I'm riding to help raise money to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of all those affected by diabetes. Every dollar we are able to contribute to the American Diabetes Association, and its Camp Carefree for children with diabetes, will further the organization’s critical work in the areas of research, educational programs, outreach and advocacy.
Diabetes Stands to Become One of Our Nation’s Greatest Health Challenges.
- 37.3 million, or approximately 1 in 10 is the estimated number of children and adults in the United States who have diabetes. Wow. You probably know multiple people with Diabetes.
- 96 million: The estimated number of Americans who have prediabetes.
- 283,000 children and adolescents under age 20 have diagnosed diabetes. This includes 244,000 with type 1 diabetes
ADA Camp Carefree (New Durham, NH) was established in 1976 and has served more than 4,000 campers. Each summer the camp hosts over 130 campers ages 7-16. The mission of Camp Carefree is to provide a fun-filled, educational camping experience for children with diabetes that will help them to develop and maintain active, healthy lifestyles.
The Bike Tour budget is all volunteers supported by donations from corporate sponsors, so most of the money raised goes towards our cause, no fancy this or that.
Optional: send me a check ((made out to American Diabetes Foundation) 380 Pearl St, Reading, MA 01867) to avoid the service charge from pledgereg.com
Thanks for your support, its a fun ride about 160 mi over two days. I'm in pretty good shape with all the intense interval training I do on my trainer, which is a carry-over to a decent degree for the endurance required by go-at-your-own-pace longer rides.
New England Classic Charity Bike Tour 150/550 - 2025
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour is a multi-day fundraising cycling event that offers two-day and seven-day options starting Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Billerica, Mass. at Courtyard Marriott. The 150-mile NEC 150 and 550-mile NEC 550 travel the same route for the first two days. Indoor, air-conditioned accommodations and breakfast and dinner are included with the fundraising minimum of $600 for the NEC 150 and $3,000 for the NEC 550.
The 2025 New England Classic Charity Bike Tour will benefit the American Diabetes Association. Through research, education and advocacy, the ADA pursues its mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. More than 30 million Americans live with diabetes.
NEC 150 riders travel the back roads of the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts into southern New Hampshire and along the seacoast with a destination of Durham, N.H. The Day 2 route takes riders to coastal Maine past beaches, rocky coves and quaint villages. Day 2 ends with dinner and a celebration, then riders take chartered buses back to Bedford while their bicycles are transported there safely.
As Day Three begins, the NEC 550 riders will leave coastal Maine, heading west into the White Mountains region, where the challenge rolls north through Conway and on to the Attitash Grand Summit Resort in Bartlett, New Hampshire.
The journey continues on Day Four with a climb up Crawford Notch on the way to Bethlehem and Littleton, N.H., before turning South at the Connecticut River and riding through the Upper Valley. After a night in West Lebanon, NH, riders cross the river into Vermont and pedal on scenic Route 100 to the Killington area and the welcome comfort of a ski resort.
The trek continues through Vermont and then back into the Monadnock region of New Hampshire with an overnight in Keene, N.H. The final leg heads to Central Massachusetts, winding its way to the finish at the Courtyard by Marriott in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 18.
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour (NEC Bike Tour) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. The purpose of the NEC Bike Tour is to raise funds exclusively for charitable purposes in support of the American Diabetes Association and their summer camp for kids with diabetes, Camp Carefree.