Red riders rolled their way into Queen’s University on Tuesday, making their annual stop as part of the Friends for Life Bike Rally.

The fundraiser for the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (PWA) is a six-day ride from Toronto to Montreal and Kingston marks the halfway point.

“Queen’s University has always been extremely helpful,” says Allan Hooey, the bike rally’s co-chair. “This year they not only helped us around, because of the construction, but literally told us where to go and set up. They did the map and sent it to us.”

The 17th annual ride involves 201 riders and 101 crew members, who stay in Queen’s residences for the night before hitting the road early Wednesday.

Organizers say that $1 million of the $1.4 million goal has been raised by participants, with the total accounting for 40 per cent of the PWA’s operating budget.