Chicago Ride of Silence Wednesday, May 20, 7 PM, 2009
Chicago RoS May 18, 2011
Always the 3rd Wednesday in May
Join the Chicago Ride of Silence or a ROS in your local Illinois community (see location details below) and join us on Facebook and the Chainlink
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Illinois Organized Rides
Know of a participating location not listed here OR want to add a ROS event in your community? Register your location for an official ROS event count.
Arlington Heights
| Contact: | Gary Gilbert |
| Distance: | 10 miles |
| Notes: | The ride is 7:00PM on Wednesday May 18, 2011 and is a 10 mile loop; starting and ending location is Recreation Park, 500 E Miner St, Arlington Heights. Led by the Arlington Heights Bike Club. All are welcome to participate. |
Bartlett
| Contact: | Terry Witt |
| Distance: | 8 miles |
| Notes: | Meet 6:30pm at Spin Doctor Cyclewerks for sign in coordination. Silent ride leaves promptly at 7pm. Course is a right turn rectangle from Main to Stearns to Rt. 59 to West Bartlett Road back to Spin Doctor Cyclewerks. Details for first ride in development. Check facebook for related information. |
Chicago
| Contact: | Elizabeth Adamczyk |
| Distance: | 12-miles |
| Notes: | Gather at Daley Plaza's Eternal Flame beginning at 6pm; ride departs at 7pm. We will ride in silent procession past several area Ghost Bikes. For more info: www.rideofsilence.org/chicago |
Downers Grove
| Contact: | Loni Wiedemann |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Notes: | The Downers Grove ROS leaves from McCullom Park, 67th and Main Street, under the water tower. It will be approximately 12 miles. We gather at 6:30 pm and leave at 7pm; all are welcome. Info on the Downers Grove bike club calendar |
Evanston
| Contact: | David Barish |
| Distance: | 12 |
| Notes: | Evanston Bike Club will lead the ride -- all in the cyclists are welcome to join. We will begin at Chandler and ride in silence (other than the usual safety calls such as "car up" etc) for about 10-12 miles or about one hour. This ride will proceed at a slow pace and will loop back toward Evanston or Skokie where we will then open our mouths and discuss the ride over dinner. Think of this as a meaningful entree into our warm weather Thursday night social rides. I would like to have an open forum, like a Quaker meeting, before we ride. We will then ride in silence. It will likely be dark by the time we finish riding and will certainly be dark after dinner. Accordingly, lights are required. More info: dbarish1957@yahoo.com |
Joliet
| Contact: | Sara Jo Briese |
| Distance: | 8 miles |
| Notes: | In Memory of Jan Briese, killed on May 26, 2005, while leading her Thursday morning Joliet Bicycle Club ride as she had for more than 12 years. Starting at the Memorial Stadium, 3000 W. Jefferson Street (Rt. 52). Line up at 6:45 P.M. Ride rolls promptly at 7 P.M. For information contact Sara Jo Briese: sjbriese@yahoo.com |
Oak Park
Peoria
| Contact: | William Clark |
| Distance: | 8-10 |
| Notes: | This year we begin at Glen Oak Park in Peoria, Illinois (click link for map to location of park). We will begin to assemble around 6:30 P.M. near the large playground parking lot, and leave for the police-escorted ride around town promptly at 7 P.M. The group will follow a pre-determined 8.5 mile route around Peoria and ride *silently* together at no faster than 10 MPH to symbolize our rememberance of those riders who have been killed or injured. The route follows residental side streets, crosses a couple of busy intersections (with police assistance to stop traffic), and does not have any hills. More info: contact Mike Honnold at 309-696-2591 or here. |
Rockford
| Contact: | James Niedermann |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Notes: | Ride from Home Depot to Peak Fitness on the Perryville Bike Path and back Wednesday May 18, at 7pm. Laws and regulations required for all. Bicyclist, Ride at Your Own Risk. |
Urbana
| Contact: | Susan Jones |
| Distance: | 8 miles |
| Notes: | The ride starts at the parking lot near the assembly hall at First and St. Mary's. The route is approximately 9 miles through both downtowns and campus at less than 12 MPH, regrouping whenever the riders get spread out. If 9 miles is too long for you, feel free to join us for a shorter loop. Ride route. If you have any questions, go to our blog and post a comment. (Unless you've posted and been approved before, I shall get it in my email before it is posted online; and if you have a question, others may have the same question.) This ride is free, has no sponsors, and does not require registration. Just show up and be present in the name of those who can't. More info The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is up to the living to do so for them - Louis McMaster Bujold We are looking for respect, not retaliation; for visibility, not vengeance. Let us show how to share the road by a positive example. Please follow the rules of the road. Ride as you would in a funeral procession; ride predictably. |
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Over a hundred cyclists gathered around the Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza, we traveled up Lincoln Ave to the Ghost Bike for Matthew Manger-Lynch.
The ride heads south to the Ghost Bike for Tyler Fabeck, we then continue to pass the sites where Bianca Ocasio, Amanda Annis, and Isai Medina were taken.
let the silence roar
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