‘Community lightens any burden’: Parkinson’s cycling tour sets off from Victoria

Lloyd Taylor was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease at age 53 in 2022. The diagnosis was devastating for Taylor and his loved ones, but he refused to let it dictate the course of his life.
Instead, he took to the road — and his bike — embarking on an 8,000-kilometre journey from Victoria to Newfoundland to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease.
The same year he was diagnosed, Taylor was approached by the Spinning Wheels Tour, the organization behin