Trek420
10-02-2005, 06:08 AM
cross posted from my other board, the Velo Girls
On Oct. 9 there will be a bicycle blessing in conjunction with the Bike against the Odds. When you ride on Grand Avenue, why not stop to have your bike blessed?
St. Pauls Episcopal Church will bless bikes and bicyclists at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00 that morning. Timed to coincide with the Bike Against the Odds, this brings to the East Bay a ritual popular throughout the world.
The tradition began in Europe. There are bicycle blessings in France, Italy, in New York and New Zealand. In recent years Blessing of Bicycles has even been part of the events surrounding the Tour de France.
Each May, the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York
City holds a Blessing of the Bicycles. At that service, the Cathedral
Dean blesses bicycles and their riders and holds a moment of silence
for the bicyclists who have died on the roads of New York.
St. Pauls is at the corner of Montecito and Grand near the start of the ride. Watch for it. I did this last year, they even bless Jewish bikes, such a deal
;) :rolleyes: :cool:
On Oct. 9 there will be a bicycle blessing in conjunction with the Bike against the Odds. When you ride on Grand Avenue, why not stop to have your bike blessed?
St. Pauls Episcopal Church will bless bikes and bicyclists at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00 that morning. Timed to coincide with the Bike Against the Odds, this brings to the East Bay a ritual popular throughout the world.
The tradition began in Europe. There are bicycle blessings in France, Italy, in New York and New Zealand. In recent years Blessing of Bicycles has even been part of the events surrounding the Tour de France.
Each May, the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York
City holds a Blessing of the Bicycles. At that service, the Cathedral
Dean blesses bicycles and their riders and holds a moment of silence
for the bicyclists who have died on the roads of New York.
St. Pauls is at the corner of Montecito and Grand near the start of the ride. Watch for it. I did this last year, they even bless Jewish bikes, such a deal
;) :rolleyes: :cool: