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A Paris man is getting ready for the trip of his life.
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Dale Corridor will embark on the three-day Bellwether Bike Journey from Ottawa to Paris on Aug. 12.
“We’re doing the trip for the Salvation Military Meals Financial institution that serves each Brantford and Brant County,” mentioned the 28-year-old household wealth adviser at Bellwether Household Wealth on Brant Avenue in Brantford.
“We all know the meals financial institution’s present van is shifting towards the tip of its profession, so the aim is to lift sufficient funds over a number of years to purchase the meals financial institution a refrigerated van to make logistics rather a lot simpler for them.”
He mentioned the inspiration for doing a summer time challenge started in 2020, when the corporate desired to assist the meals financial institution cope with pandemic calls for, and fewer donations at the moment of 12 months.
“The meals financial institution operates year-round,” mentioned the bicycle owner. “We need to fill the gaps for them as a lot as we will.”
Corridor took up severe biking in the summertime of 2019 when he participated in a fundraising relay trip round Lake Ontario.
“That was my first actual trip,” he mentioned. “It was a three-day relay, with every bicycle owner masking 250 to 300 kilometres.”
To organize for the trip, Corridor mentioned he combines low-intensity, lengthy distance driving with excessive depth shorter exercises.
“It’s not completely flat… and the wind isn’t at all times at your again,” he defined. “On these moments on the hills, or when you might have a head wind, to satisfy a sure time-frame you must push just a little more durable.”
Corridor mentioned his 22-speed highway bike with a carbon fibre body will make conquering hills simpler.
The bicycle owner mentioned a trial model of the Bellwether Bike Journey was run in 2020 throughout pandemic lockdowns.
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“Biking Ontario and Biking Canada did recommend that we not trip in teams,” he recalled. “So, I did a solo effort, a one-day 250-kilometre loop elevating about $3,500 for the meals financial institution.”
Corridor developed a route that makes use of rural roads and paved trails as a lot as attainable, to make the trek safer for each cyclists and motorists.
Corridor might be driving alone this 12 months however is actively recruiting riders for what’s going to turn out to be an annual occasion.
His spouse, Taylor, might be his help driver, assembly him at designated spots alongside the journey.
After the trip’s first day touring from Ottawa to Kingston, Day 2 will observe waterfront trails from Kingston to Burlington. He’ll end the trek at Wincey Mills in Paris, on the forks of the Grand and Nith Rivers.
“The bike has already been in for a tune up at The Bicycle Store and it’s in working order,” Corridor mentioned. “I simply must get via a number of extra coaching miles within the subsequent month-and-a-half.”
For extra info and to donate go to the Bellwether Bike Journey web page on Fb.
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