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Wheels4Life is rapidly evolving, we have a number of new projects set to launch in 2008. If you'd like to stay up-to-date with everything we're doing this page is the place to do that. You can also add our RSS feed to your newsreader if you like. We've put together some links so you can easily add the Wheels4Life news feed to the reader of your choice: iGoogle, MyYahoo, PageFlakes, NetVibes, NewsGator or BlogLines.

  • Figu's 75th Birthday Fundraiser
    05/13/08 — Egliswil, Switzerland May 8th 2008My father Felix a.k.a. Figu Rey organized a Wheels 4 Life fundraiser in occasion to his 75th B-day party. He asked his guests to rather donate towards buying some bikes, than bringing gifts for his birthday. … More »
  • Wheel4Villages Slideshow
    04/21/08 — A slideshow of our recent trip to Tanzania as part of the Wheels4Villages project. More »
  • Fox Shox supports W4V Project in Tanzania
    04/17/08 — April 2008Fox Racing Shox came on board as an additional sponsor for our Wheels 4 Villages film project. We have already started filming the first phase of this film, which documents the impact bikes will have on one valley in … More »
  • In the shadow of Kiliminjaro
    02/05/08 — Arusha, Tanzania A “heart-core” adventure ride and Wheels 4 Villages film project Last spring I decided to combine one of my ‘Hans Rey Adventure Team’ trips with a project for my charity ‘Wheels 4 Life’. Finally I had found, what … More »
  • Trent College Supports Wheel4Villages
    12/12/07 — We are very happy that Trent College from Nottingham, UK, one of England’s top private colleges, came on board as a supporter and partner for the Wheels4Villages project.Our “Wheels 4 Villages — Film Project” is a 2-year film project to … More »
  • Adidas, GT Bicycles and Ergon Ergonomics Now Supporting Wheels4Villages
    11/19/07 — We are happy to announce that Adidas, GT Bicycles and Ergon Ergonomics have committed to sponsor our Wheels 4 Villages - Film Project in Tanzania. We are leaving for Africa in 2 weeks to launch the project. More news soon. More »
  • Ride Earth Project update
    11/18/07 — Wheels 4 Life, has teamed up with Ride Earth. This year, three friends embarked upon an attempt to circumnavigate the globe by mountain bike. Tom Allen, Andrew Welch and Mark Maultby departed from the UK on June 17th, 2007. They … More »
  • Kalinga Indigenous Children Project
    11/13/07 — Dear DIRECTOR HANS REY: GREETINGS OF PEACE & DEVELOPMENT FROM KALINGA INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUTH! First of all, we would like to express our thanks and gratitude to God, YOU & WHEELS4LIFE for giving HOPE & OPPORTUNITY to Kalinga indigenous … More »
  • Crank Brothers Hospitality Night Fundraiser
    11/01/07 — Laguna Beach, Dec.07 As may of you know, the town of laguna beach annually holds an event called “hospitality night” right around this time of year.  during this evening, santa rides into town on a fire engine (just like in the … More »
  • Crank Brothers Check Presentation
    10/02/07 —  Las Vegas, Sept. 25th 2007Andrew Herrick from Crank Bros. Inc. presented today a check of US$ 10,000.- to Wheels 4 Life for the limited edition W4L pedals, Crank Bros had launched 1 year ago. The 1000 pairs of rasta colored … More »
  • 24h of Finale Ligure presents check to W4L
    09/03/07 — Eurobike, Friedrichshafen, GermanySept. 2, 2007Marco Marchese from the organizers of the 24hours race of Finale Ligure, Italy; presented Hans Rey a check for Wheels 4 Life over Euro 1017.-The money was raised during a fundraiser at the famous 24hour mountain … More »
  • Chris King launches W4L headset
    09/03/07 — Chris King Precision Components To Support Hans Rey’s Wheels4Life with Second Special Edition Component SeriesPortland, OR, August 31, 2007 – Chris King® Precision Components is partnering with Wheels4Life in the promotion of a special edition component series based on the … More »
  • Fox Racing Shox Raffle
    09/02/07 — Fox Racing Shox and Toxoholic's have raised $ 550.- at Eurobike tradeshow in Germany by selling raffle tickets to win a Fox Float fork. The winner was Sebastian Trautner from Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany  Congradulations to the winner and thanks to our … More »
  • Village Project
    06/08/07 — We are currently working on our Village Project. We might have found the perfect village/valley in Tanzania to launch this 2 year test project. Part of this project is to document by photo and video what an impact bicycles will … More »
  • Ride 4 Life Freeride Camp @ 24h race in Finale Ligure, Italy
    05/04/07 — Wheels 4 Life is an official partner of the 24h Mountain Bike Race in Finale Ligure, Italy from May 18. - 20. 2007In the days prior to the festival, Hans Rey will host the “Ride 4 Life” - Freeride Camp … More »
  • The Members Project by AX
    05/02/07 — Wheels 4 Life has been approved by American Express (AX) promotion, “The Members Project”. Out of all submissions for charitable projects the top 50 projects will be selected and supported by AX on July 3rd. Our project is listed under … More »
  • Ride Earth project serves as W4L Ambassadors
    03/15/07 — 8th March 2007A pair of ambitious British mountain-bikers, Andrew Welch and Tom Allen, are planning an attempt to circumnavigate the globe by mountain bike. Ride Earth, due to begin in June 2007, has abroad itinerary that passes through some of … More »
  • Cash4Trash Initiative
    02/22/07 — Check out this short video clip about our “Cash 4 Trash” project, where we asked people to donate proceeds from old stuff they sold on ebay or on a garage sale. Check out the video and get inspired. More »
  • Nepal Mountain Bike Adventure to benefit locals
    02/20/07 — Mountain Bike Freeriding Legends Hans Rey, Richie Schley and Wade Simmons are planning a adventure trip to Nepal to ride a previously unridden trail in the Annapurna Mountains in the Himalaya's. There extreme biking trip will be documented for TV. … More »
  • Wheels4Life Delivers Ten California Bikes to Neko Tech Centre Volunteers
    02/03/07 — The brief ceremony for the Handing-over of the ten (10) California Bikes by ITDP, Ghana to the ten (10) NEKO Tech management-selected Volunteers working on Neko Tech Centre’s Health Care Project, courtesy Wheels For Life and Simplon Bicycle Company of … More »
  • Simplon Bicycles GmbH Raises Euro 3,100.-
    12/21/06 — Simplon Bicycles GmbH company from Austria has concluded their Christmas promotion with a local newspaper where they auctioned one of their award winning (test winning) carbon road bikes, PAVO.They raised an impressive amount of Euro 3,100.-We are currently searching for … More »
  • Soccer Team Fundraiser
    12/03/06 — Sophie’s Soccer Team FC Kent Fusion '95 (my soccer team) is raising money for Wheels 4 life. We hope to raise enough money to get at least one bike, for Wheels 4 life. We hope that our effort will make … More »
  • Win A New Mountain Bike
    12/03/06 — Win a new mountain bike My business partner and I have started an online raffle to benefit an amazing charity started by my friend and mountain bike legend, Hans Rey. The charity he created is Wheels4life.org. They donate bicycles to … More »
  • Simplon Bicycles Auction
    12/03/06 — Simplon Bicycles GmbH company from Austria is working on a promotion with a local newspaper to auction one of their award winning (test winning) carbon road bikes, PAVO. The highest bidder will be determined by Dec. 19.06.Wheels 4 Life will … More »
  • Incline Bicycles Donates to Haiti Project
    11/08/06 — HaitiIncline Bicycles company donated us recently 10 of their shaft-drive bicycles. The bikes are momentarily being shipped to Haiti, where they soon will be distributed to people in need of a bicycle More »
  • Fox Shox raffles off a fork at Interbike
    09/30/06 — Fox Shox Inc. sold 276 raffle tickets during Interbike tradeshow in Las Vegas Sept. 27. -29. 2006. The lucky winner of the Fox Talas fork was Nate Trumble from Santa Cruz, Ca. Tickets sold for $ 1.- each all proceeds … More »
  • Fox Racing Shox Promotion
    09/13/06 — September 2006, Friedrichshafen, Germany Fox Racing Shox and their German distributor Toxoholics raffled off a Fox Talas 32 fork at Eurobike tradeshow in Friedrichshafen, Germany; to raise money for Wheels 4 Life. Over 4 days they sold 660 raffle tickets … More »
  • CamelBak Bottles
    09/07/06 — Friedrichshafen, Sept. 6, 2006 At this year’s Eurobike show a total of 1000 CamelBak bottles were sold, generating proceeds of 10.000 Euro in total. The amount was handed over to Hans Rey, mountain bike legend and founder of ‘Wheels 4 … More »
  • Special Edition Hans Rey Pedals Benefit Wheels4Life
    08/27/06 — Crankbrothers teams with Rey, donates profits to charity. LAGUNA BEACH, California Crankbrothers announces the production of a special edition 5050 XX pedal designed by extreme biking legend and former Mountain Bike World Champion Hans Rey. Crankbrothers will donate all profits … More »
  • Danny's Bike-Shop
    08/23/06 — Danny’s Bike-Shop, Geneickener Straße 28, 41238 Mönchengladbach, Germany is collecting funds for Wheels 4 Life. More »

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