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21st Day Virginia Chains United Relay Race
21st Day Virginia Chains United Relay Race
To begin today's ride, Deren rode the first segment in Suffolk to Isle of White County. I joined Deren for the second segment where it started raining so we took... Read more...
20th North Carolina to Virginia Chains United Relay Race
20th North Carolina to Virginia Chains United Relay Race
To begin this day, Deren and his dad begun in Plymouth. They only planned on biking 65 miles today but they realized that it was too remote that there where... Read more...
19th Day: North Carolina Chains United Relay Race
19th Day: North Carolina Chains United Relay Race
To begin today, Deren had to wake up early to go over a bridge to avoid traffic. Mom followed him closely again for safety. The first part went from New... Read more...
18th Day Chains United Relay Race
18th Day Chains United Relay Race
For today, Deren and I biked from Jacksonville to Maysville. During the busy roads, our mom would drive behind us with flashers on to make sure we were safe. Then... Read more...
17th Day Chains United Relay Race
17th Day Chains United Relay Race
Today Deren and I biked from Wilmington to Surf City. I ended the segment a little early before a busy part of Route 17 that Deren did very carefully by... Read more...
16th Day Chains United Relay Race
16th Day Chains United Relay Race
Today Deren begun his ride in Shallotte, NC and biked to Southport. We had to cross Cape Fear River so we took the ferry to the other side. For the... Read more...
15th Day Chains United Relay Race
15th Day Chains United Relay Race
Deren had to make up a few miles to get to today's starting point because he had to end early last riding day due to a storm. He started the... Read more...
14th Day, South Carolina, Chains United Relay Race
14th Day, South Carolina, Chains United Relay Race
Even though we stayed in Georgetown we all had to go back to the previous spot where Deren ended. He had to end it early due to thunder the previous... Read more...
13th Day Chains United Relay Race
13th Day Chains United Relay Race
To begin the 13th day where he started in Charleston, Deren had bike technical difficulties which caused an hour delay to the start. Towards of the end of the ride... Read more...
12th Day Chains United Bike Relay
12th Day Chains United Bike Relay
Today Deren biked From Beufort to Charleston.  He had two segments for a total of 75 miles. The second segments there where participants who joined Deren named Lee, and Deren's... Read more...
11th Day Chains United Bike Relay South Carolina
11th Day Chains United Bike Relay South Carolina
These were the only segments that Deren was not accompanied by anyone.  Deren started in Savannah and for most of this ride the was a lot of traffic on the... Read more...
10th Day 3x More To Go for Chains United
10th Day 3x More To Go for Chains United
For the first segment today Deren started in Midway and he had to wake up early to start the ride. For route 17 there was no biking shoulder so Deren's... Read more...
9th Day Flat Tire
9th Day Flat Tire
Deren got a flat tire on the previous day so he had to ride to a bike shop to fix the flat. The bike shop was very nice and gave... Read more...
8th Day End of Florida
8th Day End of Florida
For segment 16 Deren went from Jacksonville to Kingsland. After 430 miles we finally made it out of the sunshine state and moved to the next one Georgia. For segment... Read more...
7th Day Beach End
7th Day Beach End
Segment 14 started in St. Augustine where Deren his dad and I started biking along the coast knowing it would be our last time seeing it this whole ride. As... Read more...
6th day Heat
6th day Heat
Segment 12 we started in Daytona Beach and went to Flagler Beach. Jay from Daytona joined for the segment and they enjoyed a view of the ocean. For Segment 13... Read more...
5th day Happy Birthday
5th day Happy Birthday
Lots of sunblock for a 100 mile day on Deren's 17th birthday! The first segment three people joined us Nate, Beth and Lisa. They started In Melbourne and ended in... Read more...
4th Day In The Sun
4th Day In The Sun
Deren and his Dad started in Vero Beach and went straight north along the beach. During this ride Deren forgot to bring food so he felt lightheaded. They ended in... Read more...
3rd Day Happy Accidents
3rd Day Happy Accidents
Beginning day three in Jupiter although hot it was beautiful.  Deren and Greg rode passed Tiger Woods house but they did not see anything. Then they went down a path... Read more...
2nd Day Beautiful and Rainy
2nd Day Beautiful and Rainy
The ride continued in Boca Raton all the way to West Palm beach.  For the second segment a sudden downfall of rain dawned over Deren and his father. They had... Read more...
1st Day Success
1st Day Success
Deren and family had a smooth but semi-hot first day.  He completed 2 segments from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale and then for segment 2, he ended in Boca Raton, FL. ... Read more...
Chains United Relay 2026 — Live Now: Miami to Space Coast
Chains United Relay 2026 — Live Now: Miami to Space Coast
The Chains United Relay 2026 is live — follow our riders from Miami to the Space Coast as they pedal for Wheels for Tomorrow. Read more...