Club Meeting 6:30, City Hall, RIDE of SILENCE

Club meeting special Event

 6:30pm from City Hall

RIDE OF SILENCE

The mission of the world wide Ride of Silence is to honor bicyclists killed by motorists, promote sharing the road, and provide awareness of bicycling safety.

We will meet at Riverside City Hall at 6:30, organize the group, say a prayer, start the Ride of Silence at 7pm in unity with riders all across the country, ride a 9 mile loop around Riverside with our procession and banners.   We will be highly visibility, keep riders together and there will be no words spoken during the ride.  Then we'll return to City Hall. 

The route will be mostly flat to draw persons who may not be hard-core cyclists, and haven’t been on a bike in years, but simply wish to honor a family member or friend they’ve lost.

Local officials will know what we are doing and why.  We don't want the public and motorists to perceive us, a bunch of bicyclists just blocking traffic.  We are a funeral procession for cyclists and will be accorded the same rights as a motorized funeral procession.

We will provide Black and Red Arm Bands, (black to honor a cyclist who was killed, and red for one that was injured by a motorist).  You will be asked to return these after the Ride, to be used for next year.

Hope you can join us.

http://www.rideofsilence.org/faq.php