The Rider Package will be emailed out to those of you who have commited to riding, or have expressed interest in riding, this year.

If you have already committed to riding you will also receive a hard copy of [...]]]> Hey Team Wellspring. The 2010 Rider Package is ready and available to download here: 2010 Rider Package.

The Rider Package will be emailed out to those of you who have commited to riding, or have expressed interest in riding, this year.

If you have already committed to riding you will also receive a hard copy of the Rider Package in the mail in the next week or so.

Joining Team Wellspring is as easy as contacting us to let us [...]]]> Team Wellspring with be riding in the 4th Annual Ben Farrant Memorial Cyclathon on July 17-18. We are riding to honor one of Wellspring’s founding members and help improve education for Rwandan children by investing in their schools through the Whole School Development Program.

Joining Team Wellspring is as easy as contacting us to let us know you want to ride. We will then direct you to register at the Cascade website to reserve your spot in this year’s ride. For a $95 registration fee to the Cascade Bike Club, you will be provided with food at rest stops, luggage transport, mechanical and medical support, and other logistical support. Online registration is the fastest and cheapest registration method. Register soon to avoid a last minute scramble as the event usually sells out and has already registered 51% of it’s riders.

I do! Quite a lot actually, there are 890 photos! Here’s a few:

How about you?

Although most of you never had the opportunity to meet Ben I thought you might enjoy this picture from the 2005 STP. By the way, he is riding a $50 bike I picked up at a garage sale!

Ben’s sister Colleen and husband Jason and I started our 2010 training early! We donned our Team Wellspring jersey’s and went for a ride in south-western Ontario. (see photo)

I finally got the photos up at Flickr!

Here’s a preview:

Check the rest out at Flickr

Every turn of the wheels brings Gerry and Shirley Malnis closer to their goal of [...]]]>

Curtis Lepp, left, Todd Nordstrom-Young, Shirley and Gerry Malnis and Mari Roos of Vernon will be riding in the Seattle to Portland cyclathon July 11 and 12 to help raise funds for the Wellspring Foundation for Education in Rwanda.

Every turn of the wheels brings Gerry and Shirley Malnis closer to their goal of raising more money for the Wellspring Academy, an elementary school in Rwanda.

The couple is taking part in the Seattle to Portland cyclathon July 11 and 12 and is looking for pledges.

Read the full article in the Vernon Morning Star here.

My bike is a Norco CRD 3. The [...]]]> Gillian Hall was signed up to ride with Team Wellspring this year (and rode with us in 2007) but she has some pretty crazy injuries and it looks like she won’t be biking again in the near future.  She is interested in selling her bike.  Details are below.

My bike is a Norco CRD 3. The frame size is medium. It has a small pump attached to it and a computer, and I have the big foot pump as well. I am hoping to sell it for $600.
It is in really good condition. I used it for 1 season.

If you are interested, please contact Gillian for more information at gillianhall10@hotmail.com.  She lives in the Vancouver area.