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Area men cycling across the country, sort of
Kelly Parham and Peter Kite pedaling 3,000 miles indoors to raise organ donation awareness
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Peter Kite and Kelly Parham exercise on their stationary bikes at Limestone Place as filmmaker Jacob Burke shoots footage Thursday morning. Burke is documenting the men who are attempting to ride 3,000 miles on an indoor cycle to raise money and awareness for Kite’s Team Green, a nonprofit organization focusing on organ transplants. Last summer, Parham donated a kidney to his friend and fellow cyclist Kite.
Cycling has long been touted as a great way to improve health and increase longevity, but two Georgia cyclists are attempting to take the sport a step farther. Kelly Parham, 54, of Gainesville and Peter Kite, 45, of Dawsonville embarked on a 3,000-mile indoor ride Friday to raise funds and awareness for transplant recipients and donors. The symbolic nine-day bike ride across America is taking place at Limestone Place athletic complex in Gainesville.