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On Butterflies of Wisdom today, Best-Selling Author, Win Kelly Charles welcomes Kyle Bryant. Kyle was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) at age seventeen and found that as the disease progressed he had to give up the sports so interwoven in his life growing up in Northern California; sports such as golf, baseball, basketball and football.  When Kyle's FA had progressed to a point where it became unsafe for him to continue riding his bike, he put a stop to the loss of the activity he cherished.  He took back control, purchased a recumbent trike, and resumed his riding with passion. Kyle started small with an initial ride of 7 miles.  However, fueled with a passion for pushing the limits and do more with his life Kyle built up to a century ride (100 mi in a day) within four months of his first ride.  Upon completion of his first time, he decided that the sky was the limit. In 2007 Kyle founded Ride Ataxia with a 2,500-mile 59-day ride from San Diego, CA to Memphis TN. The goal of the ride was to raise awareness and much-needed research funds for FA, a disease that has no treatment, no cure, no hope…until now. Kyle and Ride Ataxia did not stop in Memphis.  Kyle’s cycling feats include Sacramento to Las Vegas, NV, Portland, OR to Seattle, WA, and completion of Race Across America in which his four-man team finished the 3,000-mile race in 8 days, 8 hours, and 14 minutes. With his trike as the vehicle of change, Kyle took his hopeless situation of no treatment, no cure, no hope and turned it into an opportunity to do something great for himself and many others. In 2009 Kyle became the Spokesperson for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) in their mission to cure FA.  With Kyle as the program director, Ride Ataxia has become FARA’s Marquee fundraising event with challenging yet family friendly bike rides all over the USA – welcoming 2500 participants and raising $800,000 per year. To learn more about Kyle visit[http://kyleabryant.com/](http://kyleabryant.com/). To find out more about Win Kelly Charles visit[https://wincharles.wix.com/win-charles](https://wincharles.wix.com/win-charles). Please send feedback to Win by email her at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), or go to [http://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom](http://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom) and[http://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly](http://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly). To be on the show, please fill out the intake at [http://bit.ly/1MLJSLG](http://bit.ly/1MLJSLG). To look at our sponsorships go to[http://www.educents.com/daily-deals#wwow](http://www.educents.com/daily-deals#wwow). To learn about the magic of Siri go to [https://www.udemy.com/writing-a-book-using-siri/?utm\_campaign=email&utm\_source=sendgrid.com&utm\_medium=email](https://www.udemy.com/writing-a-book-using-siri/?utm_campaign=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email).