![Whitney Davis, center, begins the Tour De Cure with her mom, Linda Davis, left.VIC NEUMANN/NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS](https://i0.wp.com/www.tedmills.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2289650.jpg?resize=300%2C247&ssl=1)
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Fancy a bike ride? Saturday morning around 200 women and a smattering of men — husbands, brothers, friends, lovers — gathered at Leadbetter beach for the first annual Tour de Cure Women’s Series.
The ride was created by the American Diabetes Association t raise awareness and funds to stop the disease “one ride at a time,” according to the event’s poster. It was also a way to directly encourage a more healthy lifestyle by taking to the streets on two wheels and seeing Santa Barbara and Carpinteria up close.