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Cycle Tour - 2025
This is the 19th year of the Victoria Grandmothers for Africa Cycle Tour which raises funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. This year the Tour will launch on August 10 and finish on September 7. The funds raised provide support to the grandmothers and their families who are living with the ongoing consequences of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
A registration fee of $20 is required to participate in the VG4A Cycle Tour. Interesting and varied optional group rides have been planned. Click HERE to see the Calendar of Optional Rides.
Each rider will determine for herself a personally challenging distance or goal to ride over the duration of the Cycle Tour. For the 2025 Tour; regular bikes, e-bikes, spin bikes or stationary bikes are all welcome. We have many group rides planned for all different levels of ability.
We hope you enjoy cycling the beautiful routes on either the roads or many bike trails on Vancouver Island and perhaps even further afield. This Cycle Tour is a time to make new friends and be inspired by those around you.
Check out our Cycle Tour page for additional information and details.
If you have any questions about the tour or ordering jerseys etc., please contact: Cynthia Cosulich at: vg4acycleregistrar@gmail.com.
Sign this Waiver. Scan signed and witnessed waiver and email to: vg4acycleregistrar@gmail.com or mail to: VG4A Cycle Registrar, 202-636 Montreal St., Victoria, BC, V8V 4Y1. (You may have already signed the Waiver when training rides began.)
Complete this Emergency Contact Form and carry it with you while you cycle.
Please read: Registration Policy.
Please read: Cycling Safety and Bike Sense Guide
9:30 am at the Blenkinsop Connector. Ride stops for coffee/early lunch at the Fickle Fig on Mills Road. Route follows Lochside Trail to Mount Newton, East Saanich Road and the Airport Trail. Returns through Sidney and the Lochside Trail.
Average pace of 16 - 17 km per hour.
Suitable for strong Beginner and Intermediate Riders
Registration required.
Ride Leaders: Christine Scott, Julie Holder and Lib Cooper.
Please note, participants must be registered in the 2025 Cycle Tour.
Campbell River to Victoria Ride - 2025
The Victoria Grandmothers for Africa Campbell River to Victoria Ride is a three-day event with up to 30 women cycling 275 km. We are supported by Grandmother groups along the way who provide meals, refreshments, and positive energy! Support and the participation of cyclists from all over Vancouver Island and other islands, gives this event its unique character.
This fundraiser, under the umbrella of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, provides support to grandmothers and their families who are living with the ongoing consequences of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is a challenging three-day ride for experienced cyclists who are capable of riding at 21-23 km per hour on the flat for an overall ride average of 17-19 km per hour.
Join the 2025 Cycle Tour for $20.
Join the Campbell River to Victoria ride with a registration fee of $450 for accommodations, meals, etc. (As only members of the Cycle Tour can participate it is important that you register and pay the $20 fee for the VG4A Cycle Tour prior to registering for the Campbell River ride). If the cost of the ride ends up being less than $450 you will be refunded the difference.
We have disallowed payment by credit card due to the high cost for a credit card transaction, therefore, please pay by e-transfer, cheque or cash.
This Campbell River Ride is a wonderful experience for all involved and we hope you will join us! More details of the ride can be found Here.
Please read: Registration Policy. Deadline for registration is July 15. Priority is given to members of VG4A and members of BC Islands Region Grandmother Groups.
Sign this Waiver. Scan signed and witnessed waiver and email to: vg4acycleregistrar@gmail.com or send to: VG4A Cycle Registrar, 202-636 Montreal St., Victoria, BC V8V 4Y1. (You may have already signed the waiver when training rides began or when you signed up for the Cycle Tour)
Please note, registrants must be 55 years of age or older by December 31 of the year of the tour and be a member of VG4A or a BC Islands Region Grandmother Group. Anybody registering for this ride must be already registered for the 2025 Cycle Tour.
10:00 a.m. start from Selkirk Trestle. This 40km gentle ride takes place on September 7th, the last day of the 2025 Cycle Tour. Most of the trip will be on the Galloping Goose and the Lochside Trail to Centennial Park in Saanichton. Registered riders can also join at the Blenkinsop Connector at 10:30 a.m. or at Michell's Farm and Lochside Trail at 11:15 a.m.
Riders will meet up for lunch in Centennial Park with the women cycling down from Campbell River, who will be arriving around 12:15-12:30 p.m. Afterwards, this group (V-CP-F) will leave around 1:00 pm for a return to the Selkirk Trestle in time to meet up with all of the VG4A cyclists coming in from various rides.
Suitable for Intermediate Riders.
Registration required. Cost $11.00 for Lunch.
Ride leader: Tracy Rowe
The combined groups will leave the Selkirk Trestle at 2:45 pm, riding together to the 2025 Cycle Tour Finale event which starts at 3:00 pm!
Longer G&G ride: 2:15 p.m. Saanich Municipal Hall for older grandkids, grandmothers, grand-others and parents for a 7.7 km cycle to Mile 0. Will join with all the other Grandmother/Grand-other riders at the Selkirk Trestle. A practice ride will be held prior to Sept. 7, details to follow. Registration of Grandmother and number of guests required. Suitable for older or more experienced grandkids and must be accompanied by either a parent or grandparent/grand-other.
Shorter G&G ride: 2:45 p.m. at Ogden Point. A short 1.6 km ride for any Grandmother, Parent and Grandkids, starting at Ogden Point and cycling along the Dallas Rd. cycle path to join with all the other Grandmothers, Grand-others and older Grandkids arriving for the Finale at Mile 0. Suitable for Beginner Riders and younger grandkids - grandchildren must be accompanied by either a parent, grandparent or grand-other.
Registration of the participating Grandmother with number of guests required so that we have sufficient support for your cycling grandkids of any age!
Leaders: Barbara Langton and. Lynn Kobierski from Saanich Municipal Hall and Betty-Joan Traverse and Berken Feddersen from Ogden Point.
VG4A members Bonnie Yarish and Laurie Wilson travelled to Eswatini and South Africa with 14 other Canadian grandmothers and six members of the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) in May 2025. They visited ten diverse SLF community-led partners – in Eswatini, around Cape Town, and in the Durban region. Eswatini and Durban had higher numbers of HIV and AIDS cases in the early 2000s than anywhere else in Africa. The Durban region is home to the Zulu nation, the largest ethnic group in South Africa. The travellers will share what they learned about inequalities, community, solidarity and the effectiveness of a holistic and responsive approach to problem-solving.
Bring a guest!
