Two NYC AIDS Bike Rides Raise Over $2.3M for HIV Efforts

Cyclists in two September AIDS bike rides raised over $2.3 million for HIV services in New York City. Cycle for the Cause brought in more than $2 million for HIV and AIDS programs at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan, while Braking AIDS raked in more than $320,000 for Housing Works, which fights the dual epidemics of HIV and homelessness.

Meanwhile, on the West Coast, organizers of the annual AIDS/LifeCycle ride, in which cyclists pedal from San Francisco to Los Angeles, announced that the June 2025 event will be its final trek.

“We have made the difficult decision that 2025 will be the last year of AIDS/LifeCycle,” reads an announcement on AIDSLifeCycle.org. “This decision was not arrived at easily or hastily. It has become clear that it is no longer financially sustainable for us to produce the Ride due to skyrocketing production costs, which have been exacerbated by year-after-year declines in ridership and fundraising. The Ride has been a significant part of so many of our lives, connected to those we’ve lost, those who live and the incredible, beautiful community that we’ve helped to create.”

“Funds from this event helped change the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic,” Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner told The Bay Area Reporter. “No longer is HIV the death sentence it was when the ride began thanks to the advancement in treatments, and new cases of HIV are declining thanks to interventions like PrEP [pre-exposure prophylaxis].”

For more information, watch the announcement and Q&A session about the ride’s end.

Next year’s AIDS/LifeCycle is scheduled for June 1 through 7, 2025. Click here to register for the last chance to participate in this extraordinary fundraising tradition.

More than a million people have participated in AIDS/LifeCycle over more than three decades, raising over $300 million to support HIV services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and others.

The Braking AIDS Ride for Housing Works in New York took place September 14 through 15, with over 60 cyclists and crew making the 175-mile journey from Philadelphia to New York. You can help them reach their $375,000 goal by donating here.

The 2024 Cycle for the Cause raised over $2 million for HIV services at New York City’s LGBT Community CenterCourtesy of Cycle for the Cause/The Center/Angelica Dixon

The three-day, 275-mile Cycle for the Cause from Boston to New York took place September 19 and 22. You can donate to the ride here.

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