Each year on the third Wednesday evening in May, people around the world ride their bikes in solidarity during the annual Ride of Silence. Although this event is solemn, we celebrate the lost lives of our fellow cyclists who died doing something they loved – riding their bike.
Each year before the Ride of Silence I experience a myriad of feelings - from sadness and frustration to hope and encouragement. It is the hope and encouragement that I wish each Ride of Silence event carry with them into their own communities.
Here in Chicago as we anticipate this year's Ride of Silence, I hope that everyone recognizes what a blessing it is that we are graced to enjoy our Ride each year. We ride to honor the lives and memories of each and every cyclist who has been needlessly killed here in Chicago and throughout the world.
Please join us this Wednesday evening; we especially welcome with love and reverence the family and friends of our fallen brothers and sisters. As this community rides in silent procession, may we be reminded that we are all family and part of a close supportive community.
On the 3rd Wednesday each May...
We ride to honor our fallen
We ride for a right to safely share the roads
We ride in unity worldwide
We remember those who ride with us in the Chicago suburbs and in communities worldwide, those fallen bicyclists - including those whose ghost bikes we cannot visit or who do not have a ghost bike, those bicyclists who have survived crashes and those affected by the loss or injury of a bicyclist.
Thank you all for your support.
Each year before the Ride of Silence I experience a myriad of feelings - from sadness and frustration to hope and encouragement. It is the hope and encouragement that I wish each Ride of Silence event carry with them into their own communities.
Here in Chicago as we anticipate this year's Ride of Silence, I hope that everyone recognizes what a blessing it is that we are graced to enjoy our Ride each year. We ride to honor the lives and memories of each and every cyclist who has been needlessly killed here in Chicago and throughout the world.
Please join us this Wednesday evening; we especially welcome with love and reverence the family and friends of our fallen brothers and sisters. As this community rides in silent procession, may we be reminded that we are all family and part of a close supportive community.
On the 3rd Wednesday each May...
We ride to honor our fallen
We ride for a right to safely share the roads
We ride in unity worldwide
We remember those who ride with us in the Chicago suburbs and in communities worldwide, those fallen bicyclists - including those whose ghost bikes we cannot visit or who do not have a ghost bike, those bicyclists who have survived crashes and those affected by the loss or injury of a bicyclist.
Thank you all for your support.
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