TandemHearts

We don’t usually do large organized bike rides. There are usually too many people on the road and long lines at the rest stops. Riders are often either “racer boys” – not stopping at stop signs, passing without warning, riding 3 abreast etc or they are novice riders – shaky bike handling skills, wandering across the road, riding 3 abreast. As a bonus, if the weather is bad you have to ride anyway.

So when a friend asked us to be Ride Marshals in the Tour de Cure, a fund raiser for the American Diabetes Association, of course we said, “Yes.” With our spiffy “Marshall” vests, we would be in a position to gently advise riders to ride safely (or else). (more…)