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April 2, 2012

Dan Austin’s tour of Cleveland to raise ‘bikes’ for children in Cambodia…

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CLEVELAND – Dan Austin, the man Outside Magazine named as one of “Ten Icons Changing the World,” is coming to Cleveland April 11-14.

Austin is the co-founder of the 88bikes Foundation which donates bicycles to needy children all over the world.

In 2007, Austin and his brother Jared were on a cycling tour of Cambodia. At the end of their tour, they decided to donate their bikes to a local orphanage which housed 88 children. Donating their two bikes meant 86 children would not be getting bikes. Read more:

He’ll be speaking at Market Garden Brewery, 1947 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 6 p.m.
on April 11.  (I’ll be there! hope to see some friends there too!)
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