decorative Save the date! Saturday February 23 2008

welcome

We welcome riders, volunteers and donors to the fifth annual Frostbite Tour-Ride for Dave. The Tour is a century (100-mile or 100-kilometer) bike ride, with a 40-mile option included. The tour is organized in honor of Dave Brumitt, a local rider who succumbed to esophageal cancer in 2003. Donations raised are used to support basic science research seeking to prevent and cure gastric and esophageal cancer.

New: Please subscribe to our instant updates so that we can contact you with breaking announcements on the day of the Tour.

***PLEASE PLAN TO CARPOOL***

When

The 2008 tour is scheduled for Saturday, February 23th. On-site registration (checks only, please) begins at 8am. Wheels up at 9am. Car-pooling to Archer Lodge is highly encouraged!

Important note about on-site registration: If we receive 300 registrations in the mail prior to February 23, a notification that the ride is CLOSED will be posted here.

The ride will be postponed (March 1st) or called off only if the roads are too icy/snowy. There will be no refunds.

Where

100 miles, 62 miles (100km) or 40 miles: All three routes start at Archer Lodge and tour northern Johnston and eastern Wake Counties, looping towards the towns of Micro and Bailey, then back to Archer Lodge. The 100-mile century route does a second loop towards Wendell and Zebulon before returning once more to Archer Lodge.

Start/finish location maps: Yahoo / MapQuest / Google / text directions

Registration

Register online! We've teamed up with Active.com to provide online registration for the Frostbite Tour. Just click on "Register for this Event" at the top of the page. If you'd like to become a Frostbite Fundraiser, click on "Become a Fundraiser"!

A ride registration fee of $30 with your registration form qualifies you for the Tour. The ride will be postponed (March 1st) or called off only if the roads are too icy/snowy. There will be no refunds. On-site (day-of) registration fee is $35 if space is available. On the day of the ride, checks only are accepted on-site.

Registration is cut off at 300 riders. The first 300 riders' registration forms/payment received prior to February 10 will receive goody bags the day of the ride.

Due to space constraints, registration will be cut off after the first 300 riders' registration forms are received. If we receive 300 registrations prior to February 23rd, a notification that the ride is CLOSED will be posted here. We encourage you to register early by sending your checks with registration form to The Dave Brumitt Foundation, PO Box 6725, Raleigh, NC 27628, or by registering via the active.com site.

Download registration form

Donation

Please consider adding a donation to your fee, and soliciting donations in support of your ride. Your donations raise awareness of gastroesophageal cancers and fund research seeking causes and treatment options. Riders like you have funded a team of researchers whose ongoing work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University studies the effect of aspirin on genes that help check cell growth and tumor development. Read more about the first of two Foundation grants to Dr. Nicholas Shaheen (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Dr. Luke Chen (NC Central University).

Why Participate?