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/
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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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Let the BLOG ROLL BEGIN! Please repost this post on your blog (if you have one) and comment on this post:
http://www.bikecommuters.com/2011/05/17/ros-honor-roll/
WBBM reporting...
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/05/17/bicycle-accident-victims-to-...
http://www.rideofsilence.org/documents/RoS-Safe-Cycling-Handout.pdf
Please print and distribute to folks along the route we pass who ask us why we're riding...
Ride of Silence now has rides in all 50 states. The last two (Utah and Idaho) registered today. There are rides in many other countries around the work. New in 2011 Bucharest Romania. By riding with us on Wednesday, you join many thousands of other cyclists riding on Wedneday at 7PM local time to make cyclists visible and honor those who have perished.
Join us in Arlington Heights, Chicago, Joliet, Bartlett, Evanston, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Peoria, Urbana....
Need a bike to ride at the ROS?
Bobby’s Bike Hike is excited to help promote this great ride. Just use the coupon code SILENTRIDE2011 which will be valid for use from now until the ride on May 18th. The coupon code will be valid for Overnight Rentals, pick-up May 18th b/w 4pm-6pm and drop off May 19th before 12pm. The Coupon is redeemable when reserving online: http://www.bobbysbikehike.com/Rental/RentalEquipment.aspx.
If you have your armband from last year, please wear it night-of the ride.
Riders are encouraged to wear a red armband as a crash survivor and/or black to honor our fallen riders.
Some bands will be available night-of at Daley Plaza; contributions welcome.
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