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Face World Bicycle Relief

Photograph by Leah Missbach Day

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Photograph by Leah Missbach Day

When the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed over Sri Lanka's coastline in December 2004, F.K. Day watched with a mixture of "helplessness and resolve" as the disaster unfolded on television.

But Mr. Day did not simply write a check to assist survivors. As a co-founder of the SRAM Corporation, a manufacturer of bicycle components, he was well equipped to provide a more unusual form of aid.

In coordination with Trek Bicycle and World Vision Sri Lanka, Mr. Day devised a plan to provide

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