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Yes, I will be participating. Actually my club is doing it for the first time. They had never heard about it until I brought it up. They put me a coordinator. Now another club wants to join us and they are trying to get a third nearby club to join in to make a larger impact. So the little seed that I planted just blossomed as of yesterday.
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Thread: Ride of Silence?
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05-11-2007, 04:50 AM #1
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Ride of Silence?
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Anyone participating? It's next wed. May 16th 7 pm
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05-11-2007, 04:57 AM #2
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05-11-2007, 04:58 AM #3
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We are. In Evansville, Indiana. We are starting a bit earlier though. Meeting at 6:00 and riding at 6:30 pm.
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05-11-2007, 05:03 AM #4
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I'm planning to do the Ride of Silence in Rockville, Maryland.
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05-11-2007, 05:08 AM #5
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I finally get to do it this yr as well. Last 2 yrs work got in the way. We've had 2 people in our club get hit by cars in the last 2 months and 2 more in neighboring counties/city. So I really want to participate. Jenn
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05-11-2007, 05:10 AM #6
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Good idea. I was wondering how they handle the different time zones? like at each TZ appointed 7pm everyone ride. Just a curious thought.
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05-11-2007, 05:14 AM #7
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Originally Posted by wannaduacentury
We contacted the website and said that we wanted to go earlier and they said that although they prefered 7, that they were ok with us going a little earlier. It's getting dark here by 7:45 and we want to be sure that everyone is back in."Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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05-11-2007, 05:19 AM #8
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Our club is organizing a ride. They want us to wear black arm bands. Anyone have any suggestions on how to make one or where to buy one?
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." ~Benjamin Franklin
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05-11-2007, 05:29 AM #9
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Possibly. I'd like to but it's a drive from my house.
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05-11-2007, 05:30 AM #10
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An old black sock works pretty well. (cut off the cuff) Originally Posted by li10up
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05-11-2007, 05:35 AM #11
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I am giving them out to all the riders. I bought spools of wide black ribbon at the craft store. I cut it into 2 feet strips so everyone can tie it around their arms. Originally Posted by li10up
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05-11-2007, 05:37 AM #12
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I'm probably going to tie a black bandana around my arm. That or use a black sweatband that I got at Dlck's
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05-11-2007, 06:30 AM #13
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SOmebody in our club is just going to get black cloth and tear it into strips. We sort of were going to have one last year - but tornado warnings closed us down, and it was only four or five of us (mayeb would have been a dozen with better weather?). This year, unfortunately, we have more reason so I *know* we'll have more people.
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05-11-2007, 05:13 PM #14
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Yes!!! Ride is organized by local bike club. Hopefully the weather will hold, evening storms are common in the south.
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05-11-2007, 07:44 PM #15
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Yes, we lost two cyclists last year that were big contributors to the Cincinnati Cycle Club. We are having three starting points and will be converging on city hall for the ceremony. From the way it sounds we will have many people there to show their support. TV crews, newspaper, the full works.
Just last Saturday we had a memorial and two ghost bikes put up at the scene of the accident. We had about 80 people show up, very nice. The driver is to be sentence at the end of this month and was convicter of six counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. Yes SIX - one for killing them under the influence, one for killing them while his BAC was above .08%, and one for reckless conduct. Not to mention his license was suspended to begin with. Since there were two victims, multiply that by 2! Max sentence is 32 years.
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