https://www.facebook.com/events/1170670149665698/
A ride to honor, mourn, raise awareness, demonstrate safe riding, and show our strength
The Ride of Silence honors people injured or killed while riding bikes.
Ride of Silence Details
6:15-6:45pm: Gather for the ride at the dinosaur (corner of Forbes and Schenley Dr) at the museum in Oakland. Sign a disclosure only to invoke liability insurance for the event (required by the national and local organizers).
6:45pm: A few words on the sadness and relevance of our Ride of Silence. Let’s roll out on time.
7pm: Ride of Silence begins. The route will be up to 10 miles winding through the East End, downtown, and southside, using several roads that were the sites of past accidents.
Before 8:30pm the ride will conclude.
rustyred
2016-05-14 08:38:32
I will be downtown, just wrapping up a meeting at 7. I will join the ride en route. If I knew where to pre-sign a waiver, I would have it with me upon joining, just to make it all legal &'at.
stuinmccandless
2016-05-14 09:24:11
bump! This is tomorrow.
rustyred
2016-05-17 10:45:19
Will try to make it.
ka_jun
2016-05-18 08:20:26
I am out. Cannot not make it.
mikhail
2016-05-18 14:04:26
Thanks for organizing this, @bikeygirl, Jim, and BikePgh. While it is a solemn occasion, I look forward to the opportunity to see folks, remember the people we've lost, and make a visible statement about bike safety.
To the dude on Morewood who decided to pass us by driving the wrong way up to the light -- really?
jonawebb
2016-05-19 09:53:10
that dude on Morewood...
i'm surprised the people coming from the other direction held such restraint toward him.
erok
2016-05-19 11:12:48
I joined mid-ride, by Penn and Main.
Nose count at Forbes and Sixth Aves: about 40 riders.
stuinmccandless
2016-05-19 12:10:18
+1 grateful to the organizers for the opportunity to show solidarity and ride. That said, I was hoping that someone got the plate of that red car on Morewood. That was insane.
ka_jun
2016-05-19 12:16:17
Many thanks to the organizers and marshals for making this a safe ride. And here's the perpetrator on Morewood. He tried to pass 40 riders, but was only stopped when there's oncoming traffic on the opposite lane. It's a red Suzuki and the license number seems to be JZS-0101. Video of the whole incidence will come soon. Now I'm going to invest in a rear-facing Mobius action camera to complement my front-facing one.
ninjaturtle0304
2016-05-19 12:45:11
Oh and don't forget the woman who drove past us with the large dog on her lap. Really? How is that safe to have something jumping around on your lap while you're operating a vehicle?
Just a side note: a friend asked Bruce with PMTCC about the ride, and he apparently said that he didn't know that it was happening. For the organizers next year, this is a reminder to contact other organizations. A regular member of their club was killed this past year while riding.
stefb
2016-05-21 07:10:45
ninjaturtle0304
2016-05-23 08:56:33
