Locations / Contacts
Total confirmed 2013 rides: 372
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Last map update: 15.May.2013 23:38:17.
California
Bakersfield
| Contact: | Brad Swanlund <--Send email |
| Distance: | 9 Miles |
| Notes: | We'll meet in the Town and Country Parking lot at Stockdale and Coffee (near Bagels and Blenders), and ride together at a casual pace. The ride is approximately 9 miles. Helmets mandatory, lights recommended. https://www.facebook.com/events/587678244584793/ http://www.bikebakersfield.org/events/bikemonth.html http://www.bikebakersfield.org/imagesflyers/rideofsilence2013.pdf |
Claremont
| Contact: | Danny Garibay <--Send email |
| Distance: | 12 Miles |
| Notes: | May 15th, Wednesday Community Bike Ride. Join us as we ride along the Pacific Electric Trail to Route 66 Trailhead. 12-mile loop. Meet in front of Jax Bike Shop 217 W. 1st St Claremont 6pm ride out at 6:30. Don't forget your bike lights and your Helmets! |
Davis
| Contact: | Davis Bike Club <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 miles |
| Notes: | Please join the Davis Bike Club for our 2nd annual ROS. All are welcome to ride! Headlights and taillights are required.
After the ride we will gather at Sudwerks for some time together off the bike.
Link to the DBC ride calendar ROS posting. http://www.davisbikeclub.org/rides-and-events/ride_descriptions/non-recurring_rides/ride-of-silence |
Fresno
| Contact: | Ride of Silence Fresno <--Send email |
| Distance: | 9 miles |
| Notes: | The ride will start at Bella Frutta at 7:00 PM, travel west along Sheppard, north on Friant to Copper. Copper east to Willow, returning south on Willow to Bella Frutta. Please bring lights. |
Irvine
| Contact: | Sasha Richey <--Send email |
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Irvine (Orange County)
| Contact: | Bill Sellin <--Send email |
| Distance: | 9.7 miles |
| Notes: | Assemble at City of Irvine Civic Center in front of Police Department 9th year in Irvine - www.sellin.com/silence |
Los Angeles
| Contact: | Ariel Climer <--Send email |
| Distance: | 8 miles |
| Notes: | Bici Libre, a community bicycle workshop, will be hosting the ride. 1205 W. 6th St Los Angeles, CA 90017. Cross street is Lucas. Our ride will begin at Bici Libre, make a loop through downtown, Macarthur Park, and end again at Bici Libre. Please bring names of those you wish to honor. We will especially be honoring two people killed while cycling in the past two years and will be passing by the areas of their accidents. PLEASE WEAR A HELMET. We will be meeting at 7pm. We will be carrying a flag with the names of victims, so please arrive early in order to write a name on the flag. We will be leaving for the ride around 7:30pm. Bici Libre is near both the Macathur Park and 7th/Metro stops off the Red and Red/Blue lines, respectively, and is also near bus routes 720 and 18 and the Pico Union DASH. |
Los Angeles
| Contact: | United Riders <--Send email |
| Distance: | 15 miles |
| Notes: | This ride will start in Gardena. Then make its way to South LA. From South LA we will head to Watts and from Watts to Compton. We will end at Ted Watkins Park in Watts. All cities have Ghost Bikes and we want to honor each fallen brother. |
oxnard
| Contact: | kevin hernandez <--Send email |
| Distance: | 8 miles |
| Notes: | Contact the organizer for details. |
Oxnard
| Contact: | Angelique Martinez <--Send email |
| Distance: | 9 mi. |
| Notes: | The ride will be throughout the city of Oxnard starting at the old Kmart Shopping Center on Channel Islands and Ventura Road we will finish back by on Channel Islands on Olive Street for a candle lit vigile in front Anthony Martinez Jr.'s Ghost Bike Memorial. Our event poster can be seen here: http://www.rideofsilence.org/documents/Oxnard-California-2nd-RoS-poster.jpg |
Pasadena
| Contact: | Thomas Cassidy <--Send email |
| Distance: | Approx 10-12 miles, casual eas |
| Notes: | The ride this year will start in Lot K @ the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Lot K is located in the southwest corner of the Arroyo Seco/Rose Bowl area on West Drive. Please plan on arriving @ 6:30 sharp! Roll @ 7. We will have signs & hopefully an Easy Up tent in place so you can easily find the group. At 6:30 the ceremony will begin. Please plan accordingly. We will answer questions & explain in detail the route. It is very important to ride WITH a helmet, in double pace line forma, in silence. At this time, we anticipate the ride will leave the Rose Bowl area, & proceed to the City Hall where we will honor fallen & killed cyclists. The ride will then go through part of Pasadena & end back up at the srart area. If you know of anyone who has been hit, we hope you will attend & let us know who you are prior to the event. If you know anyone killed, please let us know their names & invite their families to attend so we may honor them. We very much want to show our respect to the families. |
Pismo Beach
| Contact: | Louis Bravos <--Send email |
| Distance: | 11.5 mi. |
| Notes: | Meet at flagpole at Pismo Beach pier before 7PM, ride at 7 PM sharp to site of David Williams collision and return. |
Redding
| Contact: | Doug Holt <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 miles |
| Notes: | Contact the organizer for more details. |
Richmond
| Contact: | Adrienne Harris <--Send email |
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| Notes: | Details will be added to http://www.richmondbpac.org/ROS/ |
Ridgecrest
| Contact: | Amanda LaZar <--Send email |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Notes: | Ride will begin and end at the intersection of Jack's Ranch Rd. and Drummond Rd. May 15th at 7:00PM. The 2013 Ridgecrest event will be honoring Kellsey Proctor Twesme who was struck and killed on her bicycle on October 11, 2012. Suggestions to honor Kellsey: Wear something PINK! |
Sacramento
| Contact: | Robert Mandelson <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 MILES |
| Notes: | We start at 15th & Capital. Please plan to be there by 6:45 for the reading of the RofS Poem. We leave at 7. Everyone welcome. All riders. All ages All skill levels. This is a group ride. Please bring front and rear lights for it will be dark when we finish. Come and enjoy. Will head over to Hot Italian for some time off the bike. Rain date is 5/18 10:00 am same start location. |
san clemente
| Contact: | sally guon <--Send email |
| Distance: | 9 miles |
| Notes: | We will ride out and back from San Clemente’s North Beach, Beach Club Parking near the Old Passenger Service Building, along the PCH to Dana Point Baby Beach and back. All abilities of riders are welcome.
Ride starts promptly at 7:00 pm, Please arrive by 6:30 pm for route description and reading of Ride Of Silence Poem. Helmets are Mandatory. Lights are recommended. Pace: Slow |
San Diego
| Contact: | Kevin Wood <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 |
| Notes: | Ride starts at South Clairemont Rec Center 3605 Clairemont Dr San Diego, CA 92117 Route will cross the 805 at Clairemont Mesa Blvd and Balboa, the sites of recent fatalities. |
san francisco
| Contact: | ramona wheelright <--Send email |
| Distance: | 20 miles |
| Notes: | Please join us at Justin Herman Plaza on May 15, where we will gather beginning at 5:30, for a 6:30 departure. We will visit sites where we have lost our brothers and sisters, stopping at each in memorial. Wear white to be seen and to create a visual effect for the ride. We are the San Francisco contingent of the International Ride of Silence. |
San Rafael
| Contact: | Stephen Bingham <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 mi. |
| Notes: | Wednesday, May 15 is the day of this year’s international Ride of Silence to remember those killed or injured on their bicycles. The Marin Ride of Silence will meet at Blackie’s Pasture in Tiburon at 6:45 p.m. for a 7:00 departure. The 10-mile Tiburon loop is a moderate ride, some of it with bike lanes, some of it through part of Tiburon, some of it on country roads. For information about Rides of Silence, see http://www.rideofsilence.org/main.php.
Among those who will be remembered are those killed biking in Marin. Friends and family of victims are particularly invited to come and say a few words of remembrance of their loved ones. The ride will remember 12-year-old Hailey Ratliff, killed by an SUV on S. Novato Blvd. while riding home from Sinaloa Middle School in Novato on September 27 last year. Friends and classmates of Hailey will be on the ride.” Also remembered will be Sylvia Bingham, killed in Cleveland on September 15, 2009, four months after college graduation, while riding to her new VISTA volunteer job. Sylvia lived with her parents in San Rafael until her graduation from Terra Linda High School in 2005. More details about Sylvia and the fund set up in her name can be found at www.sylviabinghamfund.org Sylvia’s parents will participate in the Tiburon ride. |
Temecula
| Contact: | Rick Peoples <--Send email |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Notes: | The Seventh Annual Riverside County Ride of Silence will start once again at the Temecula City Hall, 41000 Main Street, Temecula, California 92590, at 7 p.m. on May 15. Join us once again for a group photo on the steps of City Hall before we set out on a very special 10th Anniversary of the national and international event. Bring lights and helmets. We will have some black arm bands available, or bring your own. The route this year will be Front Street to Overland, Overland to Margarita, Margarita to Jax Bicycles (near Date Street), then back using the same route. It is mainly flat (one freeway overcrossing on Overland) and about 10-12 miles. Remember, this ride is slow (10 mph) and silent. If you have someone special you are riding for, or want to suggest someone special we can all ride for, please send me an email via the link provided above. See you there! |
Thousand Oaks
| Contact: | J.C. Simmons <--Send email |
| Distance: | |
| Notes: | Sixth Annual, with rolling police traffic control on modestly flat terrain. Past years have 250+ riders, at casual 12 mph. Join us and help us Roar in Silence. Just east of City Hall, Assemble at 5:30, program at 6 pm. We ride at 6:30. Helmets mandatory. |
Ventura
| Contact: | Neal Abramson <--Send email |
| Distance: | 10 |
| Notes: | Contact the organizer for more details. |