until our promise is fulfilled.

• Chris Mullhaupt donated $20.00 January 23, 2017 ... "Go Frank! This is a great cause to ride for."