More than 50 riders hit the road for the “Trek Women Breast Cancer Awareness Ride” in Gambrills Saturday.

Crofton Bike Doctor Owner Earnest Freeland said 75 to 80 people registered for the family friendly bike ride Around Arundel County. The ride was hosted by the Crofton Bike Doctor and the Plastic Surgery Specialists of Annapolis.

Riders started in front of the bike store in the Village at Waugh Chapel. They took on routes of 10 and 25 miles. The pdf listing the ride route is attached to this story.

The countywide ride was part of a Trek Women nationwide goal to get more then 10,000 people riding at the same day to support breast cancer research. According to a Trek Women press release, one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.

The $25 registration fee for the ride will go to fund the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Freeland said this is the first year for their partnership with the Trek Women program. He wants the Crofton Bike Doctor  and Plastic Surgery Specialists of Annapolis to participate in another race in 2012.