Originally Posted by Grimmreaper

Hi SourdoughT
I n response to your question, from what I can tell this event was a Army driven event by a few army soldiers at Ft Eustis in Newport News, Va. This is only the second year that this area has done this type of event, Last year there was only 21 people involved in the ride, this year it was over a hundred riders.

I do not think there is any other event quite like this in the country, but the armed forces cycling website would be a good place to start, a second site would be the wounded warriors project although from what I can tell they were not that involved in this particular event. If you can get a hold of the event organizer (through the AFCA website) they may be able to get a hold of some local army cyclists on the west coast so that something may be able to happen on the west coast.

The ride here in VA was great although there were times my old retired Navy fat butt struggled at times, nor was I as fast or fit as the fast guys but I thouroughly enjoyed the ride and it was by far the most satisyfying knowing that the money I raised was going to a very worthy cause.