Lloyd Taylor’s book, ‘The Kindness of Strangers,’ tells the story of his battle with Parkinson’s, and the cross-country journey he took on his bike to fight it.

Lloyd Taylor rides on the Dempster Highway in the Yukon during the northern leg of his Pedaling for Parkinson’s Spinning Wheels Tour in September 2024. Taylor has since written a book about his journey of living with Parkinson’s Disease and finding a new lease on life on his bicycle. Photo courtesy Spinning Wheels Tour
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Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease changed Lloyd Taylor’s life immeasurably—in many ways for the better.
Taylor’s life has transformed tremendously since coming to terms with the fact that he suffers from a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative condition that results in tremors and makes the everyday movements that he used to take for granted a challenge.