With the Christmas rush and the extreme cold weather we just haven’t gotten around to telling you about our latest bike recipient, John Erik Rasmussen.

John resides in Ontario and trains with Barrie Sheply at Personal Best.

John’s old bike was having trouble so we decided to get him a new one that hopefully takes him to his best year yet.

Once again our friends at Gears in Mississauga, Kevin and Ira, put the bike together for us and Barry Ma and our friends at Specialized helped us out with a new Specialized Tamarac.

We presented John Eric with his bike at Gears just before Xmas and went for coffee with John Eric, his father John, last years bike recipient Ryan and his dad Greg Yaneff. It was great to hear how excited these young men were about their training and their prospects for the new season.

Please keep Bikes for Kids in mind this year when you come to Penticton for Ironman or to sign up for Ironman. Join us for the Underpants Run on the Friday morning preceding race day and help us get bikes to the athletes in our communities that need them most.

Thanks again for your generosity this year.

Steve Brown

Cal Kellett\

Bikes for Kids.ca