Brandon Taber

Hello! My name is Brandon Taber. I am a Navy Veteran from Prague, Oklahoma. I am riding from coast to coast as part of the Bike Nonstop US Challenge. Cycling has been vital to my recovery. In the Navy, I was hit by a car and suffered damage to most of my body. My right hand was reconstructed first, then I went in for back surgery on a ruptured disc. Part of the disc had traveled down a full vertebrae and pressed into my nerve canal nearly severing my right sciatic nerve. When I woke up from the surgery I was told I would never walk again. A few hours later I experienced severe health complications and found out that during the surgery there was damaged my sympathetic nerve system. After several years of therapy, I regained my ability to walk through riding a stationary bike. I then participated in multiple cycling clinics with Adaptive Adventures. Since then I rode with Adaptive Adventures in the Determination Tour in Puerto Rico helping block traffic for handcyclists over 300 miles in three days and have traveled across the country with their team as an athlete ambassador helping provide other veterans with adaptive cycling opportunities. During the pandemic on Veteran's Day, I rode nonstop for 24 hours to bring awareness to Veteran suicide. Cycling has been therapeutic for me and provided me with consistent challenges to be better physically.

Please support me as I take on this next challenge riding from Portland, Oregon to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Beginning on June 19, I will be riding 3,600 miles of mixed terrain, fully self-supported carrying everything I need through 11 states to reach the finish line. I will be carrying approximately 55 pounds of gear through areas with over 100 miles between towns and camping many of the nights. I hope to average 175 miles per day and finish in approximately 20 days.

Pledge per mile I ride or make a one-time donation in support of Adaptive Adventures programs. This organization provides transformative life experiences every day and brings the gift of adaptive cycling to children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities across the country.