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 May 14, 2012 at 12:38pm
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Thank you also to Ashland Addison Florist.... we will have a white rose to set at each ghost bike - symbolic of peace
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A big thanks to Einstein Bros Bagels -- last minute donation secured for the post-ride gathering.
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Comment by dan brown on May 14, 2012 at 10:36am
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Elizabeth - I will email you about our trailer. it will probably work (shout out to Joe Studar) for this great vehicle !!!
Dan
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Anyone with access to print signs to display as we process -- from pedicabs, from bike racks, etc.... We welcome your creativity and contribution.
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The Chicago Ride of Silence is seeking someone with a bike trailer to pull a ghost bike in the procession during this year's Chicago Ride of Silence on Wednesday evening (May 16) - contact Elizabeth directly if you can assist - (elizabeth@rideofsilence.org)
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Comment by Adam Herstein on May 14, 2012 at 9:46am
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I'll be tweeting!
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Calling all participants with a smartphone and twitter account, Let's tweet at the start of our ride:"#Chicago #rideofsilence #checkin"All is needed is a very short tweet "#rideofsilence #checkin" to complete a check-in for our Tweet-Up -- any extra text is super. If a GeoLocation isn't included in the tweet, I may need to track down the tweeps to figure out the location. So including the location in the text or via Tweet-Geo-Location-ON is helpful. The tweet up page is http://twtvite.com/rideofsilence2012 --- RSVP is NOT required to #CHECKIN at #RIDEOFSILENCE ;-)Who will be tweeting for us?
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Chicago's very own Bike Blessing this Wednesday during the lunch hour:
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/bike-blessing-for-national-bike-...
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Suggestions to keep the ride moving and minimize congestion at the ghost bikes?
Should we still stop at each bike? Minimize stops at each bike?
We have a lot of ground to cover this year and we need to be mindful of the time, too.
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Don't forget to print extra flyers to pass out to passers-by night-of the ROS.... we have these posted for easy printing:
http://www.rideofsilence.org/chicago/ROS12_6-up-flier_2012_IL-1.pdf
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