Global Agents For Change 007 » microloan http://globalagent007.com Sportsgist Sponsors Global Agents For Change Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:13:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Global Agents for Change Video – duex http://globalagent007.com/global-agents-for-change-video-duex/ http://globalagent007.com/global-agents-for-change-video-duex/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:13:18 +0000 admin http://globalagent007.com/?p=40

]]> http://globalagent007.com/global-agents-for-change-video-duex/feed/ 0 Day 2 – GAFC – Ride 2008 http://globalagent007.com/day-2-gafc-ride-2008/ http://globalagent007.com/day-2-gafc-ride-2008/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:20:58 +0000 admin http://globalagent007.com/?p=8 We filled ourselves with bananas for breakfast in a Safeway parking lot. We had to eat up all the fruits we had before crossing the U.S. border (Ben ate 8 bananas for the cause!). The border was a breeze. It was the first time I’ve crossed an international border by bike, I think that’s why it hasn’t hit me, or many of the riders that we are no longer in Canada! The ride was great, Kamila and I were sweepers (we stay at the end of the pack, making sure that no one gets left behind.

The 50 km ride was even cheered on by a herd of cows who seemed to be gathering by a fence, all their heads raised as we passed by.

We arrived at the Community Bike Shop in South Bellingham to find a small one-storey building, which seemed to be full of hidden corners. The place was littered with used bikes. All of them donated. They get repaired here, then are sold off. It’s a pretty sweet place! Complete with a “suicide machine” (a kind of homemade unicycle that many of the riders tried to balance on), and a barbecue (where our wonderful cooks made beans, potatoes, salad).

We showered at a nearby YMCA, used their sauna and steam room! So good! We found ourselves a documentary-guitarist-song-writer dude who came and interviewed some of us! Keep your eyes peeled for a mini-documentary on YouTube!

Although, South Bellingham seemed pretty slow on a Sunday night, our team got the party started. We hooked up some speakers to a laptop, got some bike lights (our strobe lights) and created our own club in one of the rooms in the bike shop! Dancing the night away, everyone was busting out some pretty sweet moves! Definite good times (hopefully we can link up some footage from it!)! We even turned many cycling terms into crazy dance moves! No need to look for a party, the Global AFC team is ALWAYS a party!

-Phillipe Murphy, 2008 Rider

]]> http://globalagent007.com/day-2-gafc-ride-2008/feed/ 0 Riding to Break the Cycle – SportsGist 2008 http://globalagent007.com/riding-to-break-the-cycle-sportsgist-2008/ http://globalagent007.com/riding-to-break-the-cycle-sportsgist-2008/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:17:40 +0000 admin http://globalagent007.com/?p=6 Riding to Break the Cycle is an annual cycling trip from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico, bringing 25 incredible young people together each year in a mobile youth leadership camp. Riders raise $3000 each in support of microcredit initiatives in the developing world, and spread awareness about global issues all the way down the Pacific Coast.

Stay posted here to get updates, pics and videos from the ride!

This epic 7 week journey departed May 31st, 2008 and we will be on the road for most of the next SEVEN WEEKS. Stay tuned for updates to come,

Shawn  – Global Agents for Change

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