The Blind Stokers Club, a recreational cycling club that shares the biking experience with riders who are blind or visually impaired, is gearing up for its eighth annual Cycling for Sight benefit tour from July 13 to 15 to raise funds for the club and San Diego Center for the Blind. The local club’s signature cycling retreat gives vision-impaired cyclists the opportunity to ride tandem with an experienced captain for a 3-day, 200-plus-mile tour from La Jolla to Irvine and back. Activities and dinners are planned throughout the route for cyclists, including a group sports camp experience, pre-ride orientation and meal, dining and lodging at UC Irvine’s campus, a picnic lunch at Magee Park in Carlsbad, and a finish-line reception and awards ceremony for top fundraisers. The new Blind Stokers Club will also debut a short video adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book “Oh, the Places You Will Go!” during the evening program at UC Irvine’s campus. “Highlights include unusual doses of camaraderie and fellowship, escaping from life routines, and the CFS CycloRallye — a second-day ride with lots of added features for fun and entertainment,” said Dave White, director of Blind Stokers Club. This year, Blind Stokers Club members will team up with several members from a similar organization in Taiwan — the Knights in the Darkness — for the compilation of club’s first-ever international tandem bike teams centered on a common vision. “We invited the Knights to the U.S. to participate in Cycling for Sight, thus extending the BSC team model around the globe,” said White. “We will overcome eyesight and language challenges in the spirit of friendship and using the sport of cycling.” The Blind Stokers Club is raising funds to support the Knights’ travel costs to the U.S. To make a tax-deductible donation, visit www.active.com/donate/cfsbsc2012. The Cycling for Sight tour will begin and end at Pfizer La Jolla, located at 10646 Science Center Drive. Organizers encourage family, friends and members of the public to join in on the fun at the Pfizer campus by participating in the rollout ceremony at 7 a.m. on July 13 or mixing and mingling with riders at the Finish Line Fair at 3 p.m. on July 15. For more information, visit www.cyclingforsight.org, www.blindstokersclub.org or call (619) 583-1542.