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Chicago Ride of Silence

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 (always the 3rd Wednesday of May):

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

Gather at 6pm, Depart at 6:30pm
Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza

Website: http://www.rideofsilence.org/chicago/
Location: www.rideofsilence.org
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Ride of Silence - May 18, 2016 - 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 2017 Chicago Ride Of Silence - May 17, 2017

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 17, 2017 (always the 3rd Wednesday of May)
TIME: Gather at 6:00 pm; Depart at 6:30pm
WHERE: Hundreds of locations world wide; Eternal Flame (Daley Plaza) in 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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Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on August 23, 2011 at 10:31am

vAnyone with info on the latest crash in Pilsen, please refer to this comment posted on the ROS-Chicago Facebook page:

I am a Reporter with Telemundo Chicago. Is anybody available to comment on camera about this recent incident? (preferible en español) please call 312-836-3110
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-bicycl...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-bicycl...
Police: Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Pilsen
A bicyclist was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash with a car this morning in the city's Pilsen neighborhood, police said.

 

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on August 6, 2011 at 7:35pm
Our sympathy goes out to the family and friends of Jacqueline Marie Michon - what a tragedy. http://ning.it/oDwNYZ
Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 1, 2011 at 8:21am
Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 1, 2011 at 8:21am

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 31, 2011 at 3:26pm
We'll work to keep the group more together next year... ride marshalls along to do just that are always welcome. Email me at rideofsilence.chicago@gmail.com if you would like to ride as a course marshall keeping the group safe and together for our 2012 ROS. Thank you for the feedback.
Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 31, 2011 at 3:25pm
Stop by Elly's Pancake House in Chicago (@ Clark St and North Ave) for some Strawberry Crepes til midnight tonight! 50% of all strawberry crepe orders through today will help benefit the Chicago ROS. Thank you, Elly's!
Comment by Todd Allen on May 21, 2011 at 10:00pm
4) Rename the ride "Race of Silence"
Comment by David Barish on May 20, 2011 at 8:44am
We did not have this issue in Evanston as we only had 13 riders. We could keep together as a group while travelling about 11-12 mph most of thte time. With a large group like Chicago you have three options and the last seems the most reasonable. 1) A Critical Mass type ride where everybody barrels through the lights to the chagrin of other useers of the road. I think this is not the messae appropriate for ROS. 2) a Guided group goes through every light with the cooperation of the authorities as we do on the Amlings Holiday Toy Ride. 3) The reality that the group will break up. The group needs to know this reality. This should be explained at the beginning of the ride. A dozen or so riders should be selected to become sub leaders throughout the peleton.  At each break up they assume  leadeship to shepherd their riders to the next stopping point. These riderrs should be identified at the start. They know the route, the purpose etc and can take everrybody onward.  Most  likely you can see the group ahead of you and things do not get too broken up.  Everybody will reach the end of a short, slow ride such as ROS within a few stoplights of each other and the only wait is a brief one at the end.  Gary's idea is workable but some participants may not  be thrilled with the constant stopping.
Comment by h' Zerocats on May 19, 2011 at 10:33pm

Agree with Todd/Bob-- Gary, I'll agree with you in that a stop every mile or so would have helped -somewhat-;  the problem was that the front of the ride was shepherded through red lights the entire time.

If the front just stopped for red lights while the rest of the ride continued through, this discussion wouldn't be necessary.

To the people in the back it felt as if the front had to be holding 18-20 mph.  There were some ugly scenes when cross traffic had no idea a ride was crossing because all they saw was a gap.

 

Alternatively, if there is going to be no dialogue with CPD on this, and if there is a split, the back group needs to be comfortable stopping at red lights as necessary.

 

Comment by Gary Gilbert on May 19, 2011 at 9:07pm
There is a slinky like effect with long groups of cyclists (and cars too). The riders at the front might be doing 8mph and the riders at the rear are doing 20 to keep up. The longer the line, the more the effect. You see this with gaps between riders who try to catch up.

The solution is for those at the front to stop every mile or so and wait for everyone to catch up or to let the group break up into mini groups. The latter interferes with the community aspect of the Ride of Silence but is the easiest to manage.
 

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