Ride For Miles

The annual noncompetitive bicycle ride, Ride for Miles, raises funds for the John Carroll University Biology Department's Miles Coburn Environmental Symposium. This project continues Miles’ work of educating students and the community about the urgency of environmental activism.

The 2010 Ride For Miles will be at 10AM Sunday September 26. PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE RIDE WILL TAKE PLACE ON A SUNDAY.

Registration for the 2010 Ride for Miles is now open. Click below to register online:
Online Registration

About Miles

 Miles Coburn (1949-2008) was a biology professor at John Carroll University, working a few hundred yards from the home where he grew up and a few blocks from where he lived with his wife and two children. As an ichthyologist, his research focused on “how morphology of cyprinid fishes can be used to infer evolutionary relationships among them.” He was a field biologist who seined rivers, streams, and gullies to collect minnows for his research.  His interest in the tiniest of things in nature informed his study of ecosystems and he educated his students and others about the urgency of addressing climate change.