Chicago Ride of Silence

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (always the 3rd Wednesday of May):

Honor fallen cyclists and raise awareness in this annual procession past Chicago Ghost Bikes.

Unofficial start from Queen's Landing to the official ride start
Gather/Depart at 6pm,

Dickens Greenway Plaza

Post-ride at Sleeping Village

Website: http://www.rideofsilencechicago.org
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Ride of Silence - May 15, 2024 - One day. One time. World wide.

Join the annual Ride of Silence, an organized annual cycling procession honoring those that have been injured or killed. The goal is to raise awareness that we are here, and to ask that we all share the road.

Save the date for the 2025 Chicago Ride Of Silence - May 21, 2025

Our route typically passes several Ghost Bikes, which are powerful memorials to fallen cyclists created by painting a bicycle white and placing it at or near the site of the cyclist’s death.

DATE: May 15, 2024 (always the 3rd Wednesday of May)
TIME: Gather at 6:00 pm
WHERE: Hundreds of locations world wide; Dickens Greenway Plaza in Lincoln Park, Chicago
One day. One Time. World wide.

Communities throughout Chicagoland participate in the Ride of Silence including: Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Elk Grove Village, Evanston, Joliet, Oak Park and Peoria.

Wherever you ride, we ride in unity.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RideofSilenceChicago

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Ride of Silence 2024

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Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on October 11, 2012 at 9:55pm: This year will mark the 3rd year of the tragic event that took Martha Gonzalez' life on 18th & Halsted. In loving remembrance of the vibrant woman who affected many of us with her beautiful spirit and intense love we will have a get-together of friends and family at Simone's from 5pm - 2am.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

https://www.facebook.com/events/490760094292323/

Comment by David Barish on October 9, 2012 at 9:13am: Elizabeth-Sorry. I cannot be there. I have work commitments. My heart will be with you and the other riders. I rode by there this morning and was very conscious of the parents dropping kids off at Payton around 730 am.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on October 9, 2012 at 1:05am: Will you be at this memorial ride on Oct 19 to raise awareness against dooring?

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/friday-morning-memorial-fo...

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on October 5, 2012 at 3:32pm: Save the date for 2013 ROS - fliers attached here:

ROS13-3up-flyer-qr-IL-save_date082412.docx

ROS13_6-up-flier_2013_IL_qr_082412.doc

Please print and distribute!

Thank you!

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on October 5, 2012 at 3:04pm: Our heartfelt sympathy for the cyclist killed this morning at the corner of Oak and Wells St.

A tribute ride will stop in silence at 9pm at the site of the crash to honor the 32-yr-old cyclist killed:

http://www.thechainlink.org/events/vigil-for-cyclist-killed-at-oak-...

Time: October 5, 2012 from 9pm to 10pm
Location: Oak/Wells
Street: Oak/Wells
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: http://goo.gl/maps/ZGTF5

Comment by E A on July 7, 2012 at 12:23pm: Ghost Bike Installation tomorrow night in Jefferson Park: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/ghost-bike-installation-su...

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on July 7, 2012 at 12:16pm: ROS-Chicago already received an email from a friend of this cyclist who was killed. The news article certainly does blame the cyclist...

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/cyclist-killed-in-edgebrook

In the meantime, what can we do to make that stretch of Devon safer and more traffic calming? If you live in that Ward - let your Alderman know that you want safer streets for cycling.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 25, 2012 at 9:41am: ROS will have a table under the Big Top Tent this Sunday at Bike the Drive and we're seeking helpers to staff the table from 8am-noon. We hope to see you out on a car-free LSD.

Comment by David of the North (David606xx) on May 17, 2012 at 11:21am: This is from the Jukebox at The Sovereign, a bar near Metropolis Cafe where Liz Whitacre worked. She is widely missed.