King James Leads Charity Bike-A-Thon

A group of 300 school children on shiny new bicycles rode with LeBron James and other NBA players as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers star's charity bike-a-thon.

The children were selected to ride with James on Saturday based on their character. They also received Schwinn Sting-Rays — made to look like motorcycles with gleaming studs and chrome chain guards — and helmets.

All the players who rode in the second "King For Kids Bike-a-thon" also wore helmets, including the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, the Detroit Pistons' Richard Hamilton, the Phoenix Suns' Amare Stoudemire and the Cavaliers' Eric Snow.

A group of volunteers busily covered up the helmet manufacturers' names with
"King for Kids" stickers to avoid competition with the players' corporate sponsors.

Sean Greene, 10, was chosen by his principal to be one of the children who rode with James.

"He couldn't sleep at all last night," said his mother, Deborah Greene.