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Registered riders: Jenny Adcock, Jane Atkinson, Penny Bassett, Nadine Bely-Summers, Ann Bergin, Jane Bowley, Sue Brewer, Jane Burd, Camilla Burrow, Laura Cairns, Jane Carlton Smith, Kathy Clayden, Cecile Coignet, Kate Coldwell, Chloe Dash, Laura Dawkins, Charlotte Deane, Helen Dumont, Imogen Foxell, Julie Goldsmith, Rebecca Gray, Suzanne Hammad, Madeleine Harman, Rachel Harrison, Sue Hayes, Sarah Hearn, Clare Hilton, Wei Hoang, Jacqui Holding, Caroline Holmes, Julia Holmes, Alison Hopewell, Katy Janda, Karyn John, Liz Jones, Deborah Kahn, Uliana Lavrentieva, P. Lecomte, Ellen Lee, Juliana Lei, Susan Lisk, Christine Long, Sheila Long, Ruth Madden, Yolande McLoud, Philippa Major, Gemma Moore, Jayne Moore, Laura Novo de Azevedo, Eileen Palayiwa, Margaret Paton, Louise Quested, Juliet Rayment, Gesine Reinert, Rachel Righton, Penny Schenk, Lara Scott, Sarah Shanahan, Deb Smith, Sarah Spackman, Katherine Stacey, Gill Stansfield, Perdy van den Berg, Emmeline Vizard-Williams, Rachel Walsh, Claire White, Natasha Williams, Marion Windsor, Linda Wright, Lucy Wright, Amanda Wrigley. The Big Pink Pedal 2011 is the Isis Cyclists charity ride being run on Saturday 9 July 2011 to help raise funds for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital’s £300,000 Breast Screening Appeal to replace analogue breast screening machines with more advanced digital models. These give much clearer images leading to earlier detection and they are also far more comfortable for those undergoing mammograms. The lives of several women in the group have been touched by cancer either directly or indirectly in the three years that the group has been running. This particular appeal has two things in common with the Isis Cyclists: it’s local to Oxford and it is focused on women. In 2009 the Isis Cyclists raised an amazing £3,954 for the Jane Ashley Unit in Oxford. With your help it would be fantastic to exceed this figure in 2011! We are pleased to announce that Cycletta is sponsoring the Big Pink Pedal. You can find out more about their women-only bike events at <a href="http://www.cycletta.co.uk">www.cycletta.co.uk</a>. The challenge is for the group, collectively and on one day, to ride one mile for every woman diagnosed with breast cancer at the Oxford Cancer Centre in the three years since the Isis Cyclists was founded. This amounts to a staggering 1305 miles.  Isis Cyclists are contributing by doing a variety of rides on Saturday 9 July: (1) a very gentle and leisurely 15-mile ride, meandering in a figure of eight taking in Headington, Iffley, central and north Oxford; (2) a 30-mile ride out into the countryside, at a slightly faster pace, including Brill hill; and (3) a double-length long ride, only for the intrepid! These rides will offer a satisfying challenge for all riders! Contact <a href="mailto:isiscyclistsctc@gmail.com">isiscyclistsctc@gmail.com</a> if you would like to take part! Please support us and help provide state-of-the-art medical facilities for women in Oxford! Isis Cyclists CTC run short bike rides for women in Oxford with the aim of encouraging non-cyclists to get back on their bikes and commuters to enjoy leisure cycling – all as a step towards health, having fun and meeting new people. Rides are led by experienced members of the CTC and use the best of the city’s cycle paths and quiet lanes, heading towards greenery wherever possible. See <a href="http://isiscyclistsctc.wordpress.com">http://isiscyclistsctc.wordpress.com</a> for more details! Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving: they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.