Globe/T. Rob Brown Jennifer Cherry, left, of Normal, Ill., whose mother died of M.S. after having it for 14 years, shares a laugh with fellow cyclist Brian Sink, of Washington, D.C., and others as they eat lunch and relax Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2012, at Wheat State Pizza in Pittsburg, Kan. Cherry said she is bycycling across country for M.S. in memory of her mother and Sink said he had wanted to ride across country for years, he found this group and, "it spoke to me."

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