April 3, 2012 Richard DeBernardis El Tour de Tucson

Join us for this presentation, Tuesday April 3, 2012
History
Richard DeBernardis
El Tour was established in 1983 with the objective of becoming the nation's largest charity-fundraising bicycling event. Founder Richard DeBernardis set out to prove that a bicycle event could generate as much money as any fundraiser, while educating the cyclists and the community about the healthful benefits of cycling.
El Tour has grown from a 198-person bicycling event that raised $5,500 for the American Diabetes Association in 1983, to a two-month series of activities that attracts 9,000 cyclists who raise millions of dollars.
http://www.visittucson.org/visitor/events/el-tour/

El Tour's prominence has helped Metropolitan Tucson's consistently ranking by a major bicycling magazine as one the country's top five bicycle-friendly communities. The area's excellent bike-lane system includes more than (700 miles) of paved bikeways, including bike lanes, shared-use pathways, and residential bike routes, and makes it possible to travel anywhere in the city by bike.
El Tour's prominence has helped Metropolitan Tucson's consistently ranking by a major bicycling magazine as one the country's top five bicycle-friendly communities. The area's excellent bike-lane system includes more than (700 miles) of paved bikeways, including bike lanes, shared-use pathways, and residential bike routes, and makes it possible to travel anywhere in the city by bike.