Ride of Silence, Seattle 2007

[Jo-n-NY]

What a wonderful turn out you had. As you see in my other post, mine did not happen. It is too bad also because the group I did with last year was only about 15 people. I know by combining the clubs, this year it would have at least tripled.

Well at least those who would have been honored were in our thoughts.

~ JoAnn

[wannaduacentury]

We had our ros and had appx 50 people w/ police escort( our local club pres put i together-3rd yr). We stayed together well as a group and no cars broke in. We went appx 8-10 mi(w/ some good hills). We started at the mall and rode 4 miles to the square in town and did 2 loops there and rode back to the mall. When we went on our way back, cars actually stopped on the road and I was pleased to see that some people were paying attention. Some people on downtown stopped to look too.

The rain held off til the end(whew) and I did a new personal best b/c I usually rest at least once on a distance like that and I went the whole way and strained on a few hills w/ my hybrid, but I did the whole thing w/o stopping. Now I know I can go further w/ my riding.

There was also a freak accident w/ a dog w/ our club pres. and fellow member. I think they went for a ride b/f the event and a dog appeared , then dissapeared, then reappeared and was hit by a car,which hit the dog,which threw it in the air and hit the bike member and now he has a nasty bruise on his back(weird-he's ok but sore). Other than that I was pleased with how it all went and I'll do it again next yr.

[mimitabby]

um, how's the dog? that IS a freak accident!

[wannaduacentury]

um, how's the dog? that IS a freak accident!

Not sure, I'll find out next time I see them.

[jusdooit]

The ROS here in central Mississippi went very well. It was the first, with about 100 people. The ride was short (only about 3 or 4 miles), led by a local bike club & the Mayor of the city where the ride occured. We also had a police escort on bikes as well..........and intersections blocked by cruisers. We also had many motorists pull off to the side of the road as we passed.

[TrekJeni]

Posted in the other ROS thread. Had about 200 riders and we made the news. Very humbling.
Jeni