Chicago Ride of Silence
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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 April 18, 2012 at 10:59am
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See you for the ROS in one month - always the 3rd Wednesday in May -- May 16, 2012!
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/chicago-ride-of-silence-1
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It's on our calendar - Planning/Promoting the Chicago ROS:
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/chicago-ride-of-silence-organizi...
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Planning meeting next Wednesday, April 25, at Heritage Bicycles at 6:30PM!
Can't make it but want to help? If so, would you be able to make it to a Saturday meeting (Apr 28) at REI Lincoln Park if we host one?
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Please note -- this ROS t-shirt CAN be customized, so you could add text to read "I ride in honor of ______" if you wish.
You can also order a different style of shirt - including long-sleeve or sweatshirt or ladies' or kids' sizing (but the base price may go up).
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RideOfSilencePoster please help get one of these posters AND
ROS12-3up-flyer-IL.pdf these flyers in every bike shop in Chicago!
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We are updating the Chicago ROS webpage to keep all the information current - including info about available merchandise and local communities hosting events this year.
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And 10th Anniversary Ride of Silence T-shirts!
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JERSEYS commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the worldwide Ride of Silence are now available for purchase - THIS WEEK ONLY (order by Sunday, April 22): http://mtborah.com/our-products/team-gallery/ride-of-silence/
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We've been busy posting over at our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/RideOfSilenceChicago + looking at updates from the worldwide ROS front.
If anyone knows to to connect our ROS FB page to this Chainlink page, please drop us a line.
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Our PLANNING meeting is tonight at Heritage Bicycles at 6:30PM.
All are welcome to attend and help organize logistics.
Thanks!
Email: elizabeth @ rideofsilence.org with questions/concerns.
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