Strider Sports Teams Up With Amgen Tour Of California To Create Family-Friendly Strider Adventure Zones Each Day Of America’s Most Popular Cycling Event

Strider Sports International, the world’s premier no-pedal balance bike manufacturer, will be providing an interactive place for toddlers to enjoy Strider No-Pedal bikes and some friendly competition at each of the eight finish stages of the Amgen Tour of California from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles, California May 13-20, 2012.

Featured within the Amgen Tour of California’s popular Lifestyle Festival, the Strider Adventure Zones feature Strider test rides and opportunities for kids to play, learn, and socialize with peers while riding on two wheels. The Adventure Zones will be set up at all stages of America’s most successful cycling race. In addition, kids will have a chance to race on a specially-designed course at the Final Stage at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The races and other elements of the Strider Adventure Zones are the perfect way to fuel a child’s budding passion for cycling and to help teach sportsmanship and camaraderie with fellow riders.

The Amgen Tour of California is an eight-day event, featuring elite professional teams and athletes from around the world. The 16 world-class teams chosen to participate in the 2012 race will include Olympic hopefuls and Tour de France contenders representing more than 20 countries, giving fans around the world a preview of what is to come this July in both France and London.

Strider Sports International CEO Ryan McFarland says, “The Amgen Tour of California is a natural fit to help promote the Strider Adventure Zone program and Strider racing as we believe they provide a means for the entire family to enjoy fun on two wheels. Children want to emulate their parents and older racers. Strider bikes inspire even the youngest kids to get outside, get on a bike, and be just like their heroes!”

“For the first time, the new Strider Adventure Zones will create an interactive family experience for everyone who attends our race and visits the Lifestyle Festival,” said Kristin Bachochin, executive director, Amgen Tour of California. “It took a creative organization like Strider Sports International to develop this unique concept that we are sure will be one of the most popular and most visited destinations for fans each day of our race.”

Find Strider at the end of each of the tour’s eight stage races beginning Sunday, May 13th in Santa Rosa; Monday, May 14th in Santa Cruz; Tuesday, May 15th in Livermore; Wednesday, May 16th in Clovis; Thursday, May 17th in Bakersfield; Friday, May 18th in Big Bear Lake; Saturday, May 19th in Mt. Baldy; and at the finish line Sunday, May 20th in Los Angeles.

About Strider™ No-Pedal Bikes
If your toddler can walk, your toddler CAN ride a STRIDER™! Avoid tricycle tip-overs and training wheel wobbles. Go straight to riding on TWO wheels. STRIDER™ No-Pedal Bikes help toddlers age one to five years old learn balance and coordination BEFORE pedaling, which develops glittering confidence and amazing bike handling skills. So ditch the tricycle and training wheels, and teach your child to ride a bike sooner, better, and safer with a STRIDER™. Available at http://www.StriderSports.com.

About the Amgen Tour of California
The largest cycling event in America, the 2012 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race, presented by AEG that challenges the world's top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course from May 13-20, 2012. In a 2011 poll conducted by CyclingNews.com, the Amgen Tour of California was voted the number one race in America and fourth best race in the world. For more information, visit http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com.

About Strider Sports International, Inc.
Strider Sports Int’l, Inc. designs specifically-engineered, no-pedal bikes that encourage Toddlers to ride, learn, and explore the world on two wheels. Founded in January 2007 Strider Sports is a company full of passionate riders of dirt, mountain, street, and road bikes. The goal of Strider Sports is to simplify a bike to its essence, so that proper size, light weight and simplicity combine to eliminate any fear of riding and instill confidence in young new riders. The patented Strider™ No-Pedal Bike is now distributed in over 35 countries. For more information, visit http://www.StriderSports.com.

Strider Sports International
1820 Samco Rd. Rapid City, SD 57702
Ryan McFarland
media@stridersports.com
(605) 342-0266
www.stridersports.com

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