Wounded veterans taking "got your back" to whole new level

Honor Ride Asheville raises money for wounded veterans
Citizen Times
Karen Chavez
Oct. 11, 2013

A Ride 2 Recovery team rides near Washington D.C. The Asheville Honor Ride on Sunday will raise money for the non-profit Ride 2 Recovery, which works with wounded veterans. / Special to the Citizen-Times

ASHEVILLE — This is a city that loves to ride bikes but also loves to use its bikes as a force for goodness.

Enter the Honor Ride Asheville. This inaugural event, starting at 8 a.m. Sunday in South Asheville, will bring together bicycles and their riders to raise money and awareness for Ride 2 Recovery’s Project HERO (Healing Exercise Rehabilitation Opportunity) program and to support the purchase of adaptive bikes for healing heroes.

Ride 2 Recovery is a nonprofit that helps injured veterans improve their health and wellness through individual and group cycling programs at military bases, as well as on long-distance challenge events.

The Honor Ride Asheville is a noncompetitive cycling event open to military service members, veterans and the public. There are three route options — 25, 50 or 75 miles — that all start and end at Liberty Bicycles on Hendersonville Road. There is no cost for injured veterans to ride.
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