World Record Attempt for Largest Parade of Bicycles in Wellington

From GOBA Press Release:

Join the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), a world-class bicycle tour, in
celebrating its 20th annual event by attempting to break the Guinness World
Record™ for the Largest Parade of Bicycles. On Saturday evening, June 14, 2008,
the inaugural event of this year's week-long tour will be the GOBA traditional bicycle
parade, held in Wellington, Ohio, in Lorain County. The current world record stands at
1,901 bicycles and was set by Volvic in Taiwan, July 21, 2007.

Riding in the parade is open to the general public as well as to all GOBA riders. All
parade participants must ride a 2-wheeled bicycle, must be able to ride 2 to 3 miles,
and must wear helmets. Sign-in is required and will be open from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign their application.
Registration fee is $1.00 per rider. A drawing for prizes exclusively for those
participants from the general public will be held at the Opening Ceremonies, at the
conclusion of the parade. Parking for the parade and the sign-in station will be at the
Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington. Enter through the Main Gate from State
Route 18, west of Downtown Wellington. The parade will leave at 6:00 pm from the
Fairgrounds and, with the assistance of the Wellington police, will follow a route
through town to the Village Hall, where the Opening Ceremonies will take place and
preliminary results of the World Record Attempt will be announced. Musical
entertainment and food for sale in Wellington, both before and after the parade.
Riders may bicycle back to the Fairgrounds at any time before dark.

The 20th Annual Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure will feature the northern section of
Ohio on its tour, June 14-21, 2008. The expected 3,000 riders will start gathering for
the tour on Saturday, June 14, at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington. They
will begin cycling on Sunday, June 15th, covering an average of 50 miles per day and will return to Wellington on Saturday.

For details of the world records, visit www.Guinnessworldrecords.com, search:
"Largest Parade of Bicycles". For more information on joining in the parade for the
World Record Attempt, contact: GOBA, 614-273-0811, www.goba.com/parade; or
Main Street Wellington, 440-647-3987, info@mainstreetwellington.com.