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Geezer's Ride North

A virtual bike ride across northern Canada

Ride along with Ol’ Geezer.

Last time, he pedalled the width of Canada without leaving his house — on rollers, marking every week with a pin on a paper map. This time: 923 km from the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk to Dawson City, on one of the most remote roads in the country. And he’s inviting everyone living with Parkinson’s to come along.

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Ridden so far

23of 923 km

128 km from Inuvik, past Tuktoyaktuk

Start
Tuktoyaktuk
Finish
Dawson City

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How it works

Part of something, one week at a time.

  1. Set a weekly goal

    Minutes, sessions, or kilometres — whatever suits you. Cycling, walking, boxing, tai chi: if it moves you, it counts.

  2. Check in once a week

    Two taps from your phone. No passwords to remember and nothing to type unless you want to.

  3. Watch the map move

    Your pin follows the same road as the Geezer. Together, the whole group covers a lot of ground.

The story so far

One bike, a set of rollers, and a map on the wall.

Parkinson’s makes a lot of things harder. Regular, vigorous exercise is one of the few things shown to push back. So Ol’ Geezer put his bike on rollers at home and set out to ride across Canada — one week at a time, moving a pin along a map as the kilometres added up.

He shared the trip as he went, and people with Parkinson’s started riding with him. This site is what comes next: a new road, and room for everyone.

A photo of the paper map — pins and all — goes here.

Join the ride

Sign-ups are open.

An email address and a first name — that’s the whole form. No password, no fee. Set a weekly goal, check in once a week, and your own pin moves down the same road.

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