Wheels of Justice
Wheels of Justice 2026 - our 21st Tour
We are the largest team riding annually in the Courage Classic, a challenging 2-day bicycle tour, covering up to 160 miles over several mountain passes and a fundraiser benefiting Children's Hospital Colorado. Funds raised by our team support Children’s Colorado’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
In 2006, a pair of impassioned attorneys decided to give back via bicycle! As they joined their first Courage Classic, they started looking for the lawyers team. When they couldn’t find one, they founded Wheels of Justice, raising a remarkable $130k!!! In the next year, we committed our team fundraising to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, starting a partnership that is unmatched.
Sponsor Partnerships
Since our inception we have been fortunate to have sponsors who agree with our mission. We have partners that support our team from $2,500 per year to $100,000 per year, and many who have been with us since our beginning in 2006. Sponsorship makes up about 30% of the funds we raise and has accounted for over $2M in research and wellness care at CCBD. We also have Partner Teams that ride as individual teams within the Wheels family so they can honor their children. We are privileged to live in a community who cares deeply about the health and care of our children.
Lifetime Achievements and Goals
With our fundraising, CCBD has employed a full-time faculty psychologist (in 2010) and created the entire wellness team. This team has created a worldwide model demonstrating that cure rates are significantly higher when CCBD treats the entire patient, not just their body.
With these major breakthroughs, we have had indescribable losses as well. We continue the fight because while 85% cure rates are incredible, being in the 15% still means your child did not survive. Those who do survive often have a lifetime of side effects from their disease. This is unacceptable.
Legacy
So, what’s it all about?
Over each of the last 12 years, we have honored the memory of a child who died. Families who have mourned the loss of a child have a bond that is indescribable. Through this legacy, Wheels has become a safe place for those with insurmountable grief.
For our 21st year, we honor the SURVIVORS!
Though we are switching gears this year, we still ride in honor of those we have lost.
This year, we are bringing awareness to the other side of pediatric cancer and blood disorders, the survivors. Survivorship is a fairly new concept in the world of pediatric oncology and blood disorder treatment. More pediatric patients are surviving treatments and now we must figure out how to support them moving forward in their lives.
For some, survivorship comes with many anxieties and additional concerns: scans, recurrence, a new cancer that was caused by the chemotherapy and radiation needed to cure the first cancer, infertility, chronic illnesses caused by treatment, developmental disabilities, and so much more.
What I have learned throughout the years working on CCBD, is every single survivor handles it differently. Every family, every sibling, every friend. All different. There is no right or wrong way to survive a pediatric cancer or a blood disorder. However, there is one way to celebrate them! We will ride up mountain passes in July to raise more money for pediatric cancer and blood disorder research! We will persist, so in the years to come, we have more and more survivors to celebrate. We do this in honor and reverence for those we have lost.
For so many, they have been impacted by the research Wheels of Justice supports. Each year we hear of new groundbreaking treatments happening at Children’s Hospital of Colorado. This year is the year we celebrate the patients all that research has saved. The Wheels team rides as a fiery community dedicated to improving treatment and research within CCBD!
We are honored to dedicate our 21st Tour to Survivors. Over 200 riders strong. Let’s make this one of our best years yet!
Go Wheels!
Visit us at www.WheelsOfJustice.com
