“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 -