Ride more. Give more.
Here's how.
Charity rides, big miles, living with a bike. Written down plainly.
First ride? Start at 01. Short on the minimum? Jump to 03.
Pick a ride
Which one is yours? The big queer charity rides, what each one is like, and what happened to the one everybody asks about.
The national map — what replaced AIDS/LifeCycle, the regional classics, and how fundraising rides work.
Start here → charity rides Center Ride Out: LA to San DiegoThree days, roughly 285 miles down the Southern California coast, benefiting the Los Angeles LGBT Center — one of the…
Read → charity rides Cycle to Zero: the wine country rideThe San Francisco AIDS Foundation's three-day ride through Sonoma County — smaller and shorter than the AIDS/LifeCycle…
Read → charity rides Cycle for the CauseThe Northeast's big one: a three-day ride ending in New York City, benefiting the LGBT Community Center's HIV/AIDS…
Read → charity rides Hill Country Ride for AIDSAustin's one-day classic: multiple distances through the Texas Hill Country, funding a coalition of central-Texas HIV…
Read → charity rides What happened to AIDS/LifeCycle?The 545-mile ride from San Francisco to LA held its final edition in June 2025. It ended because costs rose and…
Read →Get ready
Train, pack, show up. You don't need to be a cyclist yet.
You don't need to be a cyclist. You need twelve weeks, a working bike, and the willingness to ask people for money for…
Read → charity rides The charity ride packing listOne-day rides need a jersey's worth of stuff. Multi-day rides need a duffel and a system. Either way, the rule is the…
Read →Raise the money
Hit the minimum, build a team, or ask by the mile.
The minimum looks scary the day you register and trivial the day you finish. The method: start immediately, ask…
Read → charity rides How to start a charity ride teamTeams finish at higher rates, raise more per rider, and have more fun doing it. You need a name, three committed…
Read → charity rides Pledge-per-mile fundraising, explainedInstead of asking for a number, you ask for a rate: a few cents for every mile you ride. The donation grows with the…
Read →Next up: a ride-day guide for the morning of a charity ride, and route guides starting with Arizona.
From the road
I do the miles. You decide who they’re for.
In 2027 I ride 10,000 miles, all on the bike, every one of them for queer communities. You pledge a few cents a mile and pick which org it goes to. It starts January 1.