Bike Across the US - a cross country bike trip from San Francisco to Boston
I'm done!
The trip has finished, and I've moved to New York, NY for work. Find me at colin.nederkoorn.co.uk. Sign up below and I'll let you know if and when I go on another adventure!where am I?
- 54 days
- 4062.0 miles
- $3120 raised for Kick for Nick
sponsors
$1580 raised for Kick for Nick. Donate and get your link below
- Jon Pierce $500
- Aunt Carol $200
- The van den Bergh's $200
- Rodney Weiss $200
- Marc Kerrest $200
- Anonymous $160
- Leah McCurry $100
- Deborah DeFelice $100
- Alli's change jar $100
- Kristian Zuzek $80
- Juliana Kerrest $80
- Mark Doerschlag $50
- Liz and Tony Segal $50
- Carol Reece $50
- Nicole (and Keller) $50
- jeff $50
- Bumba $50
- Aunt Carol $37
- jim toth $35
- Caroline van den Bergh $30
- L Godfrey $30
- KyAnn $25
- Ryan G $25
- Amanda Nederkoorn $20
- David Allan $20
- Kristina Medhus $20
- Tiffany van den Bergh $20
- Breck $20
- Dan Choi $15
About the trip
I was inspired by Lee and Brent's trip from North Carolina to San Francisco and thought "wouldn't that be great!". I bought my bike over Christmas and have been braving Boston's winter to train since.
About Colin Nederkoorn
Colin Nederkoorn grew up in Singapore then studied for two years in London before moving to the US for the first time at age 18. Here he did his undergrad work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he got his degree in Management. After a few year interval working as a shipbroker in Houston, Colin moved to Boston and returned to the field he enjoys most: internet startups. Most recently he was part of the team building good2gether, a startup that helps nonprofits get their message heard. After the bike trip, Colin will be looking to work with others to build "the next big thing"
Contact
I'll be far away but hopefully reachable
Colin
- Phone / SMS: +1 617 818 5576
- Twitter: bikeacrosstheus
- Facebook: Colin Nederkoorn
I'm proudly supporting Kick for Nick. The target is to raise $4000 for kick for nick
I started this trip without enough personal funding, but I just sold my house in Texas and will be funding the rest of the trip myself. Any donations from this point forward will go 100% to Kick for Nick
For any donations of $80 or more, we'll put a link to your website on the front page. This worked wonders for me previously.
About Kick For Nick
Kick for Nick is a small nonprofit based in Wilton, CT. Kick for Nick was started in honor of PFC. Nick Madaras by his family. Nick signed up for the Army when he was 18 and was sent to Iraq. While there he saw Iraqi children "kicking bags of rocks around the streets trying to play soccer and realized these kids are no different than him. When he was home on leave in July 2006, he rounded up as many balls as he could to bring back to the children of Iraq". "Nick was killed in action by an IED on September 3rd, 2006 at the age of 19." Kick for Nick continues his mission of distributing soccer balls to children who need them the most.