Raleighdon and I volunteered to help run the ROS this year.
There were about 150 riders, but we had to leave early and get set
up holding an arrow at 5th and Union to let people know this was where
to turn. we tried to stay moving at 12 mph which wasn't easy going up and down hills. We found our place and left the small vanguard of other arrow holding volunteers. In our 30 odd minutes of waiting, we got lots of smiles from people driving down the street who stopped to read our sign.

Finally after a long wait, we could see the bicyclists coming. As they went by, a lot of them took our hands! like a high five or a tender knuckle to knuckle thing. My son and his GF participated, as well as many of our RCC members
We were astonished at how many of the riders we actually know, and they were also some of the strongest riders we knew. I didn't see any other TE gals though. Finally the rear end of the group went by and we joined them. Not a word was spoken. My DH, a rather talkative person, had to whistle from time to time when pantomime wasn't enough

We saw a lot of police cars, but the entire ride was composed of law abiding quiet bicyclists and no mishaps occurred.