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Dream Ride for AIDS

In the Beginning…..

June 5, 1993- May 21, 1994

A solo, self-contained bicycle tour to promote education efforts concerning HIV infection and AIDS.

  • 13,108.6 Miles
  • 30 States
  • 50 Weeks
  • 25,000 People
  • 213 Organizations

Thanks…

Although I get most of the notoriety for spending nearly a year on the road and making presentations all around the country, I know I couldn't have done it without "the gang". So a big thanks goes out to the original Dream Ride for AIDS folks; Pamela, Helen, Kathy, Chris, Rita, Pete & Patty, Jeannine, Jim, Scott & Christy, Monroe, Dennis, Mike, Bill, Sheri & Keith, Denise, Ben, Jeff, Sid, Dennis, Harold & Joni, Rich, and Tim. And I'm not leaving out my own family; Mom & Dad and Lynn & Val and their families all rallied around my cause and supported my efforts throughout the year-long journey.

 

May 19, 1995

As part of 12th Annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization, another solo and self-contained ride. This ride was just the perimeter of Lancaster County. Purpose was to promote Betty Finney AIDS Memorial Garden and honor County residents who had died.

  • 178 Miles
  • 1 County
  • 14 hours, 32 Minutes
  • 100 People
  • 8 Organizations

 

Sept 8, 1995-October 25, 1995

In partnership with Statewide American Red Cross Chapters, a one-person bicycle tour on the perimeter of the state of Pennsylvania. Purpose was HIV/AIDS presentations.

  • 1,209.3 Miles
  • 39 Cities
  • 48 Days, 8 Hours, 30 Minutes
  • 5,033 People
  • 20 Organizations

 

Sept. 9-Oct 7, 1996

A second ride for AIDS awareness on the perimeter of the state of Pennsylvania.

  • 873.1 Miles
  • 21 Cities
  • 29 Days, 6 Hours, 10 minutes
  • 4,996 People
  • 12 Organizations

Oct. 9- Oct. 12, 1996 | Photos

First "Dream Ride for AIDS, The Road to the AIDS Quilt". Eight other cyclists joined Mike Ridgeway on a three-day bicycle trip to deliver quilt panels via bicycle to the 1996 AIDS Memorial Quilt display being held in Washington, D.C. on Columbus Day Weekend.

  • 171 Miles
  • 3 Cities
  • 2 Days, 5 Hours, 17 Minutes
  • 156 People
  • 4 Organizations
  • 11 New Quilt Panels
  • Husa, Lisa, Nancy, Michele, Michelle, Mike, Randy, Tom, Tracey

May 1- May 4, 1997

Three cyclists, including Mike Ridgeway circumnavigate Lancaster County’s perimeter in four days. The project included AIDS quilt displays in Willow Street, Adamstown, Elizabethtown and Lancaster City. Three cyclists joined us from Elizabethtown and we walked together at the Lancaster AIDS Walk.

  • 178 Miles
  • 3 Towns
  • 3 Days, 2 Hours, 54 Minutes
  • 1,004 People
  • Two Churches, One College, One Community AIDS Walk
  • Benjamin, Michele, Mike, Nancy, Tom, Tracey

August 29-Nov. 9, 1997- This cross-country bicycle tour carried eight newly made quilt panels to the original home of the NAMES Project in San Francisco. Michael Ridgeway rode alone. The panels were carried with a B.O.B. Trailer in tow. See Photos

  • 3,182.7 Miles
  • 42 Cities
  • 72 days, 4 Hours, 5 Minutes
  • 1,500 People