2020 Ride of Silence Update
Hello fellow cyclists, I am tracking 2020 Ride of Silence locations for the RofS Board of Directors. I’m a former V. P., Sr. Outreach Director and Mentor of the organization. I’m currently an Advisor to the Board, our Historian/Statistician, MI Coordinator and a local Organizer. (involved since 2005)
Due to the uniqueness of this year's Ride because of COVID-19, it allows me to note multiple Ride locations within a city; small group rides, solo rides and virtual rides, vs. typically a single large gathering.
Yes this includes all virtual rides, a Spin for Silence. I had a reply from a spinner on Instagram; [yes I rode on the 20th (May), but it was only on my trainer] As RofS Founder Chris Phelan has always stated; “A single cyclist riding in silence is a RofS”. If you spun that evening on a trainer for the RofS, you joined folks in Antarctica who held their unique Spin for Silence for the 14th year. They count and so do you.
We could potentially set a record for most locations this year:
The RofS website lists 156 locations. I’ve tracked an additional 218 so far via the hashtag the Board requested riders to post in social media. For instance, I’ve noted 8 separate group, solo or virtual Rides in Berlin Germany, each in a specific District of the city.
I’m asking everyone here who held a Ride or Spin for Silence that evening, where was it located in your city or town? Please reply here or send me a message noting City & State. (or Country if outside the U.S.A.) Please identify if it’s N, W, E or S in your area, and if you can be more specific; NW or SE, uptown, downtown, &/or a district like Berlin or NYC’s 5 boroughs, from a city park etc.
NOTE: If you rode in a city that is listed on the RofS website, from the start location noted in the Ride listing, no need to reply, you're already counted.
Thanks for riding on 5/20. Hopefully in 2021 we can return to a normal Ride of Silence. As an FYI, the Board is planning on rolling out a new website for 2021 sometime in Nov./Dec.
Ride Safe,
Mark H. (markpedal)
rideofsilencemh@gmail.com
www.rideofsilence.org
Ps. Excuse my old signature below, I have to figure out how to revise it!!