Happy Holidays from the allsevens team

The staggering total raised by our generous supporters has come to £4,500 in the UK to support Jole Rider and $36,600 in the US for World Bicycle Relief. These totals should allow Jole Rider to pay for shipping of over 400 of their donated bicycles to schoolchildren in the Gambia and allow WBR to provide over 350 purpose built bikes for their Zambia project -over 750 bikes in total.
THANK YOU once again to all who contributed.

"On behalf of the people we serve, I would like to thank the allsevens
team on a job well done. The money you raised through your audacious
challenge purchased enough bicycles to affect the lives of thousands of
people in Zambia. Your efforts helped us spread the power of bicycles to
the people who need it most -- thank you!"

F.K. Day, President of
World Bicycle Relief

**allsevens success**

At 4.30 on Friday 6th July the cycling team rolled up to Big Ben to be greeted by the support team who had negotiated the London traffic to arrive a few minutes ahead. Tired but jubilant after a trip made much harder by low temperatures, rain and headwinds, the team were looking forward to a couple of days watching other people work as the Tour riders take on the London prologue and Stage 1 through Kent.A huge Thank You to all our supporters.

Read the blog here, http://allsevens.blogspot.com/ We hope to add a photo diary soon.

The Idea

The Tour is coming to London! Hey, if we are going to 'Le Grand Depart', shouldn't we ride there? As the prologue is scheduled for 07/07/07 how about a ride with a ‘sevens’ theme?

From here, ideas snowballed and we are embarking on a challenging ride to raise money for charities that promote bicycle use in Africa. The myriad uses to which bikes are put in support of everyday life in the developing world are in stark contrast to the fleeting, high tech, razzamatazz of Le Tour, irresistible as it is. The opportunity to use one to support the other is too good to miss!

The Ride

• 777 miles
• 7 countries
• 7 days
• 7 previous venues for "Le Grand Depart", the start of the Tour de France
• 07/07/07, finish in London for this years event

Starting in Basle, Switzerland (Le Grand Depart 1982) on 30 June and visiting Strasbourg, France (2006), Frankfurt, Germany (1980), Luxembourg (2002), Liege, Belgium (2004), Scheveningen, Netherlands (1973) and London, UK, (2007). More details on our route page. Comments and helpful suggestions on the chosen route would be welcome.

The Charities

We have chosen two charities to support, World Bicycle Relief in the US and Jole Rider in the UK. Both these organisations have major projects in Africa working to provide bicycles as everyday transport to improve the lives of ordinary people. More details on our charities page.