Chicago Ride of Silence

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 (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 7pm
Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza

Website: http://www.rideofsilence.org/chicago/
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Ride of Silence - May 16, 2012 - 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.

The 2012 Chicago Ride Of Silence will gather at the Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza on Wednesday, May 16, at 6 PM and depart at 7 PM. The 12-mile route is set to pass the sites of crash victims. Many of the sites are marked by 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 16, 2012 (always the 3rd Wednesday of May)
TIME: Gather at 6:00 pm; Depart at 7:00 pm
WHERE: Hundreds of locations world wide; Eternal Flame (Daley Plaza) in Chicago
One day. One Time. World wide.

In 2011 Chicagoland Ride of Silence locations included: Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Evanston, Joliet, 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 Friday: 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.

Comment by Bob Kastigar on May 17, 2012 at 10:15am: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kastigar/sets/72157629770903376/

Some pictures from the ride.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 11:23pm: For those asking how to get a Ride of Silence jersey, Mt Borah is selling them and donating proceeds from the sales back to Ride of Silence:

http://mtborah.com/our-products/team-gallery/ride-of-silence/ride-o...

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 5:36pm: you should be able to donate as a "guest" without creating an acct - like with PayPal. It's just a different provider of this service. Thank you for wanting to donate.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 5:31pm: It's not PayPal - that's why. We are in a battle with PayPal and not using them at the moment. WePay does accept CC donations; same concept as PayPal.

Comment by Bob Kastigar on May 16, 2012 at 5:04pm: That wepay.com page only accepts credit cards or bank accounts.

It does not accept PayPal.

You need to set up a PayPal account or use a page that accepts donations from PayPal.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 3:34pm: Getting to Daley Plaza by 6pm? Please help get folks checked in? Greet riders as they come in and have them sign in and get a flier.

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 3:32pm: Let's not forget tonight's record breaking world Tweet-Up event for Ride of Silence!

The global Ride of Silence Tweet-up: We are asking organizers and as many of their participants as possible to Tweet a message at the start of your event. Your tweet should include your event’s city, state and the hashtags #rideofsilence and #checkin. We’re hoping this global tweet-up will raise further awareness through the media IF it’s big enough; we might just break a world record since we normally get over 20,000 participants at our events worldwide. (According to the Guinness World Book of Records, the most attendees at a ‘Tweetup’ is 1,935 and was achieved by Ndamukong Suh (USA) at the Hawks Championship Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, on 16 April 2011.)

Comment by Chicago Ride of Silence on May 16, 2012 at 11:19am: Although we will not be visiting this ghost bike, we remember ALL fallen cyclists, including Dion Harris killed early last May - http://www.mybikeadvocate.com/2011/05/ghost-bike-ceremony-to-honor-...