“The BSC
has been a fantastic experience for me since 2014. I have ridden with fourteen BVI stokers and
have enjoyed listening to their wide variety of stories while we enjoy the
exhilarating sport of cycling. I feel so
good being a person who helps a cyclist do what he or she would be unable to do
on his or her own. (The students I
substitute teach think I am a cool guy for riding with the BVI population.)
Cycling
for Sight is an awesome retreat that allows all of us BSC members to share our
various talents and experiences. The
weekend never gets old, and so much of the money raised goes directly to help
the BVI population adapt to life with limited or no vision.”
- Paul Dickstein -
“Invitation
from co-founder Andy Weitzel (along with Jonathan Hebert) to the inaugural
Cycling for Sight (CFS) tour in 2005 inspired me to pair up 15 tandem teams with
sight-impaired stokers to meet the tour and ride the final few miles of the 225 mile journey.
That demonstration of sighted+blind cycling
partnerships on tandem bikes led directly to the founding and naming of the
Blind Stokers Club (BSC), with simple mission to share the sport of cycling
with those unable to see well enough to pilot a bike. The BSC has grown from that seed of CFS - and
become a dynamic community of members and followers who use the energy of teamwork
and power of partnerships to enable healthy sporting lifestyles while creating
lasting friendships.”
- Dave White, BSC founder and director -
“The
Blind Stokers Club allows me to give back to the community by doing what I
love, riding a bicycle. Their annual CFS fundraiser, benefiting the San Diego
Center for the Blind, is one of the best organized cycling events that combines
fundraising, teamwork, friendship along with the joy and
freedom of bicycling/tandeming.”
- Patrick Nelissen -