Can you help JaBig? - World Bicycle Relief
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:03 pm
A bunch of you know Jean-Aimé Bigirimana, an internationally-recognized DJ (JaBig is his handle) and cycling record holder. I met him a few years back when he came through Victoria while riding from coast to coast to coast and pulling off the Guinness world record for Longest Continuous Ride in One Country. (Though the record didn’t call for it, he also elected to do this ride on a single-speed bike!) Alan Cassels put him up during his visit to Victoria, and a Tripleshot crew helped him start his journey from Mile “0” north.
He made it that year to the Arctic Ocean... in winter... doing the final stretch to Tuktoyaktuk on the famous ice road extension of the Dempster Highway... all with minimal support! A great bio and an award-winning short film about his journey can be found here: http://www.jabig.com/
Last summer during a visit to Montréal, Jean toured me around his hometown by bike. We had fun. He’s a very humble and gracious man.
Last summer, Jean also set out on a new 5-year, 100K, global cycling journey, partly to raise funds for World Bicycle Relief, a charity that has distributed over 500,000 bicycles in Africa. Here’s his campaign site: https://give.worldbicyclerelief.org/cam ... ig/c244616
But due to the pandemic, Jean had to return home from Europe just before the borders closed and his world tour became another Canadian one instead. Jean landed this week in Vancouver and he’s coming to Victoria over the next few days. We’re planning on doing some rides with his local fans, and trying to raise some campaign funds. (Please visit the link above to contribute to World Bicycle Relief.)
Jean also let me know that ZIPP/SRAM is sponsoring him and has shipped him wheels and a new group set (he’s learned to enjoy gears!) The awesome folks at Broad Street Cycles have agreed to help him rebuild his bike with these new bits.
You can follow JaBig’s various social media feeds at https://instagram.com/jabig?igshid=fp0sxsaz5lj1[/url]; https://www.facebook.com/JaBig/; and https://www.strava.com/athletes/jabig) His DEEP & DOPE house mixes are some of the most popular on YouTube, with 195 million views and over 7 billion streamed minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/c/jabig
He made it that year to the Arctic Ocean... in winter... doing the final stretch to Tuktoyaktuk on the famous ice road extension of the Dempster Highway... all with minimal support! A great bio and an award-winning short film about his journey can be found here: http://www.jabig.com/
Last summer during a visit to Montréal, Jean toured me around his hometown by bike. We had fun. He’s a very humble and gracious man.
Last summer, Jean also set out on a new 5-year, 100K, global cycling journey, partly to raise funds for World Bicycle Relief, a charity that has distributed over 500,000 bicycles in Africa. Here’s his campaign site: https://give.worldbicyclerelief.org/cam ... ig/c244616
But due to the pandemic, Jean had to return home from Europe just before the borders closed and his world tour became another Canadian one instead. Jean landed this week in Vancouver and he’s coming to Victoria over the next few days. We’re planning on doing some rides with his local fans, and trying to raise some campaign funds. (Please visit the link above to contribute to World Bicycle Relief.)
Jean also let me know that ZIPP/SRAM is sponsoring him and has shipped him wheels and a new group set (he’s learned to enjoy gears!) The awesome folks at Broad Street Cycles have agreed to help him rebuild his bike with these new bits.
You can follow JaBig’s various social media feeds at https://instagram.com/jabig?igshid=fp0sxsaz5lj1[/url]; https://www.facebook.com/JaBig/; and https://www.strava.com/athletes/jabig) His DEEP & DOPE house mixes are some of the most popular on YouTube, with 195 million views and over 7 billion streamed minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/c/jabig