
THE RIDE TO CURE FA

SoCal and Gainesville, are you ready to rumble?! Registration for the Coastal Challenge is OPEN!
Join us as we combine rideATAXIA Gainesville and SoCal into one virtual effort to raise funds and awareness for Friedreich’s ataxia research: the rideATAXIA Coastal Challenge! Our West and East coast communities will be going head to head to see who can accrue the highest community score during our 10-day virtual cruise.
To Register or Donate Choose Your Location:
Gainesville and SoCal Locations will compete based on a cumulative community score which we will update daily.
Your score will be the sum of these 3 things:
- Community Fundraising
- Community Mileage
- Social Media Score
Join your Team on Strava -
SoCal or Gainesville
Your Impact
In late 2009, rideATAXIA became a program of the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), offering single day challenging and family fun bike rides at locations all across the USA. rideATAXIA has served as a unique destination event for families living with FA and other movement disorders to join with researchers, pharmaceutical representatives, and area cyclists in the ride to cure FA. From all corners of the country, people gather to rideATAXIA events for friendship, camaraderie, and the opportunity to engage new communities, moving forward together towards treatments and a cure.
Initiated by Kyle Bryant in 2007, rideATAXIA has raised invaluable awarenss for FA and over $6 million in support of FA research grants.
Bryant’s inspiration spurs from his diagnosis at age 17 and the discovery that he could travel long distances under his own power on a recumbent tricycle. Fueled by the passion to do more for himself and the FA community, Bryant and his family completed 2,500 mile bike ride from San Diego to Memphis to raise awareness and funds for FA research. Over the next two years, Kyle, his family and a growing number of cyclists made the journey on bikes and trikes from Sacramento to Las Vegas and Portland to Seattle. That was just the beginning of rideATAXIA.
1 Ride - 3 riders - Raised $40,000
(2,500 miles from San Diego, CA to Memphis, TN)
1 Ride - 25 riders - Raised $120,000
(550 miles from Sacramento, CA to Las Vegas, NV)
2 Rides - 395 riders - Raised $400,000
rideATAXIA Becomes a National Program of FARA
4 Rides - 770 riders - Raised $465,000
Learn about the Ataxian Athlete Initiative