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The Galen Gibbs Memorial Fund

Posted Tuesday August 31, 2010

Galen Gibbs was a mountain biker, off-roader, and street trials rider with great potential. He rode with a group from Tustin, California who gathered at The Path bike shop where Galen worked after school. He was a kind and gentle young man who loved the type of biking for which Hans is famous.


After his passing away at age 17 the Galen Gibbs Memorial Fund was formed by his parents. The fund was contributed to by numerous family and friends. His mom, Kim, chief trustee of the fund, had looked over many worthy causes over the last few years and when she became aware of the Wheels-4-Life program she and her husband decided this was absolutely the perfect fit. In the words of his parents, "I'm sure that if Galen were still with us he would want to contribute to the Wheels-4-Life effort ...

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For us bicycles are recreational equipment, but for some people a bicycle can mean survival.

A bicycle can make all the difference in a persons life. It can be the difference between having a job or not, going to school or not, seeing a doctor or not...

Tanzania

Wheels4Life is a non-profit organization that provides bikes for people in developing countries in need of transportation to get to work or to school, including health care workers. Wheels4life was founded by extreme biking legend and former Mountain Bike World Champion Hans Rey [hansrey.com].

Hans has been a professional athlete for 20 years, he still travels the world promoting biking and riding the unridable. He has been competing and demonstrating his talents in 60 countries, in recent years he been filming documentaries with his 'Hans Rey Adventure Team', combining his extreme biking skills with different cultures, always in search of something historical or mysterious.

Wheels4Life is Hans's way of giving something back to the people he has met on his journeys; Hans remains grateful for the opportunities and career he had through the sport.

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Wheels4Villages Project

Wheels4Villages

For us bicycles are just recreational equipment, but for some people a bicycle can mean survival. The Wheels4Villages project will document the impact of bicycles in one remote Tanzanian community. Click the image above to learn more.

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