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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Hope to see many of tomorrow night -- depart Daley at 6:30PM.
If you would like to volunteer, please email rideofsilence.chicago at gmail dot com
We will plan to host one meeting per week leading up to this year's ROS on May 20. We will need to do an inventory and assess the condition of current ghost bikes, since our route typically passes several. No route has yet been determined. Please attend the meeting this week (see Tom A.K.'s comment below for details) if you would like to provide input and help with scouting possible routes. Thanks!
Planning ahead, I presume the 2015 ride will be on Wednesday May 20th.
OK, if you can decide this weekend it would be really helpful.
what time tonight ? any idea ? thanks DHB
route scouting tonight or tomorrow and in touch with the family/friends of both Hector and Bobby especially.
Has there been any planning besides merchandise? Any idea which spots are going to be visited this year? Not much time left.
For the Chicago Ride of Silence... we want to know : Would you purchase a cap the "night of" if we order a few?
Please let us know!
(link to cap: http://bit.ly/1j5Ca0p)
A ghost bike was immediately installed for Hector Avalos, who was killed the night of December 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkHpxFvwHPk
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